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How should the chordal seventh typically be approached?
By step or common tone.
How should the chordal seventh typically resolve?
Down by a step.
What voice can be omitted in a root position V7 chord?
The fifth.
What is the doubling in a root position V7 chord when omitting a voice?
Double the root.
What is the exception to the chordal seventh resolution rule?
Suspensions and I-V4/3-I6.
Why avoid parallel octaves and fifths?
They weaken the independence of voices.
How should the leading tone resolve in an outer voice?
Up to the tonic.
What interval should be avoided in voice leading?
Augmented second.
What is the voice leading in a I-V4/3-I6 progression?
The chordal seventh is approached by step *up*, then resolves up again.
What is the rule about leaps?
Keep leaps minimal and avoid leaps larger than a fifth.
What is a chordal seventh?
The note a seventh above the root of the chord.
What is a tendency tone?
A note that has a strong pull towards resolution.
Define 'resolution' in music.
The move from a dissonant chord to a consonant one.
What is voice leading?
The smooth connection of individual melodic lines in a chord progression.
What is a suspension?
When a note from one chord is held over into the next chord, creating dissonance.
Define parallel octaves.
Two voices moving in parallel motion an octave apart.
Define parallel fifths.
Two voices moving in parallel motion a perfect fifth apart.
What is an uncharacteristic leap?
A leap larger than a fifth, or an augmented second/tritone.
What is an inverted chord?
A chord in which the root is not the lowest note.
What is a dominant seventh chord?
A major triad with a minor seventh added above the root.
What is the typical function of a V7 chord?
Dominant, leading strongly to the tonic.
What is the function of a I-V4/3-I6 progression?
Elaboration of tonic harmony.
What is the function of a V7-vi progression?
Deceptive cadence.
What is the function of a IV chord in a major key?
Subdominant.
What is the function of a I chord in a major key?
Tonic.
What is the function of a V chord in a major key?
Dominant.
What is the function of a vi chord in a major key?
Submediant.
What is the function of a vii° chord in a major key?
Leading tone diminished triad.
What is the function of a IV-V-I progression?
Authentic cadence.
What is the function of a V-I progression?
Perfect Authentic Cadence.