Week5

Con)guousDominantsandRelatedIIm7Chords

Con)guousDominants

•  Dominant7chordsbasedondecep)veresolu)on

•  Con)guousdominantsmoveupwardstootherdominant7chordsinaveryspecificpa?ern

•  Typically,con)guouspa?ernsmove:– Upin½steps– Upinwholesteps– Upinminorthirds

UsageCon)guousdominantsareused:•  TodelaythediatonicdominantorrelatedIIm7frombelow

•  Tocreatetransi)onalmodula)ons•  ToextendacadencefromV7•  Asanalterna)vetoextendeddominants•  Toharmonizesta)cmelodicphrasesormelodicphrasesbasedonsequence

Con)guousupahalfstep

•  Melodyissta$c•  Chordscales:– RelatedIIm7:Dorian– Dominant7:Mixolydian

•  The½steppa?ernisincontrol•  Descrip)veanalysisnecessary(con)guous-----------)

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Con)guousupawholestep

•  Melodysequencesinwholesteps•  Chordscales:– RelatedIIm7:Dorian– Dominant7:Mixolydian

•  Wholesteppa?erncontrolstheprogression•  Descrip)ve(con)guous-----------)andRomanNumeralanalysisrequired

Con)guousupaminor3rd

•  Melodycombina)onofparallelandnonparallelmelodictranscrip)ons

•  Descrip)ve(con)guous-----------)andRomanNumeralanalysisrequired

•  Canbeusedasatransi)onalmodula)on•  OVenusedinbe-bop

Ac)vity

•  Analyse“MomentsNo)ce”byJohnColtrane–makeasmuchsenseoftheharmonyasyoucan.

•  Listentothepieceforuseofcon)guouspa?erns

Ac)vity

•  CompleteWorksheet2inyourWhitebook.