Re: Chord Function?

On Jul 9, 1:00=A0pm, "Mike A" <MikeA@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Steve Latham" <llat...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Ok, I've seen many comments on "function" in regards to my previous
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> > about Altered Chords.
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> > So let's start simple:

   Well, then it's a simple as: "Simple is as simple does".
   The main reason for introducing chords into music is
   for showing musicians that C1 is a vocalization, not a tone.
   That's mainly a technical issue with soloists, but it's a
   very complicated issue, when you have orchestration.

   So the issues involved in I are not simple, but are dominated
   by melody issues. Which are not functions either, but in
mathematical terminology,
   are better descrbed  as functionals.


> > I - ii - V
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> > I =3D Tonic function.
> > ii =3D Subdominant function.
> > V =3D Dominant function.
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> > I is likely to be (let's put it in C) C6, C6/9, CMaj7, CMaj9, and
among
> > other things, CMaj7(#11).
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> > Now, if it's #11, that's not really an "alteration" of 4 because it's
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> > from the Lydian Mode. Correct?
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> I would consider it an alteration of 4, in the sense that it's not
diaton=
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> but that doesn't change the chord's tonic function.
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> > And because it's a Tonic chord, it's unlikely to have b/#5 or b/#9
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> > they're for color, not function). Correct?
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> Per our discussion in the other thread, b5 might well be used to
indicate
> what is, by rights, a #4.
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> And #5 might also be used.
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> Neither would change tonic function.
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> > Now, let's say I put in an A7 between I and ii:
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> > I - V7/ii (or VI7 if you must) - ii - V.
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> > Now, this V7/ii has a Dominan function (locally if not globally).
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> A/k/a secondary dominant.
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> So it can
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> > take on the same kinds of alterations any Dominant might?
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> > A7, A7b9, A7(#5 #9), etc.
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> Absolutely. =A0In jazz, with a Dm following, the A7 is highly likely to
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