Re: Chord Function?

<tonydecaprio@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message news:51e46977-e672-4dc5-a96c-
>
European Classical Theory deals
> with triads, not 7th chord harmony is what I referred to.

As you said, not so.

7th chords are prevalent in "classical" theory. Triads are the
"foundation", 
and occur with greater frequency in comparison. Yes, 9th chords as
harmonic 
entities are rare before Beethoven and it's not until Ravel that we get
11th 
and 13th chords as harmonic entities (all of these may be encountered as 
contapuntal elements since Bach et al). But if you're implying hat 7th 
chords are not used in classical music, then you're dead wrong. If however
I 
am incorrectly inferring that your statement is that specific, forgive me.

Steve