walters Posted August 26, 2005 Share Posted August 26, 2005 Italian 6th chord a.) in first inversion b.) flat 6 - 1 - #4 c.) double the tonic d.) resolves to a 1 6/4 chord German 6th chord a.) flat 6 - 1 - 3 - #4 b.) resolve to a 1 6/4 or a V chord French 6th chord a.) flat 6 - 1 - 2 - #4 What are special about these chords ? Why does classical composers use these chords? How are there chords used ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walters Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 the chord is an Italian sixth; when an augmented fourth is added above the bass, the chord is a French sixth; while adding a perfect fifth above the bass of an Italian sixth makes it a German sixth (the etymology of all these names is unclear). All usually have the flattened sub-mediant (sixth degree of the scale, A flat in C major, for example) as the bass note -in this case, they tend to resolve to the dominant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walters Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 Augmented 6th Chords: The name "augmented 6th chord" refers to the interval of an augmented 6th between scale degrees b6 and #4. The augmented 6th chords are a type of chromatically altered chords like the secondary dominant, secondary diminished 7th, and the Neapolitan 6th chords. Augmented 6th chords arise as a result of voice leading; there are no real roots. The b6 scale degree in major (or scale degree 6 in minor) occurs most often in the bass. All the chromatically altered notes should resolve in the direction of their alteration; b6 resolves down to 5 in the bass and #4 up to 5 in an upper part. The augmented 6th chords often occur near cadences. They usually resolve to the tonic six-four and then to the dominant, especially the German augmented 6th chord, to avoid parallel 5ths. The four types of augmented sixth chords are summarized as follows: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walters Posted August 26, 2005 Author Share Posted August 26, 2005 alian 6th Major: b6,1,#4,1 Minor: 6,1,#4,1 French 6th Major: b6,1,#4,2 Minor: 6,1,#4,2 German 6th Major: b6,1,#4,b3 Minor: 6, 1,#4, 3 Doubly Augmented 6th Major: b6,1,#4,#2 minor: Not used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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