Mariah Woolley Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 So I'm new here, and relatively new to harmonic analysis. I was in the process of studying some old hymns, and ran across a chord I simply can't figure out. It has me stumped.The one that has me stumped is the first beat of the last measure in this selection (which I've uploaded as a pdf). The hymn is obviously in the key of Bb major,and all the other chords are easily identifiable, but what roman numeral should be given to a chord of Eb Bb G and C?Is the C just a non-chord tone? Any ideas? I feel kind of silly not knowing, since the answer is probably a simple one, but I guess the only way to learn is to ask. Opennowthygates.pdf PDF Opennowthygates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Armstrong Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 ii6/5 (ii7 in first inversion) would be my analysis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne-scales Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Yes, it's ii6/5. The tenor's Bb is a suspension, creating a nondominant seventh chord (C Eb G Bb), and is prepared in the previous chord; it resolves to the A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariah Woolley Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 Awesome! Thanks. That makes perfect sense now. I feel kind of silly for not realizing it to begin with. But thanks guys :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvothe Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Well lets see here: I would concur. Since the next chord is IV, pre dom, would have to ii or vi chord. Knowing this, and examing the chorale, the bass note indiactes that it is II chord: A II7. Eb is the third of II chord; hence we have II 6/5, Not to say that would have use other chords or triads off the same bass note and still conenct to the IV; it would have worked just as well. But here, the chorale picked a this chord for texture and variety. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phrygian Queen Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Well lets see here: I would concur. Since the next chord is IV, pre dom, would have to ii or vi chord. Knowing this, and examing the chorale, the bass note indiactes that it is II chord: A II7. Eb is the third of II chord; hence we have II 6/5, Not to say that would have use other chords or triads off the same bass note and still conenct to the IV; it would have worked just donkey well. But here, the chorale picked a this chord for texture and variety. :) lol, donkey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvothe Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 lol, donkey Off topic, much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJS Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Off topic, much? It's because you misspelled "as" with two s's, and the filter changed it to "donkey": it would have worked just donkey well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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