On 1 Jun 2002, at 14:16, Harold Owen wrote: > Schenker holds that the only really strong root movement is by > falling fifth (or rising fourth). The Plagal Cadence, however, in my > ear is also very strong. Much of Renaissance music treats the falling > fourth (or rising fifth) as if it is just as strong as the authentic > root movement. Pachelbel's Canon has falling 4ths until the final > cadence, a half cadence. The only authentic cadence comes at the very > end of the piece. > > I - V, vi - iii, IV - I, IV - V :|| > > The sequences elevate the falling fourth for me.
I suspect that Schenker would actually parse the progression as: I , V - vi, iii - IV, I - IV - V :|| That means that it's not a falling 4th, but a deceptive resolution of a rising fourth. The structural chords are I - vi - IV - V - I. The others are simply passing chords, subordinate to these structural ones. -- David W. Fenton | http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates | http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
