OK, folks,
Debussy (in pieces like "Maid with the Flaxon Hair") uses a cadence that would be F/G (F major in the right hand, G in the bass) to the tonic in C Major. Is that plagal or authentic? Is the F/G chord a V11? How would Schenkerian scholars view it?
I love the falling fourth ("Hey, Jude" and Lasso's "Bonjour mon coeur"). Strong progressions but no leading tone. I suppose they are considered modal.
Hal
Well, I wouldn't call it a V11, since the third is omitted (even though I know that IS a common way to call it.) I would call it a V9sus4, where the sus4 is never resolved, and since there is no leading tone, but there IS a 4th from the key (F), then that makes it plagal in my book.
But the "book" seems to have mostly been rewritten, so what do I know?
And yes, I would also call it modal.
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