Yes, I realise that, just as there are many more "dominants" available
than the one built on the 5th degree (speaking of both dominant
function and dominant quality).
Some of these concepts have grown so much that they deserve their own
terms. Like the bVII dominant7 chord resolving to I in jazz is so much
more common than say, a Neopolitain chord in the idiom that it is only
right that it should have its own name, too. One school calls it a
"backdoor" resolution, which is at least easy to spell and say, even if
it is less than descriptive.
Christopher
On Jun 30, 2005, at 10:49 AM, Ken Durling wrote:
Well, if you think of it as a subdominant *function* it's not so very
wrong. In a similar way vii serves a dominant function.
Ken
At 09:54 PM 6/29/2005, you wrote:
On Jun 29, 2005, at 9:14 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
Subdominant (used to mean the 4th of the scale, or the chord built
on it. Now means ANY chord that can lead to a dominant
Really? I only know the term as referring to the chord built on the
4th of the scale.
So you're telling me that a IIm7 chord would be described as
"subdominant"? To me that sounds very wrong.
mdl
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