On 30 Jun 2005 at 13:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 > > If this is true, then do you call the 7th a sub-tonic ?
In my experience, "subtonic" is reserved for bVII. > Call me aa A-retentive tradionalist, but I believe that by changing > the meaning of the term obfuscates it's meaning and makes subsequent > discussions between musicians/composers/arrangers much more > difficult than it already is. I am not at all aware of anyone seriously using "subdominant" to name any chord other than IV/iv. > If someone says to me "sub-dominant" within a music discussion, I > will take that to mean the pitch just BELOW the Dominant or the 4th > pitch in the scale. And you'd be correct to do so. I don't think it's at all confusing to talk about chords of "subdominant function" or "predominants." -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
