On 17 Jan 2009 at 14:13, Christopher Smith wrote: > I think I remember it also being the second > chord in Bach's Air for a G String (in the key of D, of course.)
Well, yes, because of the descending bass passing through the leading tone while the tonic chord is still sounding, the vertical sonority is going to be a D chord on top of a C#, that doesn't make it a D Major 7 chord, because it's not functioning as a 7th chord at all. It's only a passing dissonance, and trying to analyze every single incidental vertical configuration will lead to complete madness. So, no, I wouldn't at all say that a D Major 7 in 3rd inversion occurs as the second chord of the Air. To say that makes a mockery of all functional harmonic analysis. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
