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- What is the tonality of a chord?
- What is the tonality of the chords used in the blues?
- What is the function of the VI chord?
- How does the melody relate to the chords?
What is the tonality of a chord?
Tonality is the arrangement of pitches and/or chords of a musical work in a hierarchy of perceived relations, stabilities, attractions and directionality. In this hierarchy, the single pitch or triadic chord with the greatest stability is called the tonic.
What is the tonality of the chords used in the blues?
Blues harmony differs from tonal and jazz harmony in a number of important ways, especially in the treatment of the dominant-seventh chord . In a standard 12-bar blues, all chords are dominant-seventh chords . The blues is a schema that can have many alterations without ceasing to qualify as “a blues.”
What is the function of the VI chord?
The Submediant Chord (vi or VI)
The submediant chord functions as a weak pre-dominant. Its most typical role is leading from the tonic to a strong pre-dominant (such as IV or ii). The common tones between the submediant and all of these chords allow for smooth and easy voice-leading.
How does the melody relate to the chords?
Diatonic chords
Say your melody comprises the notes in a C major scale (C—D—E—F—G—A—B); each one of those notes is the tonic, or root note, of its own chord. These chords are called diatonic chords, and they play an integral part in assigning chords to a melodic note.
