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Tendency tones are notes with in the key that must resolve in a specific direction. These notes are the leading tones (7th scale degree), the seventh of the V7 (dominant seventh chord), and altered notes.
- How many tendency tones are there?
- What should you never do with tendency tones?
- Which notes in the V7 chord are tendency tones?
How many tendency tones are there?
This seems useful to know for all 12 pitches, since it will give you a very calculated way of subverting audience expectations in more micro ways than just thinking in terms of tonic, subdominant, and dominant chords.
What should you never do with tendency tones?
Never double a tendency tone as this will force you to break rule 1 or 2. 7. Never omit any note of a triad or seventh chord except the fifth – and only omit the fifth when you must do so in order to follow rule 1.
Which notes in the V7 chord are tendency tones?
The ROOT, the 3RD, the 5TH and the 7TH. The V7 chord contains 2 TENDENCY TONES, that together create a TRITONE: 1-The 3rd of this chord (scale degree 7) wants to resolve UP to scale degree 1.
