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3. Chordal sevenths are unresolved or resolved incorrectly. (The voice with the seventh must move down by step or maintain the same pitch, depending on the next chord.) ... The leading tone in an outer voice is unresolved or resolved incorrectly.
- How do you resolve a 7th chord?
- What is an incomplete seventh chord?
- What does unresolved mean in music?
- Does the seventh have to resolve down?
How do you resolve a 7th chord?
Chordal 7ths like to either resolve downward to the next tone in the key, downward chromatically, or be held as a common tone. If you want it to resolve downward to the next scale tone, to C# in this case, you could make the chords C#m(7), B9, A(M7), or F#m(7).
What is an incomplete seventh chord?
Solution 1: Make one of the chords incomplete (use an extra root instead of the fifth), OR Solution 2: Put the leading tone in the alto or tenor and resolve it down a third. ... V7 to VI (or vi) will often double the 3rd in the VI (or vi) chord, just like triads (that is, V to VI or V to vi).
What does unresolved mean in music?
The word unresolved is used for a situation that lacks a resolution, or ending. ... The word unresolved can also be used to describe musical dissonance — if you hear a chord in a symphony that makes you think the song isn't over, the chord is probably unresolved.
Does the seventh have to resolve down?
Sevenths are present in all kinds of diatonic 7th chords and secondary 7th chords, and they all want to resolve down by step to the the next scale tone directly below. (In other words, the note below may be either a whole or a half step below the 7th of the chord.)
