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Basic voicings for the tonic chord (assignment solution, p. 39)

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Tonic and Dominant Triads; The Dominant 7th Chord

Cadences

Non-harmonic tones

Four-part choral style. Strict resolution:

Keyboard style. Free resolution:

Dominant 7th in root position:

Dominant 7th voice leading:

 

The 7th is a dissonance. Notice that it behaves in the manner of a non-harmonic tone.

 

Strict resolution of the tendency tones.

 

 

 

 

Free resolution of the leading tone.

At a V7-I cadence with root-position harmony, one of the two chords will be incomplete:

 

Examples:

 

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