Richters Manual of Harmony a Practical Guide to Its Study
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First, we regard the closing cadence as the regular resolution of the dominant seventh chord especially. The seventh, as the essential interval of the chord, is, from its re- lation to the fundamental, restricted to a stated progression. The progression of the bass being given, an upward resolution of the sev- enth would seem impossible : 85. i even if a third voice be added, as at b ; whereas its do-wnvjard move- ment will be entirely satisfactory to the ear. Since the progression of the funda...mental by a skip upward of a fourth or downward by a fifth is already determined, the leading of the third ?^x\djifth of the chord of the seventh remains to be considered. T/ie third of the chord of the dominant seventh is ahvays the leading to?ze of the scale; its natural tendency is, therefore, upward a half step to the tonic. Thus, in the following example, a is more satisfactorv than b : 6o MANUAL OF HARMONY. 87. iszil: =]=:^=l=i=:^^:g=H 9^ :i^i^H In Ex. 87,
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