August R. Paige, III

Gardener- Thank you a great deal for your response. Typically I do include inversions NCTs, and cadence type in my analysis. The paper printed off in fact is full of them. Skipped it for the sake of focusing on what I was really curious about... the 3rd line. I actually had a very hard time deciding to use C Major as I agree with all of your statements. Including the brevity of the piece overall and the the cadence ending the phrase establishing the key change immediately ends with the phrase immediately following. My concerns or lack of knowledge makes me curious about how you stated you would analyze this. First if someone would be kind enough to re-introduce me to the function of mm7 chords in the CPP I would be greatly appreciative (I understand ii7 V I, my understanding fades from there). Secondly... I never did quite understand if a secondary dominant could disrupt the flow of harmonic progression or if it is only allowed to make the pull stronger? For instance, with your suggested analysis, all of the ***/V section is pulling to V from vi. From what I've understood vi to V is generally not an accepted progression. Truly... I like how you wrote this and would take this approach: .Thank you again... and though I question some of your thoughts... it is simply to understand them. I have already found your information INCREDIBLY useful. Thank you!

I read through the rules of applying for lessons and noticed most teachers are not open for more or any lessons. Would this forum also be a place to informally ask questions of my own studies in music? I, in fact, am not looking for a teacher really... simply an open forum of educated musicians to fill in the gaps in my own pursuits. Instance: I have decided to study the Bach Chorales in order to deepen my understanding of harmony, but have ran into some questions. I also don't foresee how often I would be seeking guidance as I am fairly busy a pursuing theory/composition independently from my formal education (Music Education Major). In anticipation that this hopefully can be an open forum: My first question. I have decided to start with analyzing BWV 281. Even though these are all under public domain, I don't fully understand publishing copyrights even if the publisher is handing them out for free... I used this site to acquire the Chorales: JSBChorales.net: Bach Chorales. If this site does not mind me posting my analysis of the Chorale via sib or pic, I would gladly do so to make this easier for those helping. Regardless... My analysis and questions: I | I V V7/IV IV | V [V I] IV | I viidm7 I [V | I] *** IV | V7 I ii v7/ii | ii7 [V I] *** I | viid I ii7 V(7?) | I Explanation of 3rd phrase. It seemed extremely confusing to continue analyzing in F Major with all of the mm7 chords. Unless it was a utilizing the circle of 5ths progression, it was easier to assume had was just using a secondary key momentarily. The secondary key being C Major made much more sense. In the key of F Major and between all of the mm7 chords I couldn't find a chord progression following the rules. Please... COMMENTS!!! I have been out of formal theory classes for a year and hope continuing to analyze will help me with both composition and music in its entirety. My other goal associated with analyzing these chorales will be to play the chorales game: http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/chorales-yay-18165.html. Actually looks like a bit of fun. Thank you all again and I look forward to responses. P.S. I do not foresee my posts being this long in the future. ;) Thank You!!!