Luis Hernández Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 (edited) I'm writing a little piece for strings and I don't know how to play a measure myself. In the end, I don't care either, I know that it comes from voice conduction, but well, let's guess what it could be... It is bar 4 (in blue). The piece is in D minor. Although it starts in G minor. So Gm - Dm - ¿¿?? F..... Since the resulting chord in that measure (after what I consider some appoggiaturas) contains Gb - Ab - Cb.... it could be called Gbsus (with its 2 = Ab and with its4 = Cb). Somehow it links to the following chord by descending semitone (F). Edited October 27 by Luis Hernández Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterthePapercomPoser Posted Tuesday at 09:46 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:46 PM On 10/27/2024 at 11:10 AM, Luis Hernández said: The piece is in D minor. Although it starts in G minor. So Gm - Dm - ¿¿?? F..... Since the resulting chord in that measure (after what I consider some appoggiaturas) contains Gb - Ab - Cb.... it could be called Gbsus (with its 2 = Ab and with its4 = Cb). Somehow it links to the following chord by descending semitone (F). I think the chord is kinda functioning as a French 6th in Bb major. Despite the fact that it's missing an E on top to create the necessary augmented 6th, the function of the tritone substitution is still there since there is a Bb in the Violas. And the slip into the suspended 4th (Cb) and the addition of the 2nd (Ab) is a very individual and unique harmonic characteristic that makes sense with the voice leading between the two chords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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