Melody 9 — Melody applied dominant
C majorA raised fourth degree in the melody announces the applied dominant: ♯4̂ is a borrowed leading tone, and it pulls to 5̂ exactly as 7̂ pulls to 1̂.
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What does an accidental in the melody ask of the harmony?
A raised fourth degree announces the applied dominant; a lowered sixth leans on the dominant from the parallel minor; and when the raised tone keeps its promise, the line has changed home. Six melodies where one chromatic note decides the whole harmonization.
A raised fourth degree in the melody announces the applied dominant: ♯4̂ is a borrowed leading tone, and it pulls to 5̂ exactly as 7̂ pulls to 1̂.
A raised fourth degree in the melody announces the applied dominant: ♯4̂ is a borrowed leading tone, and it pulls to 5̂ exactly as 7̂ pulls to 1̂.
The lowered sixth degree is borrowed from the parallel minor, and it falls: ♭6̂ leans onto 5̂ with a weight the diatonic sixth never has.
The lowered sixth degree is borrowed from the parallel minor, and it falls: ♭6̂ leans onto 5̂ with a weight the diatonic sixth never has.
The line changes home: a pivot chord that belongs to both keys, then the new leading tone — and from that bar on, the old tonic is a memory.
The line changes home: a pivot chord that belongs to both keys, then the new leading tone — and from that bar on, the old tonic is a memory.