[Smt-talk] Uncommon six-four chords

Tue Feb 7 14:05:28 PST 2012

Dear Dimitar,

What some theory textbooks refer to as the ³pedal² six-four, others refer to
as a ³neighbor² or ³neighboring² six-four. Books that call the chord a
³pedal² include The Complete Musician (3rd ed.) by Laitz, Harmonic Practice
in Tonal Music (2nd ed.) by Gauldin, and Tonal Harmony (6th ed.) by Kostka
and Payne. Those referring to the chord as a ³neighbor² include Harmony in
Context (2nd ed.) by Francoli, Harmony in Voice Leading (4th ed.) by Aldwell
and Schachter, and Tonal Music (5th ed.) by Benjamin, Horvit, and Nelson
(this book acknowledges that the chord is also knows as an ³auxiliary² or
³pedal² chord).  Theory and Analysis (2nd ed.) by Clendinning and Marvin
refers to it as the ³neighboring or pedal 6/4.² This list is far from
complete but seems fairly representative of theory textbooks in use today.

One advantage to calling it the neighbor(ing) 6/4 is that the label N6/4 can
be used in place of a Roman numeral, and this reserves P6/4 for the passing
six-four. I believe that, following Clendinning and Marvin, it is
responsible to inform students that the two different terms are used to
describe the same chordal structure/voice-leading phenomenon.

I really appreciate everyone¹s responses to my original query!

Best,
Jason

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Agnes Scott College
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Dear Jason,

I am sorry if I do not understand properly, but are you mixing the meaning
of the term "pedal six-four" with "neighboring six-four"? As far as I know a
neighboring six-four is not a pedal six-four (even if in some books they
call the pedal six-four so - they do because they have not encountered a
neighboring six fou, and they probably think there are only four types of
six-four chords such as passing, pedal, arpeggiated and cadential).

However, there is also a neighboring six-four, which is supposed to be very
rare. The bass in a  neighboring six four is an upper or lower neighbor of
two notes of the same pitch, such as in the bass line Do-Re-Do. This could
be harmonized with I-V64/-I. As I mentioned, such an application must be
very rare, but that what a neighboring six-four is - it is neither pedal,
nor passing.

I apologize if I understood you wrongly.

Best regards,

Dimitar

Dr. Dimitar Ninov, Lecturer
School of Music
Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos, Texas 78666
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   1. Re: Uncommon six-four chords (Dan Zimmerman)

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Hi Jason,

There's a neighboring 6/4 decorating the subdominant in m. 11 of "La Paix"
from Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks.

Best,
Dan Zimmerman
U. of Maryland, College Park

On Feb 1, 2012, at 10:23 AM, Solomon, Jason wrote:

>
>
> I am also looking for instances of the leading-tone triad serving as a
neighbor (or, pedal) six-four to IV: IV -  viio6/4 - IV. Here, I am primarily
interested in either the leading-tone triad alone or one with a m7 added to
produce the diatonic, half-diminished LT7. (The fully-diminished LT7 in this
context could be analyzed as a common-tone diminished seventh chord, and I have
plenty of examples of this).
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions that you might have to offer!
>
> Best wishes,
> Jason
>
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