[Smt-talk] Nature and Labeling of the Cadential Six-Four
Ninov, Dimitar N
dn16 at txstate.edu
Sun Feb 12 07:44:54 PST 2012
Dear Ciro,
Thank you for the comment. At the moment of occurrence which occupies the beat taken by the cadential alone, you label it as V-6/4. This is what is confusing. But how would you label it when you resolve non-chord tones into it as if it were a tonic? Such moments defy the notion of suspensions or appoggiaturas to V, because what is being introduced is suspensions or appoggiaturas to I, only that the vertical sonority is not I but I6/4. A 9-8 suspension to I, or a 4-3 suspension to I, each of them harmonized by the cadential six-four. What would you say about that?
Best regards,
Dimitar
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