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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Dear Listers,<BR>
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Possibly the best known example of I-II (=V/V)-IV occurs at the end of "Yesterday." The aforementioned chromatic descent from scale degree five (to three) occurs in an inner voice here, but nicely highlights the enigmatic melodic ending on three.<BR>
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I too am curious about "classical" precedents for this. Since one fairly common deceptive resolution of V is to IV6, there must be many examples of V/V resolving directly to I6, though none jumps to mind at the moment.<BR>
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Best,<BR>
David Smyth<BR>
Lousiana State University<BR>
dsmyth@lsu.edu<BR>
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From: smt-talk-bounces@societymusictheory.org on behalf of Reed,Smith Alexander<BR>
Sent: Sun 8/30/2009 12:24 AM<BR>
To: smt-talk@societymusictheory.org<BR>
Subject: [Smt-talk] I - II- IV as a progression<BR>
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Dear Collective Wisdom:<BR>
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Today I heard Donovan's 1968 "Atlantis," which prominently<BR>
features a I - II - IV chord progression, not unlike the verse of<BR>
The Beatles' 1965 "Eight Days A Week." (I refer to the second<BR>
chord here as II rather than V/V because the dominant never<BR>
figures into the equation, except perhaps as a marked absence.) <BR>
Clearly, part of the interest in such a progression is the<BR>
chromatic descent from scale degree five but I am curious as to<BR>
whether there is a more compelling and complete discussion of this<BR>
harmonic move anywhere, and also whether anyone knows of classical<BR>
precedents for its use.<BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
<BR>
S. Alexander Reed, Ph.D.<BR>
University of Florida<BR>
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