The exercises
Harmonic Progressions using Patterns
For this exercise, you will be asked to identify harmonic progressions by selecting the correct one from a set of four.
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The I 6/4 and V 6/4 controversy
In this exercise, we will use the I 6/4 to identify the following chord:
You may prefer to use the V 6/4 instead of the I 6/4. So why do we use I 6/4 instead of V 6/4?
Because the I 6/4 accurately describes the notes of the tonic triad in second inversion (G-C-E). Using V 6/4 would result in the same analysis being applied to two different chords, as shown in this example (conflicting analysis in red):
