The following extract is taken from the pop song, L-O-V-E. Words in boxes below the Roman Numerals (RN) represents Harmonic Functions, Tonic(T); Pre-Dominant (PD) and Dominant (D).
I think you basically got the essence of the whole song there in your nice entry, but I just wanted to add my two cents worth:
The part that has the G7 chord (you labelled it as I7), why not think of it as a tonicisation of IV? Likewise, with the A7 chord in the last line, a tonicisation of V(7).
This would leave your whole harmonic progression looking like this:
V7/IV - IV - V7/V - V - V7 - I PD PD PD D T
The tonicisations would then be a predominant position expansion. Combined with the first T-D-T phrase you had earlier, this would give you one period, with antecedent-consequent phrases. Instead of the earlier one where it was more segmented. At least that's what I was thinking...hmm you don't have to agree!
Benji: I'm not sure if you can understand ben's explanation as I have not taught the class the concept of tonicization. So, you may come back to this again in a couple of weeks' time.
Ben: please note that V/V-V is considered a dominant expansion rather than a PD-D. Secondly, try hearing the phrase as a sentence within a sentence, does not make more sense to you?
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Hi Benji,
This is Ben from Yr 3.
I think you basically got the essence of the whole song there in your nice entry, but I just wanted to add my two cents worth:
The part that has the G7 chord (you labelled it as I7), why not think of it as a tonicisation of IV? Likewise, with the A7 chord in the last line, a tonicisation of V(7).
This would leave your whole harmonic progression looking like this:
V7/IV - IV - V7/V - V - V7 - I
PD PD PD D T
The tonicisations would then be a predominant position expansion.
Combined with the first T-D-T phrase you had earlier, this would give you one period, with antecedent-consequent phrases. Instead of the earlier one where it was more segmented. At least that's what I was thinking...hmm you don't have to agree!
Cheers,
Ben
Benji: I'm not sure if you can understand ben's explanation as I have not taught the class the concept of tonicization. So, you may come back to this again in a couple of weeks' time.
Ben: please note that V/V-V is considered a dominant expansion rather than a PD-D. Secondly, try hearing the phrase as a sentence within a sentence, does not make more sense to you?
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