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1101:Close and open harmony
911:Secondary leading-tone
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238:dominant seventh chord
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987:Chord-scale system
906:Secondary dominant
381:Musical Dictionary
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694:Grandmother
551:Nondominant
531:Minor-major
212:major triad
192:ninth chord
1167:Categories
965:Techniques
952:Substitute
947:Subsidiary
883:Neapolitan
841:Submediant
821:Supertonic
594:Dominant 7
584:Thirteenth
516:Diminished
468:Diminished
343:References
1120:Inversion
982:Chordioid
898:Secondary
714:Petrushka
648:Seven six
605:Polychord
473:Suspended
463:Augmented
200:bass note
171:inversion
1111:Doubling
1023:Arpeggio
937:Contrast
873:Borrowed
868:Approach
850:Subtonic
836:Dominant
808:Diatonic
799:function
755:Secundal
657:Specific
597:♯
579:Eleventh
566:Extended
506:Dominant
304:See also
292:results.
202:and the
888:Passing
860:Altered
826:Mediant
765:Quartal
760:Tertian
743:General
729:Tristan
724:So What
684:Elektra
625:omitted
483:Seventh
437:By form
390:at the
359:Harmony
281:chord.
180:voicing
178:is the
1178:Chords
1142:Octave
1136:higher
1134:, and
1038:Factor
992:Guitar
932:Common
775:Tetrad
719:Psalms
704:Mystic
689:Farben
669:Bridge
643:Lydian
430:Chords
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169:first
1147:Voice
1016:Other
1007:Slash
1002:Power
977:Block
972:Barre
925:Other
816:Tonic
699:Magic
679:Dream
664:Alpha
633:Sixth
621:Added
574:Ninth
501:Minor
496:Major
458:Minor
453:Major
445:Triad
208:sixth
196:third
190:, or
184:triad
182:of a
176:chord
174:of a
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997:Open
387:Also
363:ISBN
204:root
167:The
157:edit
148:Play
109:Play
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