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249:dominant seventh chord
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223:major triad
203:ninth chord
1178:Categories
976:Techniques
963:Substitute
958:Subsidiary
894:Neapolitan
852:Submediant
832:Supertonic
605:Dominant 7
595:Thirteenth
527:Diminished
479:Diminished
354:References
1131:Inversion
993:Chordioid
909:Secondary
725:Petrushka
659:Seven six
616:Polychord
484:Suspended
474:Augmented
211:bass note
182:inversion
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948:Contrast
884:Borrowed
879:Approach
861:Subtonic
847:Dominant
819:Diatonic
810:function
766:Secundal
668:Specific
608:♯
590:Eleventh
577:Extended
517:Dominant
315:See also
303:results.
213:and the
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771:Tertian
754:General
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448:By form
401:at the
370:Harmony
292:chord.
191:voicing
189:is the
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786:Tetrad
730:Psalms
715:Mystic
700:Farben
680:Bridge
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988:Block
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936:Other
827:Tonic
710:Magic
690:Dream
675:Alpha
644:Sixth
632:Added
585:Ninth
512:Minor
507:Major
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464:Major
456:Triad
219:sixth
207:third
201:, or
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193:of a
187:chord
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