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Exercise 1-3-1 and 1-3-2

June 3, 2018 By

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Brian G asked 7 years ago

In the two mentioned exercises, I’m confused by the chord progression in them.  The last two measures of the first exercise has a V6/4 chord go into a 5/3….but I’m really confused by this.  The V6/4 looks like a C chord not a G chord, especially since the notes are G-C-E-G.  Why is it a V6/4?  The 5/3 part looks like a G chord so I’m assuming the 5/3 is an inversion mark of some sort.  and then it resolves to a I.
The second exercise does a similar thing only it starts on the second beat of the measure.  This time the 5/3 looks to be a C chord this time instead of a G chord, so why is it not an I with an inversion?
Any help with this would be amazing.
Thank You,
Brian

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Jon Brantingham Staff answered 7 years ago

Brian,

Check out this answer below.

Cadential 6/4 – Why V6/4 instead of I6/4?

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Brian G answered 7 years ago

Thank you.  I did more digging into it myself and realized it is mildly a music theory holy war about which is correct… Thank you though I appreciate your help 🙂

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