Title: Re: [Finale] Subdominant-was half rests in 6/4
At 9:31 AM -0400 6/30/05, dr.a.s. weinstangel wrote:
Regarding
"...Subdominant (used to mean the 4th of the scale, or the chord built on it. Now means ANY chord that can lead to a dominant (though it doesn't invariably have to)...etc." From: Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Well, I'm no theorist, and I'm certainly not up to date on the latest shifts in terminology, but I would certainly never use this definition of subdominant, which has a perfectly good definition already understood and in use.  ANY chord can lead to a dominant, which would mean that any chord could be called a subdominant, which is no aid to analysis!

John


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