Hi Kevin, > it is possible for the 7th to be a suspension, for example the inganno > interruption (found in fugues and the like) produces a suspended seventh that > usually resolves to a 6th.
Indeed, most [classical] music theory texts include entire sections of chapters devoted to this suspension, which arose (if I recall correctly) in species counterpoint and was used extensively through the Renaissance and Baroque and well into to the Classical period. Cheers, Kieren. _______________________ Kieren MacMillan, composer www: <http://www.kierenmacmillan.info> email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
