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does anyone know what a v6 and v7 chord is? i dont understand it
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Was there a letter attached to it besides the "v", or was it just listed as "v6" and "v7"?
Do you think you could give us some chords before and after this mystery chord?
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Originally Posted by Nate Was there a letter attached to it besides the "v", or was it just listed as "v6" and "v7"?
Do you think you could give us some chords before and after this mystery chord? i am given the key of F and then the chords I, IV, I6, V7, I, V6, I, IV, V8, I then i have to make chords out of that. its hard to explain but i have to take the I chord and put it in the bass and trebel clef for bass, tenor, alto and soprano voices. lke I chord is fac and i have to make that a chord. is that making any sense?
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Originally Posted by rkfan4 i am given the key of F and then the chords I, IV, I6, V7, I, V6, I, IV, V8, I then i have to make chords out of that. its hard to explain but i have to take the I chord and put it in the bass and trebel clef for bass, tenor, alto and soprano voices. lke I chord is fac and i have to make that a chord. is that making any sense?
Oh... heavens. Why didn't I figure that you were doing harmonic analysis. Haha. Yes, it makes sense.
What you're seeing are Roman numeral chord symbols (the most common method of harmonic analysis in music theory); each Roman numeral (I = 1, ii = 2, iii = 3, IV = 4, V = 5, vi = 6, and vii = 7) represents the root note of the chord that it is standing in for (symbolizing, that is) in relation to the key that you are in. IV, therefore, would be a chord with the root note of the fourth scale degree (fourth note up the scale of the key) in whatever key you're in; in F major, that would be a chord with a root note of Bb, for example. The case (uppercase or lowercase) of the Roman numeral represents the quality (the sonority; major or minor) of the chord built on the root note specified by the numeral. V, therefore, would be a major chord (uppercase numeral) with a root note of the fifth scale degree in whatever key you're in; in F major, that would be a C major chord, C-E-G.
When you see an Arabic numeral (1, 2, 3, etc) after the Roman numeral, that represents (in most cases) either a chord inversion or an added note (technically speaking, it actually represents nothing more than an "interval above the bass," but you don't need to worry about that for now). If it's a 6 or a "6 3," it's representing a chord inversion (first inversion and second inversion, respectively), which means that you put a different chord member as the bass note (in a root position chord [no Arabic numeral], the root is the bass; in a first inversion chord [6], the third is the bass; in a second inversion chord [6 3], the fifth is the bass). If the Arabic numeral is not a 6 or a "6 3," you're probably dealing with a root position chord with an added note (usually a chordal seventh, represented by 7). Just add whatever note is specified by counting from the root (as specified by the Roman numeral) up the scale of the key that you're in as many spaces as you're told (if you're given a V7, for example, and you're in F, count "C [the root of a V chord in F] = 1, D = 2, E = 3, F = 4, G = 5, A =6, Bb = 7" and add the Bb to the chord you were given).
There is much much much much much much more that could be said on this topic (the most important additional information being how to place the members of each chord across the four voice parts effectively), but this should be a good start for you. Hope it helps.
In His love,
Nate
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i think i get it. thank you.