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The Multiple Functions of the Augmented Sixth Chord

Author(s): Vesela Naumova
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music
Published by: Издателство НМА „Проф. Панчо Владигеров”
Keywords: augmented sixth chord; chromatically altered subdominant; pre-dominant; enharmonic modulation; tritone substitutes; contemporary theory;

Summary/Abstract: The augmented sixth chord has special value in the evolution and reconstruction of the tonal system. The chord's enharmonically flexible structure, which contains the dissonant augmented sixth and augmented fourth, creates the conditions for it to be interpreted in different ways. These complications are not included in the theoretical literature or the teaching of harmony in Bulgaria. This article researches and presents the augmented sixth chord as a specific harmonic phenomenon in the context of contemporary theory with a view to its application in music pedagogy.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 40-55
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bulgarian