Post 3: Revengeance
WEEK 3: Research 2, now with new info! This week I’m going to build in last week’s work about chord structure . Now that we know how chords are built, we need to learn how to use them. This is called chord function , and it builds up chord progressions , which do a lot to set the tone for the music. There a 3 ways a chord can function: Tonic Dominant Subdominant This chart, from openmusictheory , shows the 3 functions. Quick side note, when I say the “I” chord, that means I’m referring to the 1st scale degree. So, the I in C is C, the II is D, and so on. The tonic chords are able to be thought about like home . The other chords lead to a tonic chord in one way or another. In the key of C , the tonics are C (I), Em (iii), and Am (vi). The dominants lead to the tonic strongly. When I play a dominant, it naturally wants to resolve to the tonic chord. The dominant chords in C are G (V) and B° (vii). Finally, the subdominant chords act somewhat like dominant chords. The