IDENTIFYING TONICISATIONS

1. Write out the scale and diatonic chords:

2. Note the most recurring pitches, rearrange them into stacked thirds, and identify:

C F D A = D F A C (D7 or D major-minor seventh)

3. How does this chord relate to C minor? Which chord is it?

A: None of them.

5. So what are the options?

Secondary dominant/leading tone

Neapolitan X not flat II

Mode mixture X not in C major

Augmented sixths X not augmented

II7

This makes the most sense

because the chord is a major-

minor seventh.

5. What is this chord the dominant of? (count down 5 notes)

A: G minor/major which is V in C minor.

Comments:

The process is identical for the leading tone chords. If the altered chord spells a diminished

chord, identify what that chord is vii of by counting up one semitone from the root of the

chord.

V /V 4 2