| Harmonic vocabulary: available chords and their functions | |||||||
| Bass scale degrees | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Tonic (T) | I, i | I6, i6 | I6/4 (arp, P) |
vi, VI |
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| (N6/4) | (after V, DC) | ||||||
| Dominant (D) | V4/3 (P, N) | V4/2 (N) | V | viio4/2 (N) | V6 (N) | ||
| V6/4 (P, N) | viio4/3 (P, N) | V7 | V6/5 (N) | ||||
| viio6 (P, N) | cad6/4-5/3 | viio7 (N) | |||||
| viio6/5 (P, N) | cad6/4-4/2 | ||||||
| Dominant preparation (DP) |
ii4/2, ii |
ii (M keys only) |
iii, III | IV, iv | vi, VI | ||
| ii7,
ii |
IV7, iv7 | IV6, iv6 | |||||
| ii6, iio6 | IV6/5, iv6/5 | ||||||
| ii6/5,
ii |
ii4/3,
ii |
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| Intermediate (move to other DP chords, rather than directly to I or V) | iii, III | vi, VI | |||||
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