TUNING digest 830

> From: Gary Morrison <71670.2576@CompuServe.COM>
> I have found that to depend heavily upon musical context, so as a
> counterexample, I pointed out that 4:5:6:7 functions quite effectively as a dissonance in the context of an authentic cadence. I used an
authentic cadence as an example because it is almost certainly the single
most common chord progression involving dominant seventh chords.
>
> I may be mistaken here, but I think that authentic cadences aren't terribly common in barbershop style.

Gary,what is an "authentic cadence" ? Pardon my ignorance:-)

Ed Dotson
ldotson@sprynet.com
73757.1062@compuserve.com



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