Grade 7 Music Theory, Unit 2, Lesson 4 of 6
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The German sixth

Music theory, Augmented sixths, 12 minutes

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The augmented sixth with the flattened mediant added, and why it goes to Ic first.

The flattened mediant added

In C minor: A flat, C, E flat, F sharp

The German sixth adds the flattened mediant to the Italian sixth: four different notes. In C minor: A flat, C, E flat, F sharp.

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  • 5 exam-style questions, marked as you go, each with a worked solution
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