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Thread #77548   Message #1384477
Posted By: M.Ted
21-Jan-05 - 01:05 PM
Thread Name: Basic Music Theory Question
Subject: RE: Basic Music Theory Question
Super tonic just means above the tonic--the supertonic is part of the dominant harmony(as opposed to the submediant, which is the relative minor and part of the Tonic harmony)--that is to say, it is related to the G7--in fact, play the two chords together and you'll have a G9--in the key of C--

If you know about this, you'll understand why one set of chords to a particular song has, say, a D minor leading to the G7, while another just has the G7--Also, if you want to play a song in G, and you find the chords in Bb and see "Cm7-5 F11" you won't get all freaky, you'll know that it is just the old SuperTonic to Dominant and you'll play Am C7--