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Thread #56074   Message #874795
Posted By: GUEST,Frank Hamilton
25-Jan-03 - 03:55 PM
Thread Name: Help!Music Theorists!Why Does This Work?
Subject: RE: Help!Music Theorists!Why Does This Work?
Hi Peter,

Not if F# is played along with an A7 chord. It's definitely intended then as a 13th. In the early days of music it would have been considered a passing tone. But later in classical music of the nineteenth century it would have become frozen in the chord.

Frank