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Possible Error in 2007 Group Paper?

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ninwa:
1) I'm classically-trained, overlapping phrases is very normal in classical music, but I can't comment on pop norms because I wouldn't have a clue :P

2) Mixolydian is the only mode that fits. Listening to it again, the first chord is actually a suspended chord: A-D-E-A (rather than pure A major A-C#-E-A) - might have something to do with it? Maybe? (I don't know :P)


... I am so glad I didn't do group if this is what you guys have to learn >_<

domislong:
It's all-in-all an easier subject than solo... I'm just nit-picking with this once question.

In the scheme of things it doesn't really matter... a little part of me just wants the VCAA to be wrong  ;D.

humph:
I'd say A mixolydian. Even though there's a plagal cadence if you think about it in terms of D major, the focus is definitely on the A note as the root note, not the D note. Plus the chord progression goes something like
Asus4 - Gsus2 - D - D - Asus4 - Gsus2 - F#m - F#m
so the plagal cadence only occurs the first time through.

That being said, it's often difficult to pigeonhole a piece as being in one particular key; there's not always a unification between the scale being used and the "home chord".

domislong:
I'm just hesitant as they clearly state A Major in the report.

On another note, a question in the 2008 paper asks the tonal differences between verse and chorus, and the answer simply states the key that it is in (and remains in both secitions) and provides the key signature.

Lesson learned: Don't talk about tonality.

ninwa:
:P VCAA don't want to make it TOO complicated to accommodate for weaker students, I guess

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