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Rimsky-Korsakov, Practical Manual of Harmony in English

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · section 85 of 96

The Dominant Seventh Chord with Augmented Fifth

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§ 81.— 1) It can occur only in major:

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Fig. 349 · See it in the reader

2) As an independent chord it may be prepared by the chord into which it resolves (**):

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Fig. 350 · See it in the reader

3) Its effect will only be better if it is used in a position that gives the inversion of the diminished third, that is, the augmented sixth.