Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · section 85 of 96

The Dominant Seventh Chord with Augmented Fifth

§ 81.— 1) It can occur only in major:

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

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.