Скачать или смотреть Why the Cadential 6/4 Is So Confusing (and How to Get It Right) | Chord by Chord Ep.15

🔗 Practice this episode: download the study guide + worksheet set that goes directly with this video:
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📄 Study guide explaining the cadential 6/4 as a double (or triple) suspension
📄 Five worksheets (part writing, figured bass, harmonization, analysis)

The cadential 6/4 chord looks like a tonic, but it doesn’t behave like one.

In this episode of the Chord by Chord series, we break down why the cadential 6/4 must always be paired with V (or V7), how its voice leading actually works, and why theorists can’t seem to agree on how to label it. Rather than treating it as a “special chord,” we’ll see how it functions as a voice-leading event closely related to suspension patterns.

You’ll learn:
• why I6/4 → V acts like a dominant expansion
• how the cadential 6/4 behaves like a double (or triple) suspension
• why second-inversion chords are inherently dissonant
• how classical composers used the cadential 6/4 to intensify cadences and cadenzas

This series is ideal for:
• music theory students and teachers, including AP Music Theory
• college music majors
• composers and performers learning tonal harmony
• anyone who wants to understand why cadences feel powerful

🎧 Harmonic Dictation (optional listening practice):
🔗 The Cadential 6/4 (Major):    • Harmonic Dictation #19 – The Cadential 6⁄4...  
🔗 The Cadential 6/4 (Minor):    • Harmonic Dictation #20 – The Cadential 6⁄4...  

🔗 Next Episode in the Chord by Chord Series:    • Pedal 6/4 Explained (IV6/4): Voice Leading...  

00:00 What the cadential 6/4 really is
02:05 The three labeling systems
04:57 Using the cadential 6/4 to set up authentic cadences
07:43 Cadential 6/4 and classical cadenzas
09:12 Second-inversion chords and dissonance