Talk:Supertonic
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[edit] Removed
There is a problem with this article:
"The supertonic is the root of the minor seventh chord...". As it stands, this doesn't make sense and it begs the question "Which minor seventh chord?". Of course, the answer can only be the supertonic minor seventh chord (rather than the mediant, or submediant minor seventh chords). But that's kind of obvious. You certainly don't want to say "The supertonic is the root of the supertonic minor seventh chord"
And why choose the minor seventh chord, anyway? It's also the root of the diminished, minor, and minor 9th, to name just a few of the chords that can be built on the supertonic.
I suggest taking it out completely and leaving the second part intact. The part about the supertonic being the fifth of the dominant seventh chord is much more meaningful and informative. (09 November 2005)
- Agreed - It's a meaningless phrase and I've removed it. Fretsource 8 January 2006
[edit] Requested audio
I have added an audio example to this article. Hyacinth (talk) 19:52, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Removed Incorrect Information
This article is grossly inaccurate. This article suggests that a ii is the same as a V/V, which is flat-out wrong both in sound and in function (ii is minor or diminished, V/V is major). I removed the incorrect information and reworded some examples that were overly-complicated (why was the Lydian mode even mentioned?). --74.74.235.161 (talk) 21:56, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Neapolitan
An anonymous user (24.125.51.106) made the following edit to the end of the first paragraph:
- This is not right. A neapolitan is contextual. a pure supertonic is exactly what was initially stated... the second scale degree of a scale. neapolitan chords are built off of "ra," the solfege syllable which is a half step above the tonic/root.
Since the form of the edit is poor and I'm not qualified to judge the merits of the complaint, I'm simply going to revert it, but someone who is competent should evaluate it and decide if the article should be revised. —DavidConrad (talk) 10:12, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
