Chapter+16

  Falling-fifth chain- Connection between chords that begin with I or i then move downward by fifth or up by fourth to other diatonic chords in the key.

Falling-third chain- Possible both ascending and descending. The root motion by falling third can be repeated to make a chain: I-vi-IV-ii-vii-V-iii-I

Linear chords-The interval of the third in the bass can be filled in with a passing tone. If the remaining voices were connected with passing and neighbor notes, a chord appears. The chord is the product of linear motion.

Retogression- Backward progressions.

Root progression- IV to ii represents a common root progression. Root progressions are helpful in remembering the customary order and moving between areas of the basic phrase.

Tonic Substitute- If the mediant shares two scale degrees with the tonic, but 1 is not shared, the mediant triad is less effective as the tonic substitute than the submediant.