I have seen this chord in some jazz charts written as A7(b9)(sus4). The non-functional passing chord in measure 8 which spells an Em7(b5)(11) but clearly works as a passing harmony as the bass ascends chromatically from the subdominant to the dominant (A-Bb-B). This makes the underlying voice-leading very easy to hear. It was interesting to me to sing or play the soprano voice in the reduction as you listen to a recording of this etude. 27-28) ties the harmony of the final section together so I put it in the soprano so you would see and hear it. I wanted to show that the tonic tone E with its leading-tone (mm. Back to functional harmony comprised basically of a drawn out cadence V/V to V to I with a few interesting things in between like the Italian augmented sixth chord for example in measure 30 along with the plagal cadence afterthought (iv-I) with the final major tonic chord containing the added sixth. Chromatically descending tritones over an E bass spanning the octave beginning on the high E, which we reached in the first section, and ending on the E an octave lower in measure 22. The E is an eleventh over the bass (B) in measure 9 resolving to a tenth in measure 11 (4-3 suspension). Basically all functional harmony with mainly parallel tenths between the outer two voices supporting an ascending soprano beginning on a G and rising a sixth to the tonic E (shown with dotted slurs). The piece is loosely in three sections in the key of E minor Since the work is still under copyright I am unable to include the full score but it should be easy to follow along with your published edition. I used a few more voices before the final cadence in order to show the resolution of the augmented sixth chord as well as showing the common tone E in the soprano. My analysis reduces the texture to three essential voices for the most part which I believe clearly shows the voice-leading and harmony. Download the PDF at the end of this article. A few people have asked about Villa-Lobos Etude No. It's been a while since I have done an analysis.
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