Workshop 22 mini-test

1. What is the major ii–V–I in B♭?

2. What is the relative minor of B♭ major?

3. What is the minor iiø–V–i into G minor?

4. What is G7 doing in B♭ major when it resolves to Cm?

5. What chromatic line makes B♭→G7→Cm especially clear?

6. What is the borrowed iv chord in B♭?

7. What is the characteristic inner line of IV→iv→I?

8. What is the tritone-sub cadence Cm7→?→B♭?

9. Why can D be held throughout Cm7→F7→B♭?

10. What is the deepest lesson of Workshop 22?

Answers

1. Cm7 → F7 → B♭maj7.
2. G minor.
3. Am7♭5 → D7 → Gm.
4. It is V7/ii, a secondary dominant pointing toward Cm.
5. B♭ → B → C.
6. E♭ minor.
7. 6 → ♭6 → 5, here G→G♭→F.
8. Cm7 → B7 → B♭.
9. D is 9 of Cm, 13 of F7, and 3 of B♭, so one common tone can connect the entire cadence.
10. Fluency comes from recognizing familiar harmonic grammar quickly enough that your attention can move away from chord identification and toward phrasing, rhythm, sound, and form.

The central lesson of Workshop 22 is:

When you truly know the harmony, the changes start sounding slower—even when the tempo gets faster.