Making Sense of Augmented 6th Chords

The video tutorial explores the concept of augmented 6th chords in common practice music, focusing on the Italian, French, and German variations. It explains the function of these chords in harmony, particularly their role as predominant chords leading to the dominant. The tutorial also covers secondary dominants and their importance in creating strong harmonic progressions. Each type of augmented 6th chord is discussed in detail, including their construction, resolution, and historical context.

Explain the function of the leading tone in the context of chord resolution.

What is the significance of the half step in leading to the tonic?

Discuss the concept of secondary dominance as explained in the text.

What are the three types of augmented 6 chords mentioned in the text?

Describe the construction of the Italian augmented 6 chord.

How does the French augmented 6 chord differ from the Italian augmented 6 chord?

What challenges arise when resolving the German augmented 6 chord?