A cool chord progression in Tchaikovsky's violin concerto

Audio here at 0’36 (measure 20)

It seems to feature a Neapolitan sixth chord (which follows its applied dominant) and an applied Fr+6.

Don’t hesitate to share your thoughts or correct any mistakes :)

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Xenoceratops@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

It's cool that the soprano line implies a sequence of V-I relationships but the harmonization is funky. You could argue that the first chord is really a V7(♭5) in second inversion. And the third chord in your analysis should be V^4/2^/IV, which makes a deceptive resolution to the N^6/4^.