| *Since some of these pieces have never been commercially recorded, MIDI has been substituted. (sample assignment with answer key available here) | |||
| German sixth | |||
![]() | mp3 | Agnesi, Maria Teresa, Ulisse in Campania, opera for voices and orchestra, First Part, Overture, Allegro, mm.1-10 | |
![]() | mp3 | Auenbrugger, Marianne, Sonata in E Flat Major, mvt. I Moderato, mm.74-79 (also contains V7/iv) | |
![]() | mp3 | Barès, Basile, La Capricieuse for piano, Valse, Op. 7, mm. 36-51 | |
![]() | mp3 | Barrios, Agustin, Allegro Sinfónico for guitar, mm.58-68 (also contains CTo7) | |
![]() | mp3 | Barrios, Agustin, La Catedral for guitar, mvt. II Andante religioso, pickup to mm.17 to first two beats of 22 (also contains N6) | |
![]() | mp3 | Boulogne, Joseph, Sonata No. 2 for violin and harpsichord, Mvt. II, Andantino, mm. 215-220 | |
![]() | mp3 | Burleigh, H.T., Sometimes I feel Like a Motherless Child, mm.11-20 | |
![]() | mp3 | Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, African Dances, Op.58, I. Allegro, mm.157-end (recording link) | |
![]() | Lang, Josephine, Ostern for piano and voice, mm.7-24 (also includes change of mode F to fm mod. to Cm mod. back to F) | ||
![]() | MIDI | Mayer, Emilie, Three Songs for soprano and piano, Op.7, No. 2, O lass mich dein gedenken, mm. pickup to 15-24 (also contains CTo7) | |
![]() | mp3 | Mayer, Emilie, Two Songs for voice and piano, No. 2 Das Schlüsselloch im Herzen, mm.8-20 (link to recording) | |
![]() | mp3 | Nepomuceno, Alberto, String Quartet No. 1, mvt. I. Allegro agitato, mm.1-9 (This example contains parallel 5ths from Ger+6 to V chord) (Also good example of passing minor v chord on the last eighth note of m. 1) | |
![]() | mp3 | Schumann, Clara, Soirées Musicales, No. 6 Polonaise, Non troppo Allegro, mm.1-13 | |
![]() | mp3 | Szymanowska, Maria, Six Menuets, No.2, Quasi Allegro, Trio Section, mm.1-16 (also contains applied sevenths) | |
![]() | mp3 | Szymanowska, Maria, Four Preludes, No. 3 Presto in E major, mm.1-9 | |
| Italian sixth | |||
![]() | MIDI | Agnesi, Maria Teresa, Ulisse in Campania, opera for voices and orchestra, second part, 7th section, Larghetto, mm. 50-55 | |
![]() | mp3 | Andrée, Elfrida, Piano Trio No.2, mvt. I Allegro agitato, mm.1-8 | |
![]() | mp3 | Andrée, Elfrida, Fem smärre tonbilder, Op.7, II. Andante, mm.1-4 (link to recording) (also a PIP) | |
![]() | mp3 | Boulogne, Joseph, String Quartet No. 3, Op. 1, mvt. 1, Allegro Assai, mm.1-6 (recording link) | |
![]() | mp3 | Colbran, Isabella, Six Songs for piano or harp accompaniment, No. 3, Benché ti sia crudel, Allegro Moderato, mm.6-12 (link to recording) | |
| MIDI | Douglass, John Thomas, The Pilgrim, Grand Overture, Allegro Vivace, mm.13-20 | ||
![]() | MIDI | Faunt Le Roy Runcie, Constance, 2 Offertory Songs, No. 1, The Dove of Peace (A Wish) mm.60-73 (answer key) | |
![]() | mp3 | Martines, Marianna, La Tempesta (cantata), mm1-8 (recording link) | |
![]() | mp3 | Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel, Lockung No. 1 from Gartenlieder, Op. 3, (pickup to m.10) mm.9-16 (also an example of mode mixture and passing minor v) | |
| German and Italian | |||
![]() | mp3 | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich, Album for the Young, No. 19, The Nurse’s Tale, mm.1-6 (also contains ctd triad in mm.1-2) | |
| French sixth | |||
![]() | mp3 | Barrios, Agustin, La Catedral for guitar, mvt. I, Preludio saudade, mm.12-16 | |
![]() | mp3 | Dett, Nathaniel, Cinnamon Grove, mvt. II, Adagio cantabile, pickup to mm. 9-16 | |
![]() | MIDI | Garcia, José Mauricio Nunes, Libera me, SATB and continuo, mm.1-12 (also contains a chromatic D2 sequence, and a passing minor v) | |
![]() | MIDI | Lang, Josefine, Two Mazurkas, Op.49, No.1, mm.62-71 | |
![]() | mp3 | Schumann, Clara, Piano Sonata, mvt. II, Adagio, mm.1-8 (link to recording) (also example of Fr+6, applied chord, mode mixture, and passing 64) (also retardations and suspensions) | |
![]() | mp3 | Tchaikovsky, Peter, Album for the Young, No. 4 The Little Horseman, Vivo, mm.37-41 (link to recording) | |
![]() | mp3 | Tegnér, Alice, Sonata in A minor, mvt. 1 Allegro, mm.19-26 (link to recording) also contains mode mixture iio7 | |
![]() | mp3 | Tegnér, Alice, Sonata in A minor, mvt. 4 Allegro, mm.91-101 (link to recording) measure 92 does note match with recording | |
| German, French, and Italian | |||
![]() | mp3 | Szymanowska, Maria, Vingt exercices et préludes: No. 6 in C Major, mm.1-7 (link to recording) | |
| German and French | |||
![]() | link | Mayer, Emilie, Ungaraise for piano, Op. 31, mm.138-153 (Analyze in Bb major. F#7 is an enharmonic Ger+6) (link to recording) | |
| German, French, and CT+6 | |||
![]() | mp3 | Moussorgsky, Modest, Une Plaisanterie, Allegro, mm. 71-86 (link to recording) | |
| Swiss sixth | |||
![]() | mp3 | Jaëll, Marie, Les Orientales, mvt. IV, Nourmahal-la-rousse, mm. 73-78 (link to recording) (I+ prolongs tonic imparting a whole-tone coloration) | |
![]() | MIDI | Mayer, Emilie, Cello Sonata in C major, mvt. III, Allegro con brio, mm.299-303 (This is a common-tone Swiss) | |
![]() | mp3 | Soro, Enrique, Piano Sonata No. 3 in D Major, mvt. I. Allegro con energia, mm.1-4 | |
| Common-Tone Augmented 6th Chords | |||
![]() | MIDI | Bosmans, Henriette, Vier Voordrachtstukken No. 2 Uit vervlogen Tijd, Allegro molto moderato, mm.1-8 (also contains V7/bII to bII) | |
![]() | mp3 | Jaëll, Marie, Feuillet d’album for piano, mm.39-45 | |
![]() | mp3 | Mahler, Alma, Licht In Der Nacht for voice and piano, mm.1-7 (recording link) | |
![]() | mp3 | Tchouhadjian, Dikran, Mazurka in A minor, mm.4-7 | |
| Secondary +6 Chords / Deceptive or Irregular Resolutions | |||
![]() | mp3 | Burleigh, H.T., Rocks, Don’t Fall on Me, mm. 29-36 (Ger+6 resolves to IV instead of vi) | |
![]() | mp3 | Lambert, Charles Lucien, La Flamenca -musical drama in four acts, Prelude, Allegro molto animato e giocoso, mm. 110-115 (It+6 of tonic add 5) | |
![]() | mp3 | Panchenko, Semyon, 3 Sonnets, Op. 2, No.3, mm.1-9 (secondary Fr+6 in key of C m.3) | |
![]() | mp3 | Soro, Enrique, Caprice for piano, Allegro vivace, mm.13-16 (link to recording) (Fr+6 of i) (also contains N6) | |
![]() | mp3 | Szymanowska, Maria, Pieśń z wieży (Song from the Tower) Agitato, mm. 17-18 (link to recording) (also contains N6) | |
![]() | mp3 | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich, Album for the Young, No. 20, The Witch, mm.1-8 (Ger+6 more the product of neighboring motion, resolution to i6 but not a secondary +6) | |
![]() | mp3 | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich, Album for the Young, No. 2, Winter Morning, mm.1-12 (It+6 of I m.1, Ger+6 of I m.3, It+6 of I m.4) (link to recording) | |
![]() | mp3 | Tegnér, Alice, Sonata in A minor, mvt. 1 Allegro, mm.15-18 (Ger6/5 of i to viio6/5 to V7) (recording link) |




























