So why does the chordal sixth need to resolve over G but not over D? And it seems rather old-fashioned to assume that the 9 has to resolve down, especially when it’s repeated over an entire progression. ![]() On top of that, when it goes to IV (G), E is the sixth of that chord. The B in measure 1 never resolves to a chord tone, and B and E are the two pentatonic extensions of D Major, which means, to me, that they create a similar level of dissonance over that chord. This resolution to I is teased at in measures four and seven (using Top40’s numbering) when the melody, but not the harmony, goes to the tonic. In the chorus to Post Malone and Swae Lee’s Sunflower, the scale degree 2 at the end of almost every measure suggests an eventual melodic resolution down to D, or 1, on the tonic. ![]() I’ve reposted it below with the permission of the page admin. A couple of weeks ago, a post came up on my Facebook feed from Top40Theory.
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