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    The minor seventh and augmented sixth are both intervals containing ten half steps but they resolve differently. The top note of a minor seventh resolves down while both notes of an augmented sixth resolve out to the octave. These two enharmonically equivalent spellings would be used in different musical contexts, with a minor seventh more likely to occur in an authentic cadence in D-flat major and an augmented sixth more likely to be found in an augmented sixth chord resolving to the dominant in C minor.

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    The minor seventh and augmented sixth are both intervals containing ten half steps but they resolve differently. The top note of a minor seventh resolves down while both notes of an augmented sixth resolve out to the octave. These two enharmonically equivalent spellings would be used in different musical contexts, with a minor seventh more likely to occur in an authentic cadence in D-flat major and an augmented sixth more likely to be found in an augmented sixth chord resolving to the dominant in C minor.

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    The minor seventh and augmented sixth are both intervals containing ten half steps but they resolve differently. The top note of a minor seventh resolves down while both notes of an augmented sixth resolve out to the octave. These two enharmonically equivalent spellings would be used in different musical contexts, with a minor seventh more likely to occur in an authentic cadence in D-flat major and an augmented sixth more likely to be found in an augmented sixth chord resolving to the dominant in C minor.

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    Minor Seventh vs.

    Augmented Sixth

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    & bw b w
    Minor Seventh Augmented Sixth

    1) Both the minor seventh and the augmented sixth are intervals containing
    ten half steps. What accounts for their difference in spelling?

    bw nw #w w
    Seventh resolves down Augmented sixth resolves out to the octave

    & bw bw b w w

    2) The top note of the minor seventh resolves down,


    while both notes of the augmented sixth resolve out to the octave.

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    & bbbb b w ˙ ˙˙
    ˙
    ww
    ww
    ˙
    Vj Q
    3) These two enharmonically equivalent spellings would be used in
    different contexts. We'd be more likely to find the minor seventh
    resolving as part of an authentic cadence in D-flat major.

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    & b w n ww
    -or-

    w
    -or- -or-

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    4) The augmented sixth is more likely to be harmonized with one of three types
    of augmented sixth chords and resolved to the dominant in c minor.

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