Question

I'm confused, would you mind helping me on this pls?

Answer 1

A = E♭

Step-by-step explanation:

A chord progression is a sequence of musical chords played in a specific order.

Tonic chord

`\text{I}` stands for the tonic chord. The tonic chord is built on the first note of the scale corresponding to the key of the music, and consists of the 1st (root), 3rd, and 5th notes of that scale.

In this case, the key of the piece is E♭ major. Therefore, the tonic chord (
`\text{I}`) consists of the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes of the E♭ major scale: E♭, G and B♭. Since the chord doesn't have any numbers by it indicating an inversion, it is in root position, which means the root (E♭) is the lowest note (bass).

Subdominant second inversion chord

`\text{IV}` stands for the subdominant chord. The subdominant chord is built on the fourth note of the scale corresponding to the key of the music. So, in the case of the key of E♭ major, the subdominant chord consists of the notes A♭, C and E♭.

`\text{IV}^6_4` stands for the subdominant chord in second inversion. This means that the lowest note is the fifth of the chord. So, in this case, E♭ is the lowest note (bass), with the rest of the notes of the chord being above it.

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The final chord is labelled
`\text{I}`, so it is the tonic chord in root position (the same as the first chord). The chord will consist of the notes E♭, G and B♭, and the lowest note will be E♭. So, the bass note in position "A" is E♭.

To avoid a large jump in the tenor voice, it is preferable to keep E♭ in position "B".

Finally, we need the notes in positions "C" and "D" to be G and B♭ to complete the chord. Again, it is preferable to keep them in the same position as the first chord, so the note in position "C" should be G and the note in position "D" should be B♭.

• A = E♭
• B = E♭
• C = G
• D = B♭