Parallel Exception

[chopianist123]

I heard that it is acceptable to have parallels in the chord progression VII - I.

Is this true?

[jonslaughter]

hmm... is it? VII - I is what? is that minor or major?

Parallels are used sometimes in cadences and in arpeggio chains. 

Remember, the whole idea of parallels is to prevent the collapse of two voices into one. "Doublings"(which might be mistaken for parallels) are very popular and occur all the time.   


Only thing I can think of you you are refering to is uneven parallel 5ths. i.e., the dim5th interval moving to a P5 or vice versa(although one way is better than the other supposedly). The reason is simply because they are not Parallel P5ths.

[prometheus]

The question is too ambigious to be answered.

[pianistimo]

adding a passing tone to a hidden fifth makes it a parallel fifth?  also, substitute dominants have a shared tritone? so that V (normally used to connect with I) would share the third of the VII chord.  thus making it a sort of substitute kind of chord?  and, adding a passing tone or two - who really cares how it ends - as long as it ends.

are we talking a bach chorale?

[steve jones]

I think he means the diminished fifth into the perfect fifth. I believe that can be tolerated far better than two perfect fifths.

SJ