Delusion-Elle

Short entry today since my eyelids are feeling rather heavy and I should sleep soon before my sleep schedule loses all chances of achieving normalcy by January 4th. That sentence sounds incoherent, but oh well! I have but one point to make tonight.

If you aren't familiar with music theory, this post will make very little sense, sadly. Blame my subconscious on this one, folks. I just need a place to ramble about this a bit so I can look at it tomorrow and logic it out when I'm less sleepy.

I woke up this morning feeling very puzzled. Last night I dreamt that I was writing a music theory exam. I was naming chord progressions (with the Roman numerals) in a 3-voice passage and came upon these two chords. The first was EGD and the one immediately preceding it was ACE. I wrote V⁷ - I as the chord progression. For some reason, I knew that the answer they wanted was I - V, and it was at this point that I should've called bullshit on this "premonition" (because it was like I could see the answer key very clearly in my mind's eye) and made it into a lucid dream, but alas! I recall that in the chords leading to the confusing two in question, there were a lot of EGB chords, probably hinting that E was the focal pitch/root/tonic/etc, meaning V⁷ - I would be a tonicization. After the exam, I ended up in this weirdly grand cafeteria place that was this light and somewhat pale shade of blue. Oh yeah, and it looked like a cave, albeit carved out so that there were high ceilings. It kind of felt like I was attending a private school or some sort of literally underground Julliard -- haha, in my dreams. I went to sit at a table with some girls (who I don't think were entirely human, but my memory is fuzzy) I vaguely knew, but didn't talk to. Some guy came and joined us, bringing a salad for me and one for himself as well (who's writing the script for this dream? A salad?! Really?!). And then we discussed that ridiculously problematic chord progression. The end. *headdesk*

Now I am very bothered by what this chord progression is. I really really really think that I - V is wrong, but the stupid answer key in my dream said it was the answer so now I have to talk myself into not believing that.
Le sigh.