Question: I'm learning from books about harmonic analysis in order to improve my interpretative skills.

So, I am studying this piece by Venezuelan composer Alfonso Montes, called "Preludio de Adiós". The first challenge appears on bar #3 where I have this sort of Fmaj7(with an augmented 4th). What would be an adequate name for such chord?

It would be awesome to read different analysis on this extract.

[![first 11 bars of Preludio de Adiós](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tGPTG.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tGPTG.png)

Answer: 
I think the clearest analysis of the first three measures is:

```

m1: Amin7
m2: Amin6
m3: Amin(b6)

```

This reflects the presence of the pedal tone A and the chromatic descent `G-F#-F` in each measure. The B natural, being in a rhythmically weak position, serves primarily as a decorative lower neighbor to the C, rather than as part of the harmony.
This is a kind of subdominant cadence in minor, like C C7 F Fm in major ...

in minor we have i7-IV7 resp. iv#6 - iv7 resp. VI! (very common in many pop songs).