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Harmony Basics - Part 23
Learning
If you want to start making up melodies and bass lines from chord inversions, as I promised in the last article, we must first address the thorny issue of consonance and its evil twin, dissonance... …
09/30/16
Harmony Basics - Part 22
Learning
In the previous article we discussed inversions within the frame of enharmonic modulations. I will take this opportunity to explore with you in this and the following article the different ways in wh…
09/07/16
Harmony Basics - Part 21
Learning
Before I begin I most warn you that this article might seem a bit grueling for some of you. But if you've been following the other articles in the series up to now, you shouldn't have a problem with …
08/23/16
Harmony Basics - Part 20
Learning
In the previous articles we saw how you can modulate towards other keys, mainly using pivot chords to guarantee a smooth transition. So, now that we've seen how to modulate, it would be nice to know …
08/15/16
Harmony Basics - Part 19
Learning
In the previous article we saw how to use cadences to modulate to a different key. However, regardless of whether you use a cadence or not, a seamless modulation relies on the so-called pivot chords.
07/18/16
Harmony Basics - Part 18
Learning
It's not uncommon for a composer/songwriter to feel the need to leave the original key of the song he's writing and go explore some other ones. There are many reasons for that: to change the mood (i.…
06/28/16
Harmony Basics - Part 17
Learning
In the previous articles... Yes, I know I often begin my articles this way but it's simply because I like things to make sense chronologically.
05/17/16
Harmony Basics - Part 16
Learning
This time around, we'll look at two additional ways to substitute chords: Relative chord and tonal exchange substitutions. But before we do that, I want to complete the previous article and finish di…
04/19/16
Harmony Basics - Part 15
Learning
In this installment, we'll continue exploring chord substitutions with two new forms based on the dominant function.
04/04/16
Harmony Basics - Part 14
Learning
In the previous two articles I took a brief detour from the somewhat theoretical tone of this series to show you some specific examples of harmonic chord progressions that are easy to understand and …
03/29/16
Harmony Basics - Part 13
Learning
In the previous article I introduced you to some of the most popular cadences and chord progressions. But there are still some left!
03/22/16
Harmony Basics - Part 12
Learning
In the last article, we saw how chords have a natural tendency towards other chords depending on their degree in the key of the song where they are currently been employed.
03/08/16
Harmony Basics - Part 11
Learning
In the previous articles we looked at how cadences work and how the fifth degree of a scale tends towards the first degree (yes, I know I've been repeating this every article). But, regardless of cad…
02/14/16
Harmony Basics - Part 10
Learning
Today, we will discuss one of the most important aspects in music, namely rhythm.
01/28/16
Harmony Basics - Part 9
Learning
In the previous articles we began discussing the most pertinent way to use chords to harmonize a melody.
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