Pantriadicism & Chromatic Mediants

This lesson is part of the Harmony category.

Objectives

• Students will become familiar with different levels of pantriadicism and suspended tonality, including chromatic mediants and non-functional harmony.
• Students will become familiar with the basic concepts of neo-Riemannian theory.

Resources

Readings

• Musicology Now:
  • Lehman, "Optigan Allusions: Sonic Dislocation in The Return"

Listening or Videos

• 12tone:
  • "What the Heck is Neo-Riemannian Analysis?"

Class Activities

• Discussion and definition of chromatic mediants and non-functional harmony, both within otherwise tonal constructs and as independent forms
• Macro-harmonic analysis of pantriadicism in different styles of music
• Improvisation of pantriadic chord sequence
• Composition of pantriadic chord sequence to accompany a given melody

Assignments

• Analysis of quasi-tonal and post-tonal techniques in written and recorded music

Files

• Harmonizing a melody using pantriadicism (Finale | MusicXML | PDF)