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* | *[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/ T. Rush, ''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People'']'':'' | ||
**[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/altered-chords.pdf Altered Chords] | **[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/altered-chords.pdf Altered Chords] | ||
**[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/borrowed-chords.pdf Borrowed Chords] | **[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/borrowed-chords.pdf Borrowed Chords] | ||
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**[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/altered-and-enharmonic-modulation.pdf Altered and Enharmonic Modulation] | **[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/altered-and-enharmonic-modulation.pdf Altered and Enharmonic Modulation] | ||
**[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/secondary-subdominants.pdf Secondary Subdominants] | **[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/pdf/en-us/secondary-subdominants.pdf Secondary Subdominants] | ||
* | *[http://openmusictheory.com K. Shaffer, R. Wharton, eds., ''Open Music Theory'']'':'' | ||
**[http://openmusictheory.com/alteredSubdominants.html Chromatically Altered Subdominant Chords] | **[http://openmusictheory.com/alteredSubdominants.html Chromatically Altered Subdominant Chords] | ||
**[http://openmusictheory.com/appliedChords.html Applied Chords] | **[http://openmusictheory.com/appliedChords.html Applied Chords] | ||
**[http://openmusictheory.com/modalMixture.html Modal Mixture] | **[http://openmusictheory.com/modalMixture.html Modal Mixture] | ||
*[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom''] | *[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html R. Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom''] | ||
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/SecondaryDominants.html Chapter 17: Secondary Dominant Chords] | **[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/SecondaryDominants.html Chapter 17: Secondary Dominant Chords] | ||
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/SecondaryDiminishedChords.html Chapter 18: Secondary Diminished Chords] | **[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/SecondaryDiminishedChords.html Chapter 18: Secondary Diminished Chords] | ||
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**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/AugmentedSixthChords.html Chapter 21: Augmented Sixth Chords] | **[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/AugmentedSixthChords.html Chapter 21: Augmented Sixth Chords] | ||
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/EnharmonicModulation.html Chapter 23: Enharmonic Modulation] | **[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/EnharmonicModulation.html Chapter 23: Enharmonic Modulation] | ||
*[https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199990870/online/ Snodgrass, ''Contemporary Musicianship:''] | *[https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199990870/online/ J. Snodgrass, ''Contemporary Musicianship:''] | ||
**[https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/fdscontent/uscompanion/us/static/companion.websites/9780199990870/online_ch2.pdf Chapter 2: “Chromatic Chords Functioning as the Predominant”]<br /> | **[https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/fdscontent/uscompanion/us/static/companion.websites/9780199990870/online_ch2.pdf Chapter 2: “Chromatic Chords Functioning as the Predominant”]<br /> | ||
Revision as of 18:50, 29 July 2020
This lesson is part of the Harmony category. |
Objectives
- Students will be familiar with common chromatic harmonic vocabulary, including the Neapolitan chord, borrowed chords and augmented sixth chords.
- Students will be able to substitute chromatic chords into a diatonic chord progression.
- Students will be familiar with enharmonic modulation and tritone substitution.
Resources
Readings
- T. Rush, Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People:
- K. Shaffer, R. Wharton, eds., Open Music Theory:
- R. Hutchinson, Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom
- J. Snodgrass, Contemporary Musicianship:
Class Activities
- Discussion and definition of chromatic harmonic vocabulary
- Harmonic analysis of music from different genres and time periods
- Substitution or insertion of chromatic chords into a given diatonic chord progression
- Composition and improvisation of chord progressions which use altered or enharmonic modulation to modulate between two given keys
Assignments
- Notation of various chromatic chords in a given key
- Identification and analysis of chromatic harmony in written and recorded music
- Substitution of chromatic chords into a diatonic chord progression
- Composition of a chord progression which uses chromatic harmony
Files
- Spelling Chromatic Chords in Basic Form (Finale | MusicXML | PDF)
- Spelling Enharmonic Modulations (Finale | MusicXML | PDF)
- Adding Chromatic Chords to a Diatonic Piano Passage (Finale | MusicXML | PDF)
- Harmonic Analysis: "Peacherine Rag" (excerpt) by Scott Joplin (Finale | MusicXML | PDF)
- Harmonic Analysis: "Love On Top" (excerpt) by Beyoncé Knowles (Finale | MusicXML | PDF)
- Worksheets by John Paul Ito