Questions tagged [negative-harmony]
For questions about Ernst Levy's notion of negative (or mirror) harmony, recently resurrected by Jacob Collier.
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How to negatively harmonize a major key into different modes other than Aeolian (minor) mode? (T7i inversion)
The T7i inversion transforms a major key into its parallel minor (Aeolian mode).
How do I transform a major key into other modes?
Are there inversions other than T7i?
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What is this chord progression?
There is a chord progression in Nasty Majesty (Track 2 in Octotune, from Splatoon 2) that I am having trouble analyzing.
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Gminor Bflat Cminor D7 Gminor
and I am not sure how to analyze it.
I ...
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Convert a MuseScore piece to negative harmony
I'd like to experiment with a large selection of tunes to see what negative harmony does to them but I don't want to spend time converting them note by note.
Does MuseScore have a plugin to ...
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Transposing the melody in negative harmony
All talk of negative harmony, such as What is the correct process for deriving the 'mirror' or 'negative' harmony of a progression? deals with transposing the chords according to the ...
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Negative Harmony [duplicate]
Is there a quick rule-of-thumb for finding negative harmonies?
Usually they are explained by drawing a circle of pitches and pairing them by lining up the 'positive' and 'negative' pitches. But this ...
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Are there any typical, practical applications of negative harmony?
I think I understand the basic concept of negative harmony, rotating around an axis.
I get basic functional chord negatives like these...
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Eb E
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Why is the Mirror on a midpoint, rather than the root note, in Negative Harmony theory?
I'm curious about why Negative Harmony music theory relies on finding the midpoint between the Tonic and Dominant Degrees in a scale, and flipping the scale around that point, instead of simply ...
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How do I harmonize a C major scale in fourths and then apply negative/mirror harmony?
I recently tried using quartal harmony and mirror harmony (also known as "negative harmony") together. I was looking for some music theory that would inspire me to do something more unusual than I ...
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Negative harmony: What does it mean to "rotate around the axis"?
We're a bit confused on what it means to "rotate around the axis". How does that work exactly? I heard the the idea that in the C/G axis you're rotating around E/E♭, but what does that mean...to "...
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What is the correct process for deriving the 'mirror' or 'negative' harmony of a progression?
I recently stumbled upon the concept of negative harmony in these threads:
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/negative-harmony.533862/#post7227335
http://www.jazzguitar.be/forum/theory/30394-negative-...
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Do all modes make another mode when mirrored (i.e., intervals reversed)?
I may just being going crazy, but I was writing some music theory and noticed that if you reverse the whole steps and half steps of a mode it becomes another mode.
(W= whole tones H= half tones)
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