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What are ways to use permutations to explore harmonic progressions?
From the top of my head without actually trying this out, a theoretical abstract answer:
In rhythm, you have beat/pulse positions within a meter. In harmony, you have scale degree positions in a scale....
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Resolving chordal 7ths (Maj7, min7, V7, etc.) (melodic vs harmonic tendency)
I cannot find any resources that explain WHY chordal 7ths, when dealing with chord progressions & voice-leading, often resolve downwards. ... Is there a more generally agreed upon reason for this ...
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In harmonic syntax (“root progressions”), does only the root matter, or the entire chord?
One way to look at things is to consider that there are two "basic" progressions happening at the same time. One is the actual bass line (shown in figured bass notation.) The other is the ...
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Why does F# minor chord fit A minor key
Why does F# minor chord fit A minor key
The simple answer is - if 'fit' means 'using the notes of the scale', it doesn't. And if A minor -> C major -> F# minor -> F major was just plonked ...
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How to know what scale to use for filler licks in a chord progression?
There's no absolute answer here. But a rule of thumb is to use a note common to both chords (C&E) to start the quite short run into Am, and that run would finish on a note common to both E & ...
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How to know what scale to use for filler licks in a chord progression?
There are whole books written about how to compose melody to a chord progression, don't expect an answer at SE to be complete. Also it is a question about creative choices, and there is no single good ...
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A Question on Chord Progression
Minor and major modes, which replaced in the 17th century all the older modes, do not share the same stability. Minor mode is much influenced by major mode on its ^6 and ^7 degrees. Major mode has ...
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A Question on Chord Progression
We get similar questions frequently. There's no such thing as 'written in X harmonic minor'. Simply it's 'written in X minor'. That means that the ^3 is flattened compared with the ^3 in the parallel ...
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How to Identify & Complete Sequences
Sequence
A sequence is a musical pattern that is repeated in transposed form.
Melodic vs. Harmonic (a.k.a. Tonal vs. Real)
In a melodic sequence, the literal pattern is repeated.
In a harmonic ...
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How do I make different sounds using modes when I'm using the same chords that I'm building the modes off?
How can you get a different sound from modes when they use the same chords from whichever you built the modes off, doesn't really matter if it's major or minor, that part is confusing?
Major and ...
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How do I make different sounds using modes when I'm using the same chords that I'm building the modes off?
You don't "use" modes by selecting a scale and randomly playing notes and chords from it without having any sense, skill and control over what you are doing with your notes and chords. A ...
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How Do These Decorative Chords Contribute to Diatonic Modulation in Aldwell and Schachter's Example?
As a starting point, here's a RNA of the passage:
VI ii[6-5] V[4-2] i[6] ii[6] Cad[6-4] V[7] i.
Clearly the final V-i is essential, since it most strongly states A minor. There is a weaker V-i ...
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Question About Modal Chord Progressions
If you're thinking in terms of 'resolving' - other than being aware of a 'home' chord - maybe it isn't useful to label it as a 'modal progression'.
What's your criterion for deciding whether a piece ...
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Question About Modal Chord Progressions
What is a modal chord progression? I know that some scale degrees
resolve to other scale degrees other than the root note or root chord.
"Resolving" implies a movement to the root chord, ...
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ii-ii6-I progression
Minor chords with inner movement within the harmony are very common in different styles of music. They may have a specific name or history, I can’t recall offhand. When a chord progression works it ...
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