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July 19, 2021

Two-Part (Binary) Form

Formal Divisions A piece of music can generally be divided into two or more major sections, and the boundaries between these sections are called formal divisions. Formal divisions are the re...
July 12, 2021

Modal Colors

As emanating from a common keynote, each mode is viewed as being a sum of intervals generated from that common keynote. Therefore, the Lydian mode at the very top, in addition to the common ...
July 5, 2021

Modal Harmony

Diatonic Modal Harmony The seven diatonic modes have always been immensely popular with musicians and composers on account of the wealth of melodic and chordal color that these modes can evo...
June 28, 2021

True Chromatic Chords

There is, however, a large group of chromatic chords that do not originate through the process of modal interchange and the use of secondary dominants. Augmented Sixth Chords To obtain a ch...
June 21, 2021

Secondary Leading-Tone Chords

Because leading-tone chords are often used as dominant substitutes, they also may function as temporary leading-tone chords—leading-tone-sounding chords in a key other than the prevailing ke...
June 14, 2021

Secondary Dominant Chords

Another source of chromatic harmony, also obtained by borrowing from other keys, is secondary dominant harmony. Secondary dominants are chords that are altered to sound like dominants. This ...

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Two-Part (Binary) Form