40 elements of popular music harmony
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DiatonicismConstructing
chords from a 7 notemajor scale
SecondaryDominants
(& related ii chords)Cycle V
progressions
12-notes and thecycle of 5thsAll the keys
Major & minor
Triad and 7th chordconstruction
Diatonic Cycle of5ths
ii7 V7 Iii V7 i
Voice leading and5th cycle
Brackets & arrows
Pedal Tones
6ths, 9ths, 11ths,13ths, sus and add
chords
Tritone substitutionDominants
(& related ii chords)Dotted brackets &
arrows
Borrowing chordsfrom parallel major
and minor
iv-Iiv-bVII - I
(Aeolian ii-V)
bVI-bVII-I
Fundamentals
ChordConstruction
Chords fromScales
Basiccadences
Major andminor in
parallel
The bVII chord &iv-bVII - I
(Aeolian ii-V)
DiatonicismConstructing
chords from a 7 noteminor scale (natural,harmonic, melodic
Othercommondevices
The IV- I cadence.Cycle IV progression
Passing Diminished
Chordsbetween I ii & ii iii i
either directionand IV to I(2 inv.)
Blues I7 IV7(Non functioningdominants)Blues forms
Rhythm ChangesForm
Inversions andbasslines
ModesModes of the major
scaleand their characters
Harmonic minormode 5
Melodic minormode 1, 4 and 7
Major, minor scaleconstruction.
tones & semitones
ParallelismNon-diatonic use of
parallel chords
5, major, dom7 andother structures
on...
...minor pentatonic,blues, whole tone,
chromatic and other
scales
Major and minorpentatonics.Neutrality.
Major and minorblues hexatonics
Pentatonicrelationships with the
modes
CommonPentatonics
andHexatonics
How pentatonics areused melodically.
Key areaMinor over mjajor
Parallelism withpedal tones
Modal interchange
ModulationPivotal and direct
Hybrid progressions
Roman numeralanalysis
Non-diatonicroman numeral
analysis
Intervals &Accidentals
Inversions andhybrid chords
The pull of 4-3 and7-1
Stylisticdevices
CESH4 types
and other staticchord
embellishments
Altered chords
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