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Harmony

In current western music working with chords or harmonies is one of the key characteristics. During the centuries different approaches were used. The meaning of the term harmony goes back to the Greek harmonia, which had in ancient times primarily mathematical and philosophical connotations. From the seventeenth century until the present day the so called "triad-based music" has been dominant. The theory of harmony developed into a separate theoretical-practical discipline. The most important coding systems which evolved during the last centuries are:

  • figured bass/thoroughbass
  • degrees (roman numerals)
  • coding of harmonic functions (in the german theoretical tradition)
  • chord symbols

Concepts (Grove): 

  • chord
  • chordal inversion
  • dissonance
  • (constructional technique and note relationships)
  • tonality
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Article Grove Music Online: https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.50818

 

List of articles in category Harmony
Title
01. Primary and secondary triads, degrees, harmonic functions
02. Connecting chords, keyboard setting / SATB setting
03. Closure: from dominant to tonic: authentic cadence
04. Closure: Cadence types
04a. CHEAT SHEET INTRODUCTION HARMONY (CAPLIN)
04b. Basic harmonic progressions (CAPLIN)
04c. Cadenstypen (CAPLIN)
04e. Prolongational progressions (CAPLIN)
05. Closure: some history concerning ending formulas, cadences,
06. Harmonic coding systems
07. Chord symbols
10. Chain of dominants (diatonic and chromatic)
11. Ornamental or non-harmonic tones
11.b six-four chords of I, IV en V
12. Extended cadence with deceptive ending
13. Applied or secondary dominants
14. Mediants
15. National anthems
16. Neapolitan 6th chord
17. (VII) to V (or raised IV) chords
18. Chromaticism
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