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Altered Chords: Adding Color and Tension to Your Music

Altered Chords: Adding Color and Tension to Your Music

Published on 17 May, 2025

Altered chords add sophistication and tension to music through chromatic modifications of standard chord tones. This comprehensive guide explores their construction, common uses, and practical applications across genres, providing musicians …

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Secondary Dominants: Adding Color and Direction to Chord Progressions

Secondary Dominants: Adding Color and Direction to Chord Progressions

Published on 17 May, 2025

Secondary dominants are powerful harmonic tools that add color, tension, and forward momentum to chord progressions. By temporarily "tonicizing" non-tonic chords, secondary dominants create brief harmonic detours that enrich musical …

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Understanding Musical Chords: The Building Blocks of Harmony

Understanding Musical Chords: The Building Blocks of Harmony

Published on 17 May, 2025

Chords are the fundamental building blocks of harmony in Western music. This comprehensive guide explores chord construction, types, functions, and applications across musical genres. From basic triads to complex extended …

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