Articles tagged with: "chordinversions"
Major Chords: The Building Blocks of Happy Music
Published on 19 May, 2025
Major chords are fundamental building blocks of music with a bright, happy sound. This article explores their structure (root, major third, perfect fifth), inversions, extensions, and applications across genres, providing …
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#triad
#majorthird
#perfectfifth
#harmony
#chordstructure
#inversions
#tonicchord
#consonance
#chordprogressions
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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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#tonicization
#chordprogressions
#functionalharmony
#dominant-tonicrelationship
#V/V
#V/ii
#alteredchords
#modulation
#jazzharmony
#classicalharmony
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