Articles tagged with: "chromaticmovement"
Minor Second Interval: The Tension of Adjacent Notes
Published on 14 Jun, 2025
The minor second interval spans just one semitone and creates the most dissonant harmonic relationship in Western music. This highly tense interval is fundamental to chromatic movement, leading tone function, …
#minorsecond
#semitone
#halfstep
#dissonance
#leadingtone
#chromatic
#tension
#resolution
#clusterchord
#voiceleading
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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 …
#secondarydominants
#tonicization
#chordprogressions
#functionalharmony
#dominant-tonicrelationship
#V/V
#V/ii
#alteredchords
#modulation
#jazzharmony
#classicalharmony
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