Articles tagged with: "melodic movement"
Major Second Interval: The Foundation of Melodic Movement
Published on 04 Jun, 2025
The major second interval spans two semitones and represents the most common melodic movement in Western music. This fundamental interval creates the basic building blocks of scales, provides smooth stepwise …
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#wholestep
#stepwisemotion
#scaleconstruction
#melodicmovement
#conjunctmotion
#diatonic
#fundamentalinterval
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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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