MODERN harmony course
This six week course is based on Vincent Persichetti’s seminal book “Twentieth Century Harmony”. For those who are not aware of this book, it is an all encompassing treatise on intervals, scales, modes, chords (by thirds, seconds, and fourths), polychords, clusters and more.
Class 1
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INTERVALS:
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Inversion and Spacing
Intervals in Chords
Overtone Influences
Texture
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Musical Examples
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EXERCISE ONE
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SCALES:
Modes
Synthetic Scales
Pentatonic and Hexatonic Scales
Chromatic Scales
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EXERCISE TWO
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150 minutes.
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$25.00
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INTERVALS and SCALES
Class 3
CHORDS by FOURTHS
CHORDS BY FOURTHS
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Three-note chords
Four-note chords
Multi-note chords
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Musical Examples
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EXERCISE FOUR
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150 minutes
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$25.00
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Class 4
CHORDS by SECONDS
CHORDS BY SECONDS
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Three-note chords
Multi-note chords
Clusters
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Musical Examples
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EXERCISE FIVE โ
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150 minutes
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$25.00
Class 5
POLYCHORDS
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POLYCHORDS
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Two triadic units
Three or more triadic units
Non-triaidic units
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Musical Examples
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EXERCISE SIX โ
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150 minutes
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$25.00
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Class 6
HARMONIC DIRECTION
HARMONIC DIRECTION
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Chord connection
Dissonance
Parallel harmony
Successive perfect fifths
Cadential devices
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Musical Examples
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150 minutes
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$25.00
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