Harmonic Analysis - The Six Harmonic Principles - Overview

This lessons cover the "Six Harmonic Principles" that are used to do a Harmonic Anlyasis - the understanding of the functional sequence of chords.

Author(s): Curt Sheller Publisher: Curt Sheller Publications Code: MLRMAe-3

Main Category: Theory Main Instrument: Any

Subjects: Chords

2024-06-08

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Harmonic Analysis - The Six Harmonic Principles - Overview

This lessons cover the "Six Harmonic Principles" that are used to do a Harmonic Anlyasis - the understanding of the functional sequence of chords.

The Six Harmonic Principles

Here is an overview of the Six Harmonic Principles.

Full Diatonic

A Full Diatonic (FD) chord is defined as a chord that has its root and species (chord type) IN its .

Partial Diatonic

A Partial Diatonic (PD) chord is defined as a chord that has its root in chord chart but its species is NOT in its .

Internal Modulation

An Internal Modulation(IM) is when a change of tonal* center has occurred.

Unresolved

Unresolved (UR) is when a chord is in its but does not resolve to the I chord.

Chromatic

Chromatic (CH) chords ascending or descending by chromatic half steps between roots. The root and species are NOT in the .

Cycle

A Cycle (CYL) is when there is an equal distance between chord roots and same species for each chord, ascending or descending. A minimum of three chords is required for a cycle.

*Tonal and key will be used interchangeable throughout this series.