A brief compendium of basic information about jazz harmony: scales, chords, cadences and other commonly used structures.
Contents:
1) Notation – chord symbols, 2) Scales, 3) Classification of chords, 4) Suspended chords, 5) Characteristic cadential formulas, 6) Substitute and passing chords, 7) 4th chords and the ‘so what’ type chords, 8) Major and minor blues and Parker’s reharmonization, 9) Standards of the ‘rhythm changes’ type – reharmonization, 10) Turn around – a harmonic loop. 11) Passages with a common tone, 12) Coltrane’s theory of harmony, 12) Upper structures, 13) Chords with slash and the related scales, 14) Summary
The Origin and Possible Usage of Transgressio in Music Theory Classes
Source(s) of analysis: Score Musical work: 3 Rosenkavalier, Concerti musicali Op. 6 No 7 (3rd movement), Piano Concerto KV 414, Solche hergelaufnen Laffen / Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Stabat mater, Symphony 86, Trio Sonata Op. 4 No. 1 (3rd movement), Trio Sonata VII/2 Op.3, Von den Stricken meiner Sünden / St. John Passion Year of creation: 1689, 1694, 1698, 1724, 1736, 1782, 1786, 1911 Composer's name: Bach, Corelli, Haydn, Mozart, Pergolesi, Strauss, Torelli Methods of analysis: Conventional / Traditional analysis, Rhetoric analysis, Structural analysis, Style analysis
Target Group / Study LevelLevel of music analysis knowledge: Beginner, Intermediate
Study cycle: Bachelor
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