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 Kodály-Dominant Chord
Source(s) of analysis: Score Musical work: 33 Two-Part Exercises, Epigrams, Jesus and the Traders, Laudes Organi Year of creation: 1934, 1954, 1955, 1966 Composer's name: Zoltán Kodály Methods of analysis: Structural analysis
Target Group / Study LevelLevel of music analysis knowledge: Advanced
Study cycle: Bachelor, Master
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