Harmony 1 workbook, Part 2, Diatonic harmony

Solfege A  Week 43 ( 21 okt. ) 

Homework: 

* Standard of the week (Misty). 

Sing melody, bassline and guidetoneline and try to write it down. Transpose  to different tonalities. Check different versions. Sheetmusic is here. The chordsymbols in the sheetmusic are the changes from the playalong. A harmonisation of Misty played by Dough Mckenzie from his great website Bushgrafts

* A great article about the use of chromaticism in improvisation!

Harmony Week 43 

Topic: page 44 - 47,  Scale Tendencies (Harmony 1 Workbook) 

Homework: page 54/55   (Study Supplement Harmony 1 & 2)

Review chromatic approachnotes  and Bebop scales.

 Recap  Part 1 'Fundamentals' 

• Class ex.: harmonize Just friends with only 3 note voicings.
• Listen to these voicings and discover the root motion. Write it down.
• A few rules for Voiceleading.
• Some tips for chord voicing
• Primary degrees in traditional harmony
  
• Primary degrees in jazz
• Voiceleading the II-V-I
• Plagal cadenses in popmusic
• Diatonic rootmovement in 5ths Also in inversion. (Play them on piano and transpose!)
• Mediant relationship

Ornamental or non-harmonic tones in classical music

Class ex. : Figured harmony exercises