20th Century Harmony

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Intervals

Perfect Fourth

The perfect fourth sounds consonant in dissonant surroundings and dissonant in consonant surroundings.

The perfect fourth sounds ==dissonant== in ==consonant== surroundings.

The perfect fourth sounds ==consonant== in ==dissonant== surroundings.

Tritone

The tritone sounds ==neutral== in ==chromatic== passages

The tritone sounds ==restless== in ==diatonic== passages

Sharp distances played with reads instruments is sharp and Roccus while sharp dissonances play with muted strings is introspective

Which intervals are sharp dissonances?

Two types of chords

  1. Containing sharp dissonance in any interval
1. With Tritone
2. Without tritone
  1. Not containing sharp dissonance in any interval
1. With tritone
2. Without tritone

Q: What are the two types of chords?

A: Contains sharp dissonance in any interval, or contains no sharp dissonance.

Q: What types of dissonant chords are stable?

A: Those without a tritone.

Perfect fourth can function in a number of ways. The chord with a perfect fourth has its character determined by the bass note and the note not involved in the fourth.

Excessive coupling produces percussive sounding harmony

coral structures are most resident when the distance between members matches their distance somewhat in the overtone series. So C and E are more resonant a couple octaves apart

The most effective support tones below cords at the bottom register R the fifth below the route and the ninth blow the route

Scale Materials

Q: What are the

F: Primary chords in Lydian

B: I, II, VII

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