Music Glossary: function

Match scale choices to functions; avoid over-theorizing in performance. more

Apps/drills playing cadences into a key; identify degrees by function, not absolute pitch. more

Re-label chord function by context (e.g., bVI as IV of II). more

Assign melody, counterline, pads, rhythm, and bass consciously. more

Hearing tendencies of 1–7 (leading tone, subdominant, dominant, etc.). more

Map major/minor triad pairs to chord functions (tonic, predominant, dominant) for predictable color. more