Music Glossary: harmony

Fast, virtuosic jazz with complex harmony and irregular phrase accents; small combos. more

Variations over a repeated harmonic progression; expressive large-scale set-piece. more

A sequence of chords organized over time to imply tonal direction, tension, and release. Progressions may follow functional harmony (tonic–predomin... more

Mapping tonic, predominant, dominant functions in real time; listen for cadences and leading tones. more

Use rhythmic consonance/dissonance like harmonic tension/release. more