Pantriadicism & Chromatic Mediants

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This lesson is part of the Harmony category.

Objectives[edit]

  • Students will become familiar with different levels of pantriadicism and suspended tonality, including chromatic mediants and non-functional harmony.
  • Students will become familiar with the basic concepts of neo-Riemannian theory.

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Class Activities[edit]

  • Discussion and definition of chromatic mediants and non-functional harmony, both within otherwise tonal constructs and as independent forms
  • Macro-harmonic analysis of pantriadicism in different styles of music
  • Improvisation of pantriadic chord sequence
  • Composition of pantriadic chord sequence to accompany a given melody

Assignments[edit]

  • Analysis of quasi-tonal and post-tonal techniques in written and recorded music

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