HARMONIC EXPANSIONS: Watch your harmonies grow!

TABLE OF CONTENTS 


Harmonic Expansions home Introduction Chapter One, The Fundamental Harmonic Progression The tonic triad Expanding the tonic triad with lower neighbors The Fundamental Harmonic Progression and the birth of the dominant Expanding the tonic triad with upper neighbors Expanding the tonic triad with passing tones Expanding the initial tonic with consonant skips Expanding the dominant with consonant skips; Changing Tones Dictations Chapter Two, Nonharmonic Tones [Also see the contextual listening resource list for nonharmonic tones] Introduction Neighbor Tones Passing Tones Accented Neighbor and Passing Tones Dictations 1 Escape Tones Anticipations Suspensions Dictations 2 Retardations Pedals or Pedal Points Changing Tones Appoggiaturas Dictations 3 Chapter Three, 6/4 Linear Expansions Introduction The Cadential 6/4 Navigating Levels of Analysis Voice Exchange The Passing 6/4 The Neighbor (or Pedal) 6/4 The Arpeggiated 6/4 Exploring Levels of Analysis 6/4 Summary Dictations Chapter Four, Inserting Pre-dominants and the Circle Progression Introduction The pre-dominant, ii IV as a pre-dominant The pre-dominant, ii6 ii6 as a preparation for cadential 6/4 vi and the circle progression, vi ii V I Limits on the sequence of chords in circle progressions Dictations Chapter Five, More Tonic Expansions Introduction Passing vii°6 Passing vii°6 and passing V6/4 Neighboring V6 IV as a tonic expansion vi as a tonic expansion Harmonic Dictations Chapter Six, Periods and Cadences Introduction Perfect Authentic and Half Cadences in Parallel Interrupted Periods Imperfect Authentic Cadences Contrasting Periods Half Cadences in Continuous Periods Deceptive Cadences in Continuous Periods Plagal Cadences Harmonic Dictations Index