From Counterpoint to Choral Style

From Counterpoint to Choral Style


Lecture Notes:

  • A Cadence is a sequence of notes or choral comprising the close of a musical phrase.
  • There are three (3) roles of chords:
  • Tonic: It's the home base. This would usually be found in the tonic and submediant (relative minor) chords. (I) (vi)
  • Predominant: Leads to the Dominant. (ii) (IV) 
  • Dominant: It has the leading tone which takes you back to the tonic. (V7) (vii°)
  •  (iii): The odd tune. It doesn't belong to any category. It is used as a passing chord.
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https://human.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Music/Music_Theory_for_the_21st-Century_Classroom_%28Hutchinson%29/09%3A_Harmonic_Progression_and_Harmonic_Function/9.04%3A_Harmonic_Function


  • The chordal dissonance would be the class within the chord that has the tendency to resolve.
  • Chordal dissonance falls under the Dominant category.
  • In the Dominant Chord, there are two sevenths: The 3rd of the chord (7th degree) and the 7th of the chord. Both of them together create a tritone. Example: B F (In C Major) Dominant Chord: (GBDF)
Image from:
https://en.audiofanzine.com/music-theory/editorial/articles/tritone-substitution-and-secondary-dominants.html




Here's a YouTube video from "5minutemusictheory". In this video, he teaches you the function of the tonic and dominant chords and how they connect. He uses the staff and a drawing to show how a dominant would resolve back to the tonic using C Major Scale



Here's a YouTube video from "Dr. Kati Meyer Music Theory". In this video, she talks about the predominant chords: (ii) (IV), how it can lead to V and the harmonic function.





Above, is a video of me playing Brown Skin Girl by Beyonce in the key of F major along with a bassline that I came up with. In this video, I used my primary instrument (piano). Below is my score of the bassline going with the melody given.














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