The Composer's Path → Module 4 of 9
Harmony as a Living System
Modal harmony, the Lydian universe, the symmetric scales, voice-leading, and inversional thinking, each one taken to the keyboard.
Modal harmony in rock and metal: function without a leading tone
Biamonte's triadic modal patterns against harmony as a living system.
2 weeks L18The Lydian universe: Russell, Clement, and whether the fourth degree can be home
George Russell, Clement on Lydian tonicization, Zappa, Vai, and modal color.
2 weeks L19Symmetric scales: Messiaen's modes, Holdsworth's system, and what a collection with no leading tone is for
Holdsworth's system and Messiaen's modes, and what is lineage versus convergence.
2 weeks L20Voice-leading: Schenker, Bill Evans, and harmony without a structural dominant
Schenker to Bill Evans to Radiohead's chromatic mediants and mode mixture.
2 weeks L21Negative harmony: what Levy wrote, what Collier does, and what actually transfers
Levy's polarity, Lewin's inversion operations, and what actually transfers.
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