1 MODULE
10 LESSONS
3rd YEAR
Course description
In the second part of the functional harmony course, you will discover how all types of four-voice chords work: seventh, 6, diminished and half-diminished chords, add2 and sus4 chords. You will also learn about numerous scales used both for composing music and for improvisation: major and minor scales, hexatonic scales and octophonic diminished scales.
COURSE STRUCTURE
Lesson 1
Harmonization of major scale, seventh chords
Lesson 2
The natural minor scale
Lesson 3
Harmonization of the natural minor scale
Lesson 4
Intherval theory
Lesson 5
Harmonization of the harmonic minor scale
Lesson 6
The melodic minor scale and the parallel scales
Lesson 7
Review of the chords found on the major and harmonic minor scale
Lesson 8
Sixth chords, slash chords, 7sus4 chords, add2 chords
Lesson 9
The minor cadence, examples from the jazz repertoire
Lesson 10
Chromatic scale, hexatonic scale, octophonic diminished scales