diatonic harmony

three types of westren chord progressions

T-S-D, T-S, T-D

progressions in pop/ rock music

puff progression, I-iii-IV-I

doo wop progression, I-vi-IV-V

singer song progression, I-V-vi-IV

types of 6/4 chords and their function

cadential 6/4, brings tension to lead to a cadential dominant chord

passing 6/4, creates smooth voice leading, moving in a stepwise bass motion

arpeggiated 6/4, used to build tension and sense of movement forward

pedal 6/4, bass note maintains the entire time

four common types of a sequence

D2 (-5/+4)

D3 (-4/+2)

A2 (+5/-4)

A2 (-3/+4)

musical sentence

presentation, continuation, cadence

musical period

antecedent, half cadence or IAC, consequent, PAC

basic idea

a repeated two measure melodic segment

contrasting idea

an idea that contrasts the basic idea

antecedent

a four bar phrase proposing a question, 2 bars with a basic idea and 2 bars with a contrasting idea

consequent

answer to the antecedent, 2 bars of a basic idea, 2 bars of a contrasting idea

presentation

opening four measures of a sentence with a basic idea that is two bars repeated twice

continuation

intensified version of the presentation that leads to the cadence

cadential phrase

phrase leading to the cadence

fragmentation

a quicker or shorter new idea that is repeated either sequentially or in a varied form

D2

(-5/+4)

D3

(-4/+2)

A2 i

(+5/-4)

A2

(-3/+4)

linear 5-6 progression

progression where 5 moves to 6 and the bass goes down by 1, creating an ascending or descending bassline