Harmonic Concepts in the Music of the 1970s

HR-235

This course builds on the foundation of the Berklee core harmony curriculum by examining the musical characteristics found in the principal popular music genres of the 1970s. The primary focus of this course is on modernist compositional techniques such as sequence and transposition (constant structure, dominant chord patterns such as contiguous, special function dominant chords), modal harmony and composition, layered ostinato, pedal point, compound chords, and hybrid voicings. Additional topics include deceptive resolutions of secondary dominants, modal interchange, and modulation.

Credits
2
Prerequisites
AR-111 and HR-211, HR-213, or HR-215
Required Of
None
Electable By
All
Major Elective for
Jazz Composition
Semesters Offered
Fall, Spring, Summer
Location
Boston
Department
HARM
Course Chair
George Russell Jr.
Taught By
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