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✦Niveau 1 · Fundamentals· ≈ Bachelor 1

Fundamentals of Tonal Harmony

10 lessons to build a solid foundation — from the origins of the scale to modulations. The essential base of all harmony.

Fondamentaux · 1≈ Bachelor 1

Scales, Degrees and Intervals

From the acoustic origins of the scale to intervals and their inversions.

GammeDegrésIntervalles

Fondamentaux · 2≈ Bachelor 1

Build a triad, add a seventh, master inversions.

TriadesTétradesRenversements

Fondamentaux · 3≈ Bachelor 1

Tonal Functions and Voice Leading

The tritone as an engine of tension. The SD → D → T cycle and the II–V–I.

FonctionsTritonVoix

Fondamentaux · 4≈ Bachelor 1

Cadences and Progressions

Musical punctuation: perfect cadence, plagal, deceptive, half cadence.

CadencesProgressionsCycle des quintes

Fondamentaux · 5≈ Bachelor 1

Borrowings and Classical Harmonic Sequences

Minor mode, parallel borrowings, Neapolitan chord, chaconne bass.

MineurEmpruntsNapolitain

Fondamentaux · 6≈ Bachelor 1

Building a Harmonization

From melody to accompaniment: analyze, choose chords, realize.

HarmonisationMélodieAccompagnement

Fondamentaux · 7≈ Bachelor 1

Secondary dominants, neighboring keys and chains of tonicizations.

TonicisationV/VTons voisins

Fondamentaux · 8≈ Bachelor 1

Modulation by Pivot Chord

Change key smoothly. The cadential 6/4 and the V7sus4.

ModulationAccord pivot6/4

Fondamentaux · 9≈ Bachelor 1

Advanced Modulation and Pedals

Harmonic sequence, common tone, minorization, pedals and appoggiatura chords.

MarchePédaleMinorisation

Fondamentaux · 38≈ Bachelor 1

Non-Chord Tones

Suspension, appoggiatura, neighbor tone, passing tone, escape tone, anticipation and pedal point — the melodic ornamentation of harmony.

Notes étrangèresRetardAppogiature