Overview
Harmony studies how pitches and chords combine. It explains how music creates stability, tension, color, motion, arrival, and surprise.
This page belongs to the Music Theory and Composition area of the Malone Global University Music Department. Theory pages should connect written concepts to listening, performance, creativity, analysis, and musical communication.
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Chord Progressions
Chord progressions organize harmonic motion. They can establish style, support melody, and give music a sense of direction.
Cadences
Cadences are points of rest, pause, or arrival in music. They help listeners hear phrase endings and structural boundaries.
Voice Leading
Voice leading studies how individual musical lines move from one chord to the next.
Study Questions
- What musical pattern or creative problem does this topic help explain?
- How can you hear this topic in an actual song, piece, performance, or recording?
- What vocabulary terms are most important for this topic?
- How does this topic connect to rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, form, notation, or instrumentation?
- How could a composer, songwriter, arranger, performer, or producer use this idea creatively?