MUSI 112: Listening to Music
Lecture 07 - Harmony: Chords and How to Build Them. Professor Wright explains the way harmony works in Western music. Throughout the lecture, he discusses the ways in which triads are formed out of scales, the ways that some of the most common harmonic progressions work, and the nature of modulation. Professor Wright focuses particularly on the listening skills involved in hearing whether harmonies are changing at regular or irregular rates in a given musical phrase. His musical examples in this lecture are wide-ranging, including such diverse styles as grand opera, bluegrass, and 1960s American popular music. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 07 - Harmony: Chords and How to Build Them |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Introduction to Harmony |
| [00:03:37] | 2. The Formation and Changing of Chords |
| [00:19:52] | 3. Harmonic Progressions |
| [00:35:55] | 4. Major and Minor Harmonies in Popular Music |
| [00:42:38] | 5. Modulation through Harmony |
| References |
| Lecture 7 - Harmony: Chords and How to Build Them Instructor: Professor Craig Wright. Resources: Music 07 - Credits [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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