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Chord choices and the motion under your melody.
Recognizing chord qualities by ear, reading progressions, hearing modal color, and following voice leading. Songwriters compose with them, vocalists harmonize with them, and ear-training drills in studio mix test them.
4
concepts
4
schools
13
drills
4
cross-discipline
Concepts in this cluster
Chord Quality
×3 schoolsHearing major vs minor vs diminished vs sus / extended chords.
3 drills
Chord Progression
×2 schoolsRecognizing common progressions (I-V-vi-IV, ii-V-I, etc.) by ear or analysis.
4 drills
Modal Awareness
×2 schoolsDistinguishing major, minor, dorian, mixolydian, and other modes.
1 drill
Voice Leading
×2 schoolsSmooth motion between chord tones — how individual voices move under a progression.
5 drills
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