Sound Colours from Classical Harmony to Dodecaphony

Beyond traditional Harmony, Chromatic inversion, Negative Harmony (mirror harmony), Tropical chordal exchange, Sound colour extensions, Jazz colours
Level 4

Instead of a Prologue
The diligent practice of musical parameters gives us that necessary discipline, which aims at the complete liberation of our creativity.
Michail Travlos [2020]

Contents
• Chromatic inversion
• Negative melody (mirror melody)
• Melodic Exercises
• Chromatic inversion of a major scale
• Chromatic inversion of a minor scale
• Chromatic inversion of a melodic minor scale
• Negative Harmony (mirror harmony)
• Theoretical part - Harmonic polarity
• Correspondences of positive and negative tones of the C major scale
• Exercises
• Triads of “possitive” C and “negative” G majoe scale
• Harmonizations
• Exersises: Base lines harmonization
• Harmonization of melodies
• Three part harmonization in minor scale
• Cataloque of 7th chords
• List of chords of “positive” and “negative” A minor scale
• Correspondences of positive and negative tones of A minor
• List of 7th chords
• Example of original and negative form
Exercises
• Other ways to find the tones of Negative Harmony
• Color wheel
Exercises
• Examples of positive chords in their negative direction
• Tropical Chord Interchange
• Four-tone and five-tone chords
• Extended sound colours and symetries
Exercises
• Other tonal extensions: The Byzantine scale
• Example of a short scketch for piano
• Harmonizing the C major scale with fifteen different ways
• List of musical examples of audio material