Traditional Harmony

Traditional Harmony
Harmony
Harmony
• Modern harmony started around 1600 before traditional harmony.
• In theory, modern harmony consider as fundamental of jazz harmony
• Traditional harmony is where the application of harmony mostly in basic
and most consonance quality.
• Modern harmony is where the advanced harmony starting from 4 notes
chord and above applied in music.
• Once more notes applied, texture quality becomes complex.
• Traditional harmony mostly applied in commercial song/popular song
such as pop,rock, RnB as the quality are more comfort for the listening of
public people than modern harmony.
Number of harmonic parts — Duplication
• large majority of harmony is written in four parts; this applies not only
to single chords or a succession of them.
• Harmony which at first sight appears to comprise 5, 6, 7 and 8 parts,
is usually only four part harmony with extra parts added. These
additions are nothing more than the duplication in the adjacent
upper octave of one or more of the three upper parts forming the
original harmony, the bass being doubled in the lower octave only
Basic Harmony triad into 4 voices(close)
This is basic harmonization applied for triad chord into 4 voices.

Duplicate 1 voice on the upper for 5 voices
Triad harmony Close part
• All these part can be applied into individual instrument for
harmonization between each intruments.
• This is to make sure the harmony part will be weel balance to each
voices instead of unison duplication.
B. Widely-divided part-writing.
Triad Harmony (Open part)
Triad Harmony Open Parts
• These application is wider and most effective for larger instruments
such as orchestra.
• You may choose which arrangement of the 3 choices for the harmony.
• 3rd arrangement required lowest notes palaying in unison, you may
give 2 different instruments to play for each notes.
Spread Part
• In widely-spaced harmony only the soprano and alto parts may be
doubled in octaves. Duplicating the tenor part is to be avoided, as
close writing is thereby produced, and doubling the bass part
creates an effect of heav- iness. The bass part should never mix with
the others:
On account of the distance between the bass and the three other parts,
only partial duplication is possible.
• Notes in unison resulting from correct duplication need not be
avoided, for although the tone in such cases is not absolutely uniform,
the ear will be satisfied with the correct progression of parts.
• Consecutive octaves between the upper parts are not permissible:
Consecutive fifths resulting from the duplication of the three upper parts
moving in chords of sixths are of no importance:
The bass of an inversion of the dominant chord should never be doubled in any of the upper parts:
This applies also to other chords of the
seventh and diminished seventh:
The rules of harmony concerning sustained and pedal passages apply with equal force to
orchestral writing. As regards passing and auxiliary notes, échappées, considerable licence
is permitted in rapid passages of different texture:
A certain figure and its essentials, in simplified form, may proceed
concurrently, as in the following example:
Upper and inner pedal notes are more effective on the orchestra
than in pianoforte or chamber music, owing to the greater variety of
tone colour:
Distribution of notes in chords.
• The normal order of sounds or the natural harmonic scale:
It will be seen that the widely-spaced intervals

lie in the lower part of the scale, gradually
becoming closer as the upper register is
approached:
The bass should rarely lie at a greater distance than an
octave from the part directly above it (tenor harmony).
It is necessary to make sure that the harmonic notes are
not lacking in the upper parts:
The use of sixths in the upper parts, and the practice of doubling
the upper note in octaves are sometimes effective methods:
When correct progression increases the distance between the
top and bottom notes of the upper parts, this does not matter:
But it would be distinctly bad to fill in the second chord thus:

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What are the differences between traditional and modern harmony?

How many parts are harmony usually written in?

Traditional Harmony

This is basic harmonization applied for triad chord into 4 voices.

It will be seen that the widely-spaced intervals

But it would be distinctly bad to fill in the second chord thus:

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