Paleo
Student Of The Blues
We often refer to scale degrees and chords by number, but never really discuss their function.
Except maybe the Tonic and the Leading Tone. (Leading Note for the UK.)
We're usually told that scale degrees have "proper" names: Tonic, Supertonic, Mediant etc, but we just kind of skip over why.
We also talk about chords as "functioning" as the V or the ii or whatever.
Just what does that actually mean? What chords generally lead to what other chords, etc.
A note by itself has a function within a scale, but also a function within a chord and the chord in turn has it's function within a progression.
Just what are the harmonic tendency relationships of scale degrees and the chords resulting from them?
Not really looking for a full semester University type theory course, but a general overview of some kind just might be useful.
Oh heck. The other members are nodding off already.
Except maybe the Tonic and the Leading Tone. (Leading Note for the UK.)
We're usually told that scale degrees have "proper" names: Tonic, Supertonic, Mediant etc, but we just kind of skip over why.
We also talk about chords as "functioning" as the V or the ii or whatever.
Just what does that actually mean? What chords generally lead to what other chords, etc.
A note by itself has a function within a scale, but also a function within a chord and the chord in turn has it's function within a progression.
Just what are the harmonic tendency relationships of scale degrees and the chords resulting from them?
Not really looking for a full semester University type theory course, but a general overview of some kind just might be useful.
Oh heck. The other members are nodding off already.