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OP I wonder if anyone educated in music theory and composition knows if there's a term to describe the following:
Take a given melodic phrase, say a run of the notes c-d-e-d-c-d-e-d-c-c-d-e-d-c-d-e-d-c-c-d-e-d-c-d-e-d-c-c-d-e-d-c-d-e-d-c just running up and down like that, say with eighth notes. Now imagine that the chords change every measure and the chord progression goes C maj, D min, A min, D min, C maj, and so on, up and down.
During the first measure, when the C chord is played, the c and e notes in the melody will be consonant to the chord but the d will be dissonant. In the next measure the d note will be consonant to the D minor chord but the c and e will be dissonant. And in the third measure when Am is the chord, the c and e will be consonant again and the d will be dissonant.
So is there a term for shifting the chords and melody in this way so that a repetitive melody has varying moments of dissonance and consonance relative to the chords?
Last edited by Alex Williams; 08/04/06 01:19 PM.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted musical terms Alex Williams 08/04/06 01:17 PM Re: musical terms Buffalo Shrdlu 08/04/06 01:18 PM Re: musical terms Faldage 08/05/06 11:34 AM Re: musical terms Buffalo Shrdlu 08/05/06 02:43 PM Re: musical terms Faldage 08/05/06 03:32 PM Re: musical terms Buffalo Shrdlu 08/05/06 04:56 PM Re: musical terms musick 08/05/06 05:40 PM Re: musical terms musick 08/05/06 07:07 PM Re: musical terms Alex Williams 08/05/06 08:57 PM Re: musical terms Faldage 08/06/06 09:56 AM
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