AOC 010: Understanding Harmony



Episode 10 of the Art of Composing Podcast. In this episode, you'll get a good grasp of what harmony is and why harmony works the way it does. If you've ever wanted to know how to create a chord progression from scratch, this is the episode for you.
What is in this episode:

* The basis for our harmony - the overtone series
* How functional chord progressions work
* How to add chromatic harmony to your chord progressions

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Here are the charts mentioned in the episode. If you're interested more in using these charts, you can check out my article on diatonic harmony.
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Minor

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