ABSTRACT
This chapter surveys chromatic harmonic practices from the common practice period through the present, helping you to augment your compositional palette and create contemporary progressions. Common-practice chromatic harmony techniques that are addressed in this chapter include secondary dominants and leading tone chords, Neapolitan and augmented sixth chords, mode mixture, and modulations. Jazz harmony topics include add chords, sus chords, extended chords, jazz progressions, blues progressions, tritone substitutions, and reharmonization techniques. The chapter concludes with a discussion of pop/rock harmony, including concepts such as pentatonic scales, diatonic modes, modal harmonies, and power chords.
