Monthly Archives: January 2016

The Beatles’ chromatic trifecta

In teaching chromatic harmony, music theorists typically focus on three categories: “Secondary” or “applied” dominants and leading-tone chords Modal mixture or “borrowed” chords “Neapolitan” chords and augmented-sixth chords Of these, the first two categories are plentiful in virtually all styles of music, … Continue reading

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