Sketching with Schillinger: Orchestral Cue Part 3 Harmony

This is Part 3 in the series 'Sketching with Schillinger'. This series was created after receiving tutorial viewer requests to demonstrate working with the Schillinger System of Musical Composition in more detail. I'll show how an orchestral composition can be created from a basic element, the 'melodic cell'.

In Part 3 the focus is on sketching with harmony derived from the melodic cell source material C-D-Eb, using various techniques from the Schillinger System of Musical Composition and applied in the example orchestral composition. There is both the diatonic and atonal (Pitch-Class Set) interpretation. You'll see extended chords in thirds, progressions with cadential character, pedal point, chromatic mediants and strata harmony. The latter is based on 5- and 6-part structures, using parallel chords in 5ths (coupling) with counterpoint and contrary motion setting, and extended chromatic mediant chords. Use Part 1 with the full composition in reduced score as a reference. Watch Part 2 for a discussion of the sketching process in the melody and rhythm domain. The combination of melody and harmony in the closing section is discussed in Part 4.

There's a companion document with text, diagrams and score excerpts available in the webshop.
Full score at https://www.fransabsil.nl/notes/sketc...

Contents (Part 3):
00:00 Opening titles
00:48 Section 1 Introduction: what this video is about
02:08 Section 2 Overview: the Schillinger System, composition form and techniques
04:02 Section 3 Harmony
04:09 Section 3.1 Diatonic interpretation, pedal point
07:28 Section 3.2 Triad close position voicing, inversion, cluster
09:31 Section 3.3 Chordal functions, root movement, chord progression, cadences
13:40 Section 3.4 Alternating chords and chromatic mediants, Riemannian Tonnetz
19:06 Section 3.5 Strata Harmony phrases
19:50 Section 3.6 Two- and three-layer strata, chords in perfect 5ths, contrary motion
25:07 Section 3.7 Pitch-Class Sets, non-diatonic harmony, intervals, motif and development
37:11 Summary and Conclusion

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