Music Theory: Implied Harmony, Harmonizing the Cadence

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Channel: Scott Watson · 2018 · Music

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In this tutorial we extend the idea of harmonizing cadences to the topic of implied harmony - a concept used to harmonize notes of a melody. In the video we'll examine the notes of a simple melody but limit ourselves to deciding what chords might work well at the cadence (limiting our choices to only tonic and dominant chords).

Although the video refers to specific examples found in a standard harmony text, what is presented here may be applied universally.

Dr. Scott Watson teaches in the School of Music at Cairn University (Langhorne, PA). To investigate how YOU can unlock your musical talents at this Philadelphia-area Christian liberal arts university, please visit: https://cairn.edu/academics/music

Dr. Scott Watson teaches in the School of Music at Cairn University (Langhorne, PA). To investigate how YOU can unlock your musical talents at this Philadelphia-area Christian liberal arts university, please visit: https://cairn.edu/worship-music-ma-online/?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Video&utm_campaign=MAWorshipMusic&utm_id=Watson25

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