Tri-Level Chords and their Progressions: A Beginning
(for the lover of harmony)
Ted Greene
1989.09.06
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Try all examples backwards (!) too...some are pretty nice this way.
* Tri-level Harmony = can be viewed as.
1) Triads with added "supercharging" by way of wonderful bass notes.
2) Bass notes with added resonant (and even non-resonant) triads above.
‘\well deal with these later.
3) Functional chords and/or harmony as usualVen
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