Harmony in a score: chords, cadences, keys, modulation and secondary dominants

What this note covers

1. Naming a chord from a full score: collect every sounding note first
2. Inversions, slash chords and when a slash chord is the wrong name
3. Cadences: identify them from the last two chords of a phrase
4. Tonality: deciding the key and giving evidence
5. Modulation and describing the relationship between keys
6. Secondary dominants: what the accidental is telling you
7. Standard progressions, harmonic rhythm and describing harmony

7 sections · 12 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes