negative harmony

neg·a·tive har·mo·ny

noun

undertone/subharmonic series?

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Meanings

nounnegative harmony (plural negative harmonies)

plural negative harmonies

  1. undertone/subharmonic series?

    Using this chart, we can create the negative harmonies of any chord or melody.

    2024 May 27, “What is a negative harmony in music?”, in skᵒₒve: Piano lessons that work (blog), Learnfield GmbH, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2024, 2. Introduction to negative harmony
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    The notes on either side of this axis are now the reflective, mirrored notes from which we can form new, Negative harmonies.

    2019 October 7, “The Harmonic Upside Down - Negative Harmony”, in Opus Science Collective, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2024

    Note: Working with negative harmonies leads us to use IVm6 chords instead of the classical dominants.

    2023 December 1, “Negative Harmony: We love the positive and the negative”, in Fluegel, Michael;, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2023
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