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Each of the seven scale degrees in the major and minor scales has been given a fancy name:TonicSupertonicMediantSubdominantDominantSubmediantLeading toneThese names are often used when re...

Stravinsky was commissioned to compose Symphony of Psalms by Serge Koussevitsky for the 50^thanniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1930).  Although adhering to the formal design of a sec...

Harmony is based on scales which are constructed according to a certain set of intervals which create a specific sound thereby. For a piece of music to have major harmony, it must be based on a major scal...

The harmonic elements that are common in 20th century music are the regular use of dissonance, and a lack of classical chord progressions. This dissonance is also unlikely to be prepared as seen with musi...

Examples:Sequencing software: using MIDI or audio files, composers can synthesise sound on a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) to create musicDigital sound effects: synthesised sounds can be manipulated usi...