Empirical Observations on the Use of Extended Harmonic Tensions in the Search for a Personal Music Vocabulary

Pablo Cruz Placer

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This study delves into the incorporation of extended harmonic tensions in the context of cultivating a distinctive music vocabulary. With a combination of empirical analysis and subjective qualitative assessments, encompassing dissonance, voicings, timbre, harmonic spectrum and scale formation, the research articulates the integration of these tensions into my personal style as both a composer and improviser. While this exploration does not focus on horizontal harmonic development, it will highlight the new possibilities these tensions bring to certain chord progressions in specific musical fragments. Some of the key findings include a fresh perspective on the vertical expansion of harmonies and the breaking of a one-octave framework for scale formation. This work also emphasizes the importance of empirical exploration in unlocking innovative harmonic potentials.

type	research exposition
keywords	harmony, verticality, Chord, Extended tensions, scale formation
date	21/11/2023
published	04/07/2024
last modified	04/07/2024
status	limited publication
copyright	Pablo Cruz Placer
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2395530/2395531
published in	KC Research Portal
portal issue	3. Internal publication

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name	Major #9 resolution
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name	Dominant chord unaltered
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name	Major 7 chord unaltered
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name	Dominant Maj 7
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name	Resolution with Dominant Maj 7
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name	4 notes dimished repeated
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name	Resolution with #11
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name	Same chord on Rhodes and Organ
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name	Clarinet
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name	Saxophone
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name	Flute
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name	Oboe
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name	Trombone
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name	Orchestration examples
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name	Example 1
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name	Example 2
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name	Example 3
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name	Fanfare
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name	Composition Fragment
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name	Impro over Inmadurez
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name	Minor extended chord
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name	Extended whole resolution
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name	Major chord augmented triad
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name	Major chord with tritone
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name	Major chord minor ninth
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name	Dominant Maj 7
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name	First inversion of a triad extended
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name	4 notes dimished repeated
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name	Dominant upper structures
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name	ii inverted bvi v i resolution
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name	Major with augmented
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name	Superimposed triads
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name	Diminshed 4 notes
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name	Dominant upper strucutures
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name	Extended Major Chord
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name	Maqamat
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name	Major altered scale
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name	Dominant altered
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name	Dominant altered scale
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name	Dominant 2
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name	Diminshed
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name	Extended Major Chord
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