Is a set of chords that can bring harmony to any basic melody, knowing the tonality. See How to find the tonality of a melody?
The harmonic field is the set of "diatonic chords" built on each note of the scale in that tonality.
For the case of DO major scale, chords are:
I II III IV V VI and VII = Do Re Mi Fa Sol La and Si
Diatonic chords are those who are using notes from the diatonic scale. In the example of DO major, all the chords are built using the white keys of the piano:
Triads: DO re mi FA SOL la siº (uppercase= major, lowercase= minor and º=disminished)
With seventh: DO7M re7 mi7 FA7M SOL7 la7 siº (7M=with major 7th and 7=with minor 7th)
As already mentioned, there are 3 different minor scales. Avoiding complicated details, let us say that this is the most usual harmonic minor field:
I IIº bIII IV V7 bVI bVIIº VIIdim = la siº DO re MI7 FA SOL SOL#7dim for minor la tonality.
If it still seem to many chords, see how this is simplified further by considering the Harmonics functions, which are only 3!!
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The harmonic field is the set of "diatonic chords" built on each note of the scale in that tonality.
For the case of DO major scale, chords are:
I II III IV V VI and VII = Do Re Mi Fa Sol La and Si
Diatonic chords are those who are using notes from the diatonic scale. In the example of DO major, all the chords are built using the white keys of the piano:
Triads: DO re mi FA SOL la siº (uppercase= major, lowercase= minor and º=disminished)
With seventh: DO7M re7 mi7 FA7M SOL7 la7 siº (7M=with major 7th and 7=with minor 7th)
As already mentioned, there are 3 different minor scales. Avoiding complicated details, let us say that this is the most usual harmonic minor field:
I IIº bIII IV V7 bVI bVIIº VIIdim = la siº DO re MI7 FA SOL SOL#7dim for minor la tonality.
If it still seem to many chords, see how this is simplified further by considering the Harmonics functions, which are only 3!!
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