BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
10029 / 18210 · Workshop 82 — Symmetrical Harmony and Harmonic Geometry: Diminished Cycles, Augmented Triads, Whole-Tone Motion, Major-Third Systems, and Escaping Ordinary Tonal Gravity← prev⊞ allnext →

82.122The deepest connection

Functional harmony says:

this wants to go there.

Symmetrical harmony says:

this could go several places.

Composition and improvisation become the art of deciding:

when should the listener know the destination—and when should several futures remain possible?