Harmonic Progression

Definition: Harmonic Progression

Harmonic Progression

Noun

1. (math) a progression of terms whose reciprocals form an arithmetic progression.

Specialty Definition: Harmonic progression

in music, a harmonic progression is two or more chordss following each other. Part and parcel of this action is the idea that the chords relate to each other in some way, whether closely or distantly, and they as a whole become an entity in themselves as a section, movement, or any other hypothetical name for a piece that to the ear can become familiar because of the harmonic progression used.

Below is a table of common harmonic progression used in Western music. This is a guide, not in any way a table of hard and fast rules -- it is simply common use harmony.

A List of Root Progressions

I is most often followed by IV or V at times VI rarely II or III--
II is most often followed by V, at times VI, rarely I, III, or IV--
III is most often followed by VI, sometimes IV, less so II or V--
IV is most often followed by V, at times I or II, rarely III or VI--
V is most often followed by I, at times VI or IV rarely III or II--
VI is most often followed by II or V, at times III or IV rarely I--
VII is most often followed by III, at times I

This table does not set apart Major and/or Minor. All symbols include both qualities and this table is multi-use. It is paraphrased from Walter Piston -- "Harmony," 1969.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Harmonic Progression

Alternative Orthography: Harmonic Progression

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 61 72 6D 6F 6E 69 63 50 72 6F 67 72 65 73 73 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100001 01110010 01101101 01101111 01101110 01101001 01100011 00100000 01010000 01110010 01101111 01100111 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#97 &#114 &#109 &#111 &#110 &#105 &#99 &#32 &#80 &#114 &#111 &#103 &#114 &#101 &#115 &#115 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0061 0072 006D 006F 006E 0069 0063 0050 0072 006F 0067 0072 0065 0073 0073 0069 006F 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
harmonic progression	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Harmonic Progression

Definition: Harmonic Progression