Harmony

2 cards. Each one is a 40-second story with a five-minute read behind it.

1. The musical tug-of-war between the white keys and the chromatic scaleIn music theory, the distinction between diatonic and chromatic is rarely clear-cut. While we often think of diatonic as the familiar white notes of a piano, the actual definition…
2. The architectural difference between compact and expansive musical chordsIs a chord defined by its notes or the space between them? In music theory, the distinction between close and open harmony dictates the emotional weight and texture of a sound. On…

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