Lecture Recital - Dave Holland Harmony [PDF]

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A D VA N C E D H A R M O N I C T E C H N I Q U E S I N D AV E H O L L A N D ' S C O M P O S I T I O N S AND THEIR APPLICATION IN COMPOSITION

HARMONIC F E AT U R E S

• Equal division of the

octave: minor & major 3rds • Alternate harmonic

resolutions of dominant chords and others

LIST OF COMPOSITIONS UTILIZED • "Triple Dance" - Triplicate - 1988 • "Dream of the Elders" - Dream of the Elders - 1996 • "Second Thoughts" - Dream of the Elders - 1996 • "Herbaceous" - Points of View - 1998 • "The Balance" - Points of View - 1998 • "Looking Up" - Prime Directive - 1999 • "Cosmosis" - Not for Nothin' - 2001 • "What Goes Around" - Not for Nothin' - 2001 • "The Eyes Have It" - Critical Mass - 2006

OTHER COMPOSITION WITH E Q U A L D I V I S I O N O F T H E O C TA V E • "Second Thoughts": minor 3rds throughout the composition • "The Balance": major 3rds in the B section, minor 3rds throughout • "The Eyes Have It": minor 3rds in the A section • "Triple Dance": minor thirds throughout • "What Goes Around": major thirds in the B section • "Herbaceous": major thirds in the A section • "Cosmosis": major thirds in the B section (similar to The Balance)

A LT E R N AT E H A R M O N I C R E S O L U T I O N S

• bVII to I (blues) • Chromatic ascending progressions other than V-bVI

and vii(dim)-I

• dominant resolving by ascending Major 3rd • dominant resolution by descending or ascending

minor 3rd (blues, not V to III)

A N E X A M P L E O F I N C O R P O R AT I N G THESE ELEMENTS IN COMPOSITION

• Symmetrical division of the octave by minor and major

third

• Various alternate resolutions and harmonic movements