Harmony

Quartal harmony is based on 4th intervals rather than 3rds. Want to know what that sounds like in practice? Step right in.

When you extend chords, with 9ths, 11ths and 13ths, you can obtain some rich harmonies that inspire innovative melodies. Time to give them a try?

You can't beat the impact made by three or more voices singing in harmony. But how do you work out what the harmonies should be? Time to find out.

Two-part vocal and instrumental harmonising is so widespread we take it for granted. But what should the harmony be? Do we calculate it or just do it?

Augmented chords don't get much of a look-in these days but they're easy to play and use, and they create an irresistible tension. Time to take a look.

The idea of chords that are diminished in some way might put you off, but they are easy to play and take your compositions into sophisticated territory.

Six, three-note chords form the foundation of nearly all Western music. If you're a keyboard player, you need move only one finger at a time to find them.

If you’ve come up with a melody you like, it’s easy to think that the creative process is now over. But a melody only takes you half the way there.