Modern Harmony
Understanding Modern Harmony
Modern harmony breaks from traditional tonal harmony, exploring new ways of organizing and combining pitches. This includes techniques like quartal harmony, tone clusters, and polytonality.
Modern Chord Types
Quartal Harmony
Chords built on perfect fourths instead of thirds
Interactive Piano
Experiment with modern harmonies on the piano:
C4
C#4
D4
D#4
E4
F4
F#4
G4
G#4
A4
A#4
B4
C5
C#5
D5
D#5
E5
F5
F#5
G5
G#5
A5
A#5
B5
C6
Interactive Practice
Which type of modern harmony is built by stacking perfect fourths?
What technique involves playing multiple different chords simultaneously?
Daily Practice
Explore modern harmony with these exercises:
- Build and play quartal harmonies on different root notes
- Experiment with creating tone clusters
- Practice combining different chords to create polychords
- Listen to and analyze modern compositions