Hi, welcome to my channel and thanks for watching! This video details the basic rules governing many of the harmonic changes that occur in classical music. It can act as a guide to understanding harmony in this context and a broader introduction to the basic fundamentals of functional harmony. The PDF I reference throughout can be downloaded from my Patreon page at this link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rules-of-harmony-46772276?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare Time Stamps: 00:00 Intro 01:02 Chord Bank 02:49 Cadences 04:57 Available Chords in the Exam 06:44 Chord I 08:29 Chord ii 09:12 Chord iii 10:03 Chord IV 10:38 Chord V 11:34 Chord vi 12:25 Chord Progression Rules 13:14 Chord V7 16:08 Chord Moves to Avoid 17:15 Outro If this was useful for you, please consider hitting subscribe. There will be lots more music-related videos up here very soon. Thanks, Dave

Every aspect of writing a Minor Harmony (Q5) in the Irish Leaving Cert exam from preparation to the actual solution. Time Stamps: 0:08 Chord bank and Rough Work 1:00 Cadences 1:20 Writing Excellent Chord Progressions 2:27 Writing Excellent Basslines 4:05 Listen to the solution!

This is a harmony solution to Q5 of the 2017 Leaving Cert Music composing paper. In the video I break down how to tackle the question and detail the decisions that go into making good harmonisations, chord progressions and bass lines. Any questions? Leave a comment below and if you found this helpful please like and subscribe. I have loads more videos on the way, including how I composed this music in Garageband - so hit the notification button to stay in the loop about when I post videos. Thanks for watching!