Music A-Level
Harmonic innovation and chromaticism
What Harmonic innovation and chromaticism means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Chopin uses intricate chromatic harmony, employing chromaticism as expressive colouration within a single melodic line rather than only for modulation.
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