Music A-Level

Harmonic sophistication

What Harmonic sophistication means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.

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A highly sophisticated harmonic idiom, utilising extended chords such as 9ths and 13ths, altered chords, and complex substitutions.

AQA · Area of study 5: Jazz

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Area of study 5: Jazz (AQA A-Level)

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