Music GCSE
Harmonic chord progressions
What Harmonic chord progressions means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Harmonic chord progressions
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Chords built on scale degrees and how they follow one another, such as I–IV–V–I in C major using C major, F major, G major then C major.
Topics that use Harmonic chord progressions
- Component 3: Appraising - Musical elements (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Basic modulation and its signals
- Cadence types and their effect
- Dotted rhythms
- Dynamic markings
- Justifying a structure from listening evidence
- Major and minor tonality
- Melodic contour and devices
- Named simple structures
Using Harmonic chord progressions in the exam
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