Music GCSE
Quartal Harmony
What Quartal Harmony means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Quartal Harmony
Chords built by stacking intervals of a fourth, rather than the traditional thirds.
Topics that use Quartal Harmony
- J Williams: Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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Using Quartal Harmony in the exam
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