harmonic progression
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But while the moody harmonic progression and title might suggest an ode, nothing in Mr. Picton’s songs is ever easy, or obvious.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
To achieve this, producers make sure that the songs vary in instrumentation, harmonic progression and dynamic levels when placed next to one another.
From Salon • Dec. 13, 2021
"His chorales always have four voices: each carries their own melodic line, creating a rich harmonic progression when played together," writes Google.
From Time • Mar. 21, 2019
A subtler figure, associated with Catholic ritual, is a harmonic progression that combines a tonic chord with a triad on the flattened sixth degree: say, A-flat major against E major.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 15, 2018
Bits of themes—mere fragments marking definite rhythms—were used in spinning new melodies, a rhythm, or perhaps a sufficiently distinctive harmonic progression, connecting them with what had gone before.
From Haydn by Runciman, John F.
