Pop Harmony

Jazz/Pop Chords

• • Sus Chords

  • Added Chords

  • Power Chords

  • Extended Chords

  • Tritone Substitution

Functional Movement

I, IV, V Chords

Harmonic Gestures

• • IV/5 (“Sus”)

  • Plagal Sigh

Chord Shuttles

• • I - IV

  • I - V

  • Major Mode Shuttles with ii, iii, vi 

  • Aeolian Shuttles

  • Mixolydian Shuttles

  • Dorian Shuttles

  • Other Modal Chord Shuttle

  • Other Shuttles

Chord Schemas

• • 12-Bar Blues & Variations on the Pattern

  • Descending 4th Movement  (e.g. Dbl Plagal, Extended Plagal)

  • Descending 5th Movement  (e.g. vi-ii-V-I)

  • Loops with I, IV, V, vi (e.g. Axis, Hopscotch, Doo-Wop)

  • Loops adding ii and iii (e.g. Puff, Pink Pony)

  • Modal Loops (e.g. Lydian Cadence, Aeolian Shuttle)

  • Other Chord Loops

Modal Harmony

• • Mixolydian

  • Aeolian

  • Dorian

  • Other Modes

Basslines & Slash Chords

• • Stepwise Descending Basslines

  • Stepwise Ascending Basslines

  • Pedal Basslines

  • Other Inverted Chords

Sequences

• • Descending 5ths

  • Descending 3rds

  • Other Sequences

Secondary Dominants

• • V/V & V7/V

  • All Other Root-Position Secondary Dominants

  • Inverted Secondary Dominants

  • Applied Leading Tone Chords

Modulation

• • Direct Modulation

  • Other Modulation

Mode Mixture

Chromatic Chords

• • Augmented Chords

  • Chromatic Mediants

  • Other Chromatic Chords

Chord Voicing