Comments on: The Basic Functions of Harmony – Basix

By: Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:15:46 +0000

I’ve read a lot about music theory on the web but Ryan Leach explains the topics better than anyone I’ve come across.

The explanations are exceptionally clear and to the point. Write a music theory book, Ryan. Guaranteed it will become a bestseller.

By: Ox

Ox — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:45:17 +0000

I NEED MORE! If this were an all you can eat buffet, the food establishment would have already shut down!

Thanks for the insightful wisdom.

By: Mark Carter

Mark Carter — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:35:41 +0000

Yet another vote for more articles on music theory … these really help give background on music creation .. many thanks …

By: 3DiN

3DiN — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:53:58 +0000

nice peace. Give as more

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:59:24 +0000

We want moooooooooore!!!!!!!

By: Ivan Minovi

Ivan Minovi — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:47:03 +0000

Great Article!!, now I’ll revise my compositions in order to check if his tensions match with the Lyrics

By: gizet

gizet — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:04:22 +0000

please give us moooore

By: colin

colin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:52:19 +0000

moar!

By: mrG

mrG — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:11:08 +0000

an interesting introduction, but I think you need a conclusion, a proof of the pudding so to speak: it is one thing to post-hoc apply the tension-harmony vs tension-words correspondence to a wildly famous song like this, but quite another to then demonstrate that the theory has value by crafting a new piece, even a silly piece, and compare using these rules vs breaking them. To a tone scientist like myself, you have a very interesting hypothesis, it only needs experimental validation

however, you got me thinking, and I will now be watching old Hank Williams songs and the like to see if perhaps the ‘better’ songwriters are really those who instinctively match the poetic tension with the harmonic gravity. I think you may be right, but I also expect there may be truly stellar exceptions that could suggest the issue is not quite so simple

By: ohgross

ohgross — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:24:03 +0000

i would love to hear more. this was a great explanation of harmony at its simplest level, and i would love to read about use of more complex harmony and progressions.