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diatonic progression

Ramsay
Chords in a harmony are not at liberty to succeed each other in the way that single notes in a melody may. The notes in a melody may succeed in seconds, or they may succeed in larger intervals, any interval in the octave, even sometimes very effectively there may be a leap or fall of a whole octave. Chords cannot follow each other in this free way; they are under law, and must succeed accordingly. Their law is that they must be linked together either by having something in common in their elements, or have small intervals, semitonic progressions, between them. The former way, by notes in common, is the most usual way in diatonic succession of chords, the latter way, by semitonic progression, is a chief feature and charm in chromatic succession; but both in diatonic and chromatic progression of chords in harmony, notes in common and semitonic progression are usually found together. [Scientific Basis and Build of Music, page 68]

See Also


12.18 - Multiple Octave Progression
arithmetic progression
arithmetical progression
Diatonic progression chords
Geometrical Progression
harmonic progression
inverse progression
musical progression
progression
progression of adjacencies
progression of keys
reciprocal progression
semitonic progression

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