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ANTHOLOGY

ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me

Common Practice Period Harmony and Counterpoint

Author: Ellie Murphy-Weise

              

African American Spiritual - Were You There

Dominant to Tonic Cadence

Author: Nicole Zhao

 

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez - "All Is Found” from Frozen II

Tonal Function of v and i

Author: Anika Luo

 

Tekla Bądarzewska - The Maiden’s Prayer

Tonic, Subdominant, and Dominant Chords

Author: Anita Lau

 

Amy Beach - The Year’s At The Spring

Half Diminished Seventh Chords and I6/4 Chords in

Author: Ellie Murphy-Weise

 

Blink-182 - All the Small Things

Dominant and Tonic

Author: Melanie Zhang

 

Børns – Electric Love

Melody

Author: Tess Dolan

 

Christine and the Queens – People, I’ve Been Sad

Creating an Ethereal Sound Quality Through Half-cadences

Author: Audrey Hirsch

 

Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-George - Violin Concerto No. 9 in G, Op. 8

Harmonic Progressions

Author: Tess Dolan

 

Maddalena Casulana - Il Vostro Dipartir

Suspensions

Author: Sally Richardson

 

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Violin Concerto, Op. 80 Movement 2

Building Harmonic Tension Through Seventh Chords

Author: Aditi Kannan

 

Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell – My Future

Seventh Chord Qualities and Background Vocals

Author: Lorelei Blau

 

Opetaia Foa'i, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Mark Mancina – "Know Who You Are” from Moana

4-3 and 4-5 Suspension-like Movement

Author: Anika Luo

 

Alberto Ginastera - Danzas Argentinas Op. 2 No.2

i-iv7-VII7-viio65-i6

Author: Anita Lau 

 

Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me

Chord Progressions

 Author: Tess Dolan 

 

Zebulon Highben - And Miriam Sang (Shiru L’Adonai)

Defying Traditional Chord Progressions

Author: Connie Tian

 

Joe Hisashi – “Merry-go-round of Life” from Howl’s Moving Castle

Creating Harmonic Tension with Parallel Thirds and Stepwise Connections

Author: Audrey Hirsch

 

Hozier - Take Me To Church

Seventh Chord Resolution

Author: Lorelei Blau

 

The Kinks - Strangers

Tonic Expansion and the Predominant

Author: Sally Richardson

 

Kendrick Lamar - PRIDE

Tonic Expansion to Emphasize Lyrical Repetition

Author: Aditi Kannan

 

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller - Hound Dog

The Blues Aesthetic

Author: Cynthia (Ruoyun) Yang

 

Ravyn Lena – Free Room

Major Seventh Chords Serve as Foundation

Author: Nina Goodman

           

Josephine Lang – Arabesque

Consistent Structure vs. Changes in Music Quality

Author: Audrey Hirsch

 

Lili’uokalani - Aloha Oe

Predominant Harmonies

Author: Cynthia (Ruoyun) Yang

 

Mac Miller - “Come Back To Earth”

Syncopation and Momentary Dissonance

Author: Aditi Kannan 

 

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel - “Wandl’ich in dem Wald des Abends”

Homophony and Chord Qualities

Author: Lorelei Blau

 

Nao - Orbit

Dreamy Atmosphere Established by Repeating Chordal Structures

Author: Nina Goodman

 

Florence Price - The Goblin and the Mosquito

Dominant and Tonic Chords

Cynthia (Ruoyun) Yang

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Florence Price - Symphony in E Minor

Nationalist Motives and Cultural Roots

Nina Goodman

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Radwimps - “Is There Still Anything That Love Can Do?” from Weathering With You

Complete Neighbor Tones

Author: Michelle Tu

 

Raveena - I Won’t Mind

First inversion of the V chord

Author: Nicole Zhao

 

Regina Spektor - Samson

Sostenuto Contrasted with Moving Notes

Author: Nicole Zhao

 

Rolling Stones – Paint it, Black

Harmonic Dissonance, Rhythmic Instability, and Melodic Monotony

Author: Audrey Hirsch

 

Clara Schumann – Prelude No. 2 from Einfache Praeludien für Schüler (Easy Preludes for Students)

Chord Inversions

Author: Anika Luo

 

Clara Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 7

Cadence, Cadential 6/4, and T-PD-D Chord Pattern

Author: Melanie Zhang

 

Taeyeon - All About You

Ornamentation and Embellishing Tones

Author: Anita Lau

 

Van Halen – Jump

Pedal Tones and Half Cadences

Author: Ellie Murphy-Weise

 

Weyes Blood - Andromeda

The Minor V Chord

Author: Sally Richardson

 

Jeremy Zag and Noam Kaniel - “Glaciator” Balcony Scene from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

Dominant Expansion and Resolutions

Michelle Tu

 

Jeremy Zuckerman - “The Avatar’s Love” from Avatar: The Last Airbender

IV to I Chord Progressions

Author: Michelle Tu

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taeyeon
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moana
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