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V -> I = The Universal Harmonic Crank
The essential harmonic progression in western music, going from the “V” chord to the “I” chord, is ubiquitous in African music too! Music of the karimba and mbira are analyzed and understood in terms of classical western harmony The core principle in western music theory is that when you are on the “V” chord – denoting a chord based in the fifth degree of a scale – (or “V7” chord) it pushes the music to go to the “I” – denoting a chord based in the first degree of the scale. Everything else in music theory is window dressing, giving us interesting ways of taking our time to get
October 3, 2017
