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I regularly blog about various topics relating to music theory and aural skills

March 29, 2021

Scriabin (2): Tonal implications and desire for resolution in “Caresse dansée” op. 57/2

Post-tonal

Harmonic implications

Chord and function

Falling fifths sequence

Theory of desire

December 21, 2020

Tonal implications and desire for resolution in Scriabin’s late works

Post-tonal

Chord and function

Harmonic analysis

Harmonic implications

August 7, 2020

Conference paper announcement

English Baroque music

Ground bass

Folia

Popular songs

Broadside ballads

June 7, 2020

Diversity in Music Theory: a discussion

Music Theory as a discipline

Diversity/inclusivity

Institutional bias

Methodological bias

May 19, 2020

Composers vs. theorists? Is chord viiº6 a dominant 7th lacking the root?

Baroque harmony

Historically-informed analysis

Figured bass

Rule of the Octave

Chord and function

May 2, 2020

Quiz: Hearing modes in Bartók

Aural skills

Aural analysis

Ostinato

Post-tonal

Scales/modes

April 21, 2020

Satie and the ubiquity of his ‘Gymnopédie no. 1’ on ‘Relaxing Classical’ playlists

Post-tonal

Emotionless

L'art pour l'art

March 31, 2020

Beethoven and the chromatically-descending tetrachord

Classical harmony

Harmonic analysis

Roman numeral analysis

Lament bass

Chromatically-descending tetrachord

March 19, 2020

Suspensions in Baroque cadences (an example from Gottfried Keller)

Cadence

Suspension

Baroque harmony

Figured bass

Counterpoint

A portrait of Dr Stephan Schönlau smiling

A portrait of Dr Stephan Schönlau smiling

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