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What is negative harmony used for?
Negative Harmony is a harmonic tool which can be used for improvisation. Ernst Levy was a Swiss musicologist, composer, pianist and conductor (1895-1981). The harmonic considerations he made (in his book 'A Theory in Harmony') are a part of the theoretical basis for this improvisational concept.
Who came up with negative harmony?
Fast forward another 50 years to the mid 1980s. A guy named Ernst Levy wrote a book called "A Theory of Harmony" in which he coined the term "negative harmony". It's essentially the pitch axis theory applied to chord roots instead of a melody.
What is a negative in music?
What is negative music? It is music that stimulates the negative emotions: anger, frustration, depression, hatred and fear. One form of negative music is music that is used to express or to stimulate negative emotions.
