Negative harmony converter

1. How is negative harmony calculated?
2. What is negative harmony used for?
3. What is negative melody?
4. Who invented negative harmony?

How is negative harmony calculated?

This melody is C – G – F – E – A – B – C. To create a Negative melody of these notes, each one has to be inverted around the Eb/E point – the middle of the axis created by the key center. The first note, C, is 3 semitones lower than Eb. Therefore to invert it, we have to go 3 semitones higher than E – to the note G.

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.

What is negative melody?

In practice Negative Melody is simply applying Negative Harmony to a single melodic line rather than a chord progression... but this sounds needlessly complex. ... Watch the video here... and then do the same to create your melodies!

Who invented 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.