Japanese Music Harmony: The Harmony Theory in Traditional Japanese Music

A music harmony theory book for Japanese modern and traditional music written by Japanese music theorist. It is recommended if you are a music composer or a student interested in Japanese gaming, anime, and J-POP music.IndexChapter 1: Japanese Traditional Music and Functional Harmony 1. The Mode with Two Notes 1. The first mode (folk song mode) 2. The second mode (Miyakobushi mode) 3. The third mode (Ritsu mode) 4. The fourth mode (Ryukyu mode) 5. The composite mode 6. Semitone progression 2. The Mode with Three Notes 1. The first mode (folk song mode) 2. The second mode (Miyakobushi mode) 3. The third mode (Ritsu mode) 4. The fourth mode (Ryukyu mode) 5. The composite mode 6. Semitone progression 7. Definitions 3. Formation of Scales 1. Folk song scale 2. Miyakobushi scale 3. Ritsu scale 4. Ryukyu scale 4. "Physics" on Modal Center 5. Chord Construction 1. Building triads 2. Building tetrads 3. Other chords 4. Smooth switching between "yoh" and "in" modes 5. Examples of harmonization 6. Decorating melodies with fourth intervals 6. Integration into Functional Harmony 1. Building chords 2. Melody and modal center 3. Switching to and from functional chords with common chords 4. Tritone substitution for M / R chords 5. Using multipolar tonality 6. Others 7. ConclusionJapanese Music Harmony Vol. 3: —The Harmony Theory in Traditional Japanese Music—