Musical Composition and Soundscapes · Baroque to Digital

Harmonic Structures and Emotion

Analyzing how chord progressions and harmonic shifts evoke specific psychological responses in the listener.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why do certain intervals sound dissonant or resolved to the human ear?
  2. 2How does a composer use key changes to signal a shift in narrative?
  3. 3What artistic elements create the mood in a minor key versus a major key?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Music: Creating and Performing - Grade 11ON: Music: Reflecting, Responding, and Analysing - Grade 11
Grade: Grade 11
Subject: The Arts
Unit: Musical Composition and Soundscapes
Period: Baroque to Digital

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