Nodes
Harmony nodes
Common-practice tonal harmonization — turn a melody into a four-part chorale, realize a figured bass, or recolor a progression with chromatic substitutions. The homophonic, functional complement to the counterpoint family.
| Node | Inputs | Outputs | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmonize (Functional) | midicents melody number key (tonic) string mode (major/minor) number chromaticism (0/1) string cadence (authentic / half / plagal / deceptive / none) |
any progression string roman any chords |
Chooses a common-practice chord progression that fits a melody (Bach-chorale / Classical idiom) by a Viterbi search over a tonic-subdominant-dominant grammar, ending on a selectable cadence — authentic, half, plagal, deceptive, or none. Chromaticism 1 adds V7 and secondary dominants. Wire Progression into SATB Voicing, or read the Roman-numeral analysis. |
| SATB Voicing | any progression number inversions (allow/root) |
midicents soprano · alto · tenor · bass any chords |
Realizes a chord progression into four-part chorale texture with common-practice voice-leading: smooth motion, no parallel fifths or octaves, leading-tone and seventh resolution, choral ranges and doubling, and root-position framing at the cadence. Each voice wires to its own Voice node. |
| Chorale Harmonize | midicents melody number key string mode number chromaticism number inversions |
midicents soprano · alto · tenor · bass any chords string roman |
Melody in, four-part chorale out — the functional harmonizer and the SATB voicer in one node, Bach-chorale / Classical idiom. |
| Figured Bass Realize | midicents bass string figures ("- 6 6/4 7") number key string mode |
midicents soprano · alto · tenor · bass any chords string roman |
Baroque continuo realization: derives the chord and inversion over each bass note from its figure (6, 6/4, 7, 6/5, 4/3, 4/2, plus accidentals) and voices three upper parts above the fixed bass with proper voice-leading. |
| Reharmonize | string preset (classical / romantic / jazz) any progression number secondary dominants & leading-tone, tritone sub, modal interchange, passing & common-tone dim7 number altered dominant, dominant 9/11/13, cadential 6/4, Neapolitan, augmented 6th, chromatic mediant number intensity (0–1) |
any progression string roman any chords |
Recolors a progression with classical-to-Romantic substitutions — secondary dominants and applied leading-tone sevenths, tritone subs, modal interchange, passing and common-tone diminished sevenths, altered dominants, dominant 9/11/13 extensions, the cadential 6/4, the Neapolitan, augmented-sixth and chromatic-mediant chords — keeping the melody intact. A Classical / Romantic / Jazz preset bundles the right devices, or choose them individually. Feed from Harmonize (Functional); the recolored progression goes on to SATB Voicing. |
| Harmonic Sequence | string sequence (5ths / 5-6 / Pachelbel / fauxbourdon / custom) number key string mode number chords (1–64) number sevenths, transposition (diatonic / real), applied dominants number start degree, step (degrees) |
any progression string roman any chords midicents bass |
Generates a harmonic sequence — a model chord repeated at a recurring transposition. Descending/ascending fifths (the circle-of-fifths sequence), the descending and ascending 5-6 sequences, the Pachelbel/Romanesca ground and fauxbourdon (parallel 6/3 chains). Fifths run Diatonic (in key) or Real (modulating), with optional Sevenths (the 7–3 chain that voices cleanly) or Applied dominants (every chord the V7 of the next); the 5-6 / Pachelbel / fauxbourdon families are diatonic triadic with inversions. The Progression output (with a synthesized soprano) wires into SATB Voicing or Reharmonize. |
| Analyze Harmony | any progression / chords number key string mode |
string roman string functions (T / PD / D) any labels any analysis |
Roman-numeral analysis — the inverse of harmonization. Labels each chord of a Progression (from any harmony node) or a list of block Chords with a Roman numeral, inversion figure and tonal function, detecting chromatic types: secondary dominants and leading-tone sevenths, the Neapolitan, augmented sixths, borrowed (mixture) chords, altered dominants, chromatic mediants, the cadential 6/4 and common-tone diminished sevenths. Round-trips with Harmonize, Reharmonize and Harmonic Sequence. |
| Modulating Harmonize | midicents melody number home key string mode string modulate-to (dominant / subdominant / relative / parallel) number modulate-at (0–1) number return-home |
midicents soprano · alto · tenor · bass any chords string roman any progression |
Harmonize a melody that changes key, using common-chord (pivot) modulation: a chord diatonic to both keys is reinterpreted at the seam (shown as "V = I" in the analysis), the new key is confirmed by its own dominant and cadence, and the music optionally modulates back home for the close. |
| Cadence | string type (PAC / IAC / half / Phrygian half / plagal / deceptive / cadential 6/4) number key (tonic) string mode (major / minor) |
any progression string roman any chords midicents soprano |
Spells a cadence — the closing gesture of a phrase — as a short chord formula in any key, each with an idiomatic soprano already fixed and the defining inversion realized (ii⁶ / iv⁶ / the 6/4). Wire the Progression into SATB Voicing, read the Roman numerals, or audition the Chords. Append it after a phrase, or study the cadence types side by side. |
Studies that use these nodes
Romantic Reharmonization — Brahms' Lullaby recoloured
Brahms' Lullaby recoloured with the chromatic-harmony toolkit.
Analyze a Progression — Roman numerals & key
Roman-numeral analysis with automatic key detection.
Cadence Gallery — the seven closes
The seven cadence types, one per cell — each spelled and voiced in four parts.
Circle of Fifths — a harmonic sequence
The descending circle-of-fifths sequence, voiced in four parts.
Russian Easter — one chant, five backgrounds
Changing-background variations: one obikhod chant, unchanged, under a drone, two chorales, a pandiatonic…
Slåtter — the Hardanger fiddle: drone, high fourth, springar
Slåtter: a halling with the Hardanger fiddle's quarter-tone-high fourth over drones, a springar from the…
Jazz — Reharmonization
A turnaround recoloured with tritone subs, voiced as guide-tone lines.
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