By the end of the period, keys often shifted so rapidly in the course of a composition that tonality itself began to break down." Post-Romantic and Impressionistic Period (1875-1920) "With the breakdown of the major-minor key system, impressionist composers began to experiment with other, modal, and whole-tone scales." Contemporary Period (1920-present) "The chromatic scale has predominated in much of the music of our period." Jazz and Popular Music (1900-present) "Popular music has remained the last bastion of the major-minor key system. Chromaticism was decorative for the most part and shifts from one key to another.were used to create formal divisions." Romantic Period (1825-1900) "Chromaticism increased to the point that the major-minor key system began to be threatened. This coincided with the emergence of key consciousness in music." Classical Period (1750-1825) "The major and minor keys were the basis of music in the classical period. The following timeline is abbreviated from its presentation by Benward & Saker: Baroque Period (1600-1750) "The system of major and minor scales developed during the early part of the baroque period. If the composer yields to this urge of the scale-step within the diatonic system of which this scale-step forms part, I call this process tonicalization and the phenomenon itself chromatic.Ĭontemporary jazz and rock bass guitarist Joseph Patrick Moore demonstrating chromaticism (video) Not only at the beginning of a composition but also in the midst of it, each scale-step manifests an irresistible urge to attain the value of the tonic for itself as that of the strongest scale-step. Chromatic elements are considered, "elaborations of or substitutions for diatonic scale members". Chromaticism is in contrast or addition to tonality or diatonicism and modality (the major and minor, or "white key", scales). ( August 2022)Ĭhromaticism is a compositional technique interspersing the primary diatonic pitches and chords with other pitches of the chromatic scale. Consider transferring direct quotations to Wikiquote or, for entire works, to Wikisource. Please help improve the article by presenting facts as a neutrally worded summary with appropriate citations. This article contains too many or overly lengthy quotations for an encyclopedic entry.
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