Guía de técnicas para la aplicación de recursos de la armonía negativa en la rearmonización de cadencias de música contemporánea.

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to examine the effects of the application of resources of negative harmony on the reharmonization of contemporary music cadences by applying an exercise guide in students of the subjects of rhythmic section arrangements, wind arrangements and arrangements for Big Band of the Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil, within a negative harmony workshop held between the months of June to July 2018. The sample consisted of seven students of last levels who voluntarily participated. The focus of the research was qualitative non-probabilistic, descriptive, transversal, social macro. The instruments for data collection were: analysis of contemporary harmony books, bibliographical research obtained from digital music magazines; books, expert video recordings, harmonic and auditory analysis of songs that use negative harmony; unstructured interview with the musician Pablo Ziffer, as well as pre-test and post-test tests for the students in the process of applying the guide. The results of the post test showed that the students admit the application of negative harmony as a useful harmonic option for reharmonization. The activities that the students reported as significant for their learning were the discovery of the formation of negative chords and their harmonic replacement in mixed cadences with traditional chords. The results of the research showed that negative harmony is functional, tonal and is a valuable tool that should be studied in its entirety.