There is no term for this in English, and I do not believe that it is
as universal a phenomenon as you imply.
I can sympathize w. your frustration, though. There doesn't appear to
be any term beyond the vague and misleading "common practice harmony"
for the system of tonality we all learned in Music Theory class. For
years I called this "functional tonality," but recently found that this
won't do. I can't believe that no proper term exists!
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
On Sep 12, 2006, at 11:49 AM, A-NO-NE Music wrote:
In 4/4, the strength of the beat is 1-3-2-4 to flow. The same will
apply to a form, i.e., 8 bars phrase will be divided into 2 bars each,
and the same 1-3-2-4 priority applies. The 32 bars form tune of AABA
form gets the same 1-3-2-4 priority divided in 8 bars each. The 32
bars
form tune of ABAC form gets into 16 bars each, and the 16 bar will
divided into 4 bars each for 1-3-2-4 priority. When you analyze a tune
with odd phrasing such as Falling Grace, you say this composition is
unique because it shifts the "harmonic rhythm (now I want to know the
correct terminology for this)".
For long years, I believed this is called harmonic rhythm, but quick
googling denis it. I'd appreciate if anyone know the correct
terminology for this.
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