The ear already knows more harmony than theory usually explains. This project builds a better framework for modes, modal interchange, and real harmonic practice for musicians.
These lessons teach modes as real harmonic worlds, not just scale formulas. Each one is built around characteristic vamps, common patterns, and real song examples so you can hear how the mode works and how modal interchange works in practice.
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The standard map of harmony is too centered on major/minor default thinking and too shallow on modal space. This framework replaces it with a mode-first view: modes are not a niche harmonic technique, they are the harmonic spaces music inhabits. Each mode has its own structure, energy, and common patterns. And modal interchange is everywhere.
A general framework for modulation built from modal interchange and re-centering. Standard music theory tends to separate modal interchange, tonicization, and modulation more than actual music does. Orbital Harmony unifies these techniques and treats them as points along a continuous space of re-centering moves.
This is a long-horizon independent research program centered on theory architecture, pedagogy, and repertoire analysis. The main goals include new frameworks for modal harmony and a website that serves as the public interface for lessons, documentation, and ongoing public releases.
The staged plan for releasing lessons, framework documentation, and deeper theoretical results. The sequence reflects a body of work that is already substantially developed in internal notes. Upcoming milestones are listed, along with published artifacts.