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Hello and welcome. 
In this episode, I will be 

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telling you what quartal Harmony
is and how you can use it in 

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your music. 
I will also be looking at the 

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melody harmonization process 
with these chords and explore 

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some ideas for it. 
Let's get started. 

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Cuarto, or even quintal Harmony 
is a term that refers to chords 

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built by stacking fourths. 
Or fifths. 

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These chords don't need to have 
these intervals exclusively as 

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they can be considered. 
As such as long as these 

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intervals predominate, these 
cards can also be inverted and 

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this is actually one of the ways
in which you can prevent 

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harmonic monotony caused by the 
fixed interval position of 

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stacked Force. 
For instance, if you have this 

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chord progression in fourths, 
you can either maintain it. 

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It's fixed position or you can 
rearrange the nodes in a way 

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that favors a better voice 
leading movement. 

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This only means that we are 
trying that each note that goes 

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from one car to the next 
smoothly. 

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Moves by the smallest interval 
possible. 

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Cuartel cards can be very 
ambiguous in the sense that we 

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can get the proper field for the
Route more often than not, this 

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ambiguity is introduced by the 
lack of the third in relation to

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the root of that Court, meaning 
that you are free to use major 

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or minor modes on top of these 
chords. 

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And because there is no clear 
route. 

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These chords don't have an 
impetus to resolve to any other 

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particular court to show you 
this. 

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I will be using this cord in 
fourth and then change the base.

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Note, what happened is that the 
existence of a bass note puts 

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the rest of the chord tones in 
the context of that base notes. 

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So, It's time, we change it it 
implies different, chords all 

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together apart from the sound of
the cars themselves. 

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This ambiguity is one of the 
reasons why these are so 

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appealing to Modern composers. 
It's all very vague harmonically

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and the ability of turning 
vagueness into something is a 

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very useful resource. 
Another thing you can do is to 

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have your cords built in thirds 
and then rearrange them in 

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fourth intervals. 
Let's say you have a chord 

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progression In thirds like this 
one. 

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Now, you can arrange it in 
fourths. 

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And you can change it even 
further by experimenting with 

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different bass notes. 
This is a nice way of 

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repurposing. 
An existing chord progression in

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your music because it suggests 
different cards. 

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You can even switch it back to 
chords in thirds. 

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As for chord progressions, the 
approach is the same. 

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As chords in thirds, you can 
consider a base or root movement

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and stack fourths on top of that
route. 

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When you go about harmonizing a 
Melody, the procedure is also 

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the same now considering that 
you want to use quartal Harmony,

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which is what we have been 
talking about. 

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You will try to match the chord 
tones to the melody, but this is

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not mandatory or even desirable 
at times, it's a guideline to 

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get you started. 
Here are some ways you could 

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approach the harmonization 
process by matching the malady 

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with tones of the cord, you 
choose. 

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Are after the fact you can use 
chord inversions for smoother, 

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Baseline transitions. 
Or by first adding a base 

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movement to the melody and then 
harmonize it. 

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The cards, ambiguity will work 
in your favor. 

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And whilst experimenting, you 
may end up with exciting results

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that will fool even more. 
Your creative juices. 

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I hope that this approach to 
using quartal Harmony inspires 

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you to make more music. 
I'll see you on the next 

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episode. 
Happy composing.