What is Negative Harmony?

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Get 20% off select Hooktheory products when you use my link: https://www.hooktheory.com/davidbennett 🎼 Is Negative Harmony just jargon that Jacob Collier made up? Or is it actually a useful tool for conceptualising the mirror between major and minor that dates back to the time of Bach? SOURCES: https://personalprojectnegativeharmony.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/steve-coleman-negative-harmony-and-the-jazz-approachlanguagetradition/ https://personalprojectnegativeharmony.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/playing-steve/ https://www.scribd.com/document/516301887/Negative-Harmony-Chord-Chart https://dantepfer.com/blog/?p=368 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WGuS7NtHQ0 https://m-base.com/the-dozens-steve-coleman-on-charlie-parker/ https://pdfcoffee.com/a-theory-of-harmony-ernst-levy--pdf-free.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aewI1F8bA8M https://youtu.be/iHPFAQj0Geg?si=e4_1YAziU1_PQ81r https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnBr070vcNE https://m-base.com/essays/symmetrical-movement-concept/ https://www.elizabethparcells.com/PDF%20Scores/Charlie_Parker_Tune_Book.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhn_HpgGIuE https://archive.org/details/diesymmetrische00socigoog/page/n14/mode/2up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zsAzDO9pTM&t=263s https://youtu.be/HXQJpWTDrt8?si=hCuFCfmJCsVozf5O The on-screen keyboard I use in this video is Chordwatch. You can get a 20% discount off Chordwatch with code DAVID20 when you use this link: https://gumroad.com/a/348294291/IWOwk🎹 Check out my original songs: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0wKKJoOZd8JQJDgGU8sb8V?si=dcs5zn4JRDO7oVCEkfK6YQ 🎶 And, an extra special thanks goes to Chase Heeler, Megawaddledoo and friends Inc., Peter Keller, Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇 SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/davidbennettpiano 🎹 0:00 What is Negative Harmony? 2:22 Who came up with Negative Harmony? 4:57 How to use Negative Harmony 7:48 Negative versions of famous songs 11:01 HookTheory 11:51 Does anyone actually use Negative Harmony? 14:05 Negative Harmony in a chord progression 14:45 the "Negative Dominant" chord 16:13 isn't this just Inversion? 18:29 Negative major scale 21:18 Does Jacob Collier actually use negative harmony? 23:05 Conclusion