If you've ever felt stuck in your music compositions, negative harmony can open up new creative possibilities. Negative harmony allows you to invert melodies and harmonies along a symmetry axis, producing unique and unexpected sounds.

Method 1: changing the melody from a major key to a minor key

How does negative harmony work?

How the symmetry axis works in negative harmony
Graphic illustrating how to perform an inversion in music theory
Symmetry axis in negative harmony
Symmetry axis in C# for negative harmony
Graphic showing how to perform a transposition using negative harmony
Symmetry axis in C, illustrated with colors to explain negative harmony
Understanding Symmetry Axis Inversion in Music Theory
Exploring Symmetry Axis and Chord Inversion in Music Theory
Keyboard layout drawing for practicing negative harmony

Now that you know what negative harmony is, open your notation software and try inverting a melody! Let's get creative—see you next time! 🎵