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Hal Leonard Harmony and Theory Part 1 Diatonic

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George Heussenstamm, composer of more than 85 published works and author of The Norton Manual of Music Notation, taught college-level theory for several decades. Unable to find what he considered a suitable text, he wrote his own, honing it through practical classroom experience. It is now...

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Table of Contents

Fundamentals
Pitch And Note
Staff
Clefs
Ledger Lines
Accidentals
Intervals
Melodic And Harmonic Intervals
Scales
Major Scale
Minor Scale
Key Signatures And Circle Of Fifths
Chords
Triads
Seventh Chords
The Structure Of Seventh Chords
Rhythm And Note Values
Meter
Simple And Compound Meter
Exercises
Further Preliminaries
Vocal Ranges
Chord Layout
Close Structure And Open Structure
Spacing
Chord Repetition
Names Of The Scale Degrees
Labeling Triads
Triads In Major
Triads In Minor
Exercises
Triads in Root Position
Connecting Chords With Roots A P5 (or P4) APaRT
Method #1
Method #2
Method #3
Voice Leading
The Leading Tone
Melodic Intervals
Parallel Perfect Fifths
Parallel Perfect Octaves
Overlap
Connecting Chords Whose Roots Are A Second APaRT
Connecting Chords Whose Roots Are A Third APaRT
Harmonizing A Melody Using Only Root Position TRIaDS
Exercises
Triads in First inVERSION
Sixth Chords
The Raised Sixth Degree In MinOR
Figured Bass
Exercises
Guidelines For Writing Four-Part Harmony In Root Position And First InVERSION
Triads in Second inVERSION
Six-Four Chords
The Cadential Tonic Six-Four Chord
The Passing Six-Four Chord
The Pedal (Stationary) Six-Four Chord
The Arpeggiated Six-Four Chord
Figured Bass And The Six-Four Chord
Exercises
Cadences
The AUtheNTIC Cadence
The Perfect Authentic Cadence
The Imperfect Authentic Cadence
The Half Cadence
The Phrygian Half Cadence
The Plagal Half Cadence
The Deceptive Cadence
The Plagal Cadence
Harmonizing A BaSS Line
Harmonizing A Melody
Exercises
Non-Harmonic Tones
Passing Tone
Neighbor Tone
Changing Tone
Appoggiatura
Escape Tone
Anticipation
Pedal Tone
Chord Tone Skips
Suspension
Suspension In The Bass
Embellished Resolution Of The Suspension
Change Of Bass At Point Of Resolution
Rhythm And Suspension
Double Suspension
Retardation
Exercises
The Dominant Seventh Chord
Approaches To The Seventh
Inversions Of The Dominant Seventh Chord
The Incomplete Dominant Seventh In Inversion
Chord Prolongation
Figured Bass And The Dominant Seventh Chord
Exercises
Other Seventh Chords
The Supertonic Seventh Chord
The Leading Tone Seventh Chord
A Few More Seventh Chords
Figured Bass And The Leading Tone Seventh Chord
Exercises
Appendix
Exposed Fifths And Exposed Octaves
Less Common Chords In MinOR
The Subtonic Triad
The Mediant Augmented Triad
Chromatic Inflection
Cross Relation
Root Movement In Harmonic Progressions
Strong Progressions
Weak Progressions
General Observations
The Sequence
About The Author

George Heussenstamm, composer of more than 85 published works and author of The Norton Manual of Music Notation, taught college-level theory for several decades. Unable to find what he considered a suitable text, he wrote his own, honing it through practical classroom experience. It is now published for the first time as Hal Leonard Harmony & Theory.

This book is designed for anyone wishing to expand their knowledge of music theory, whether beginner or more advanced. The first two chapters deal with music fundamentals, and may be skipped by those with music reading experience. Each chapter contains many examples that clearly illustrate the concepts presented. Written exercises at the end of each chapter allow the reader to test and apply their knowledge.

Topics include: basic music-reading instruction, triads in root position, triads in inversion, cadences, non-harmonic tones, the dominant seventh chord, other seventh chords, and more.

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