One of the many new expectations of curriculum development is that students demonstrate highly developed intellectual and creative processing. You can help them achieve this, whether they aspire to be the next Mozart or write songs for their garage band, they will need to understand Harmony. 

    This textbook evolved out of the author’s 38-year experience of teaching harmony, theory and composition. The Practice and Understanding of Harmony is clear, easy to read and understand; students of all levels can play the musical examples. The organization of the material is sequential in nature. Each chapter introduces the concepts to be learned with explanations and definitions of all unfamiliar terms. The student workbook is presented separately. It contains the exercises to analyze and harmonize. All exercises are sufficient and essential for a thorough understanding of the material presented.

Content highlights include:

  • Scales, Intervals and Triads
  • Primary and Secondary Triads
  • The Cadence
  • The Six Chord
  • Non-harmonic Tones
  • The Six-Four Chord
  • The Dominant Seventh Chord
  • Non-Dominant Seventh Chords
  • Borrowed Dominants
  • Modulation the Diminished Seventh Chord
  • The Dominant Ninth Chord
  • Non-Dominant Ninth Chords
  • The Dominant Thirteenth Chord
  • The Pedal Point
  • The Neapolitan Sixth
  • Altered Chords
  • The Augmented Chords
  • Solfege
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    Student Handbook $24.00

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