Advanced Harmony Melody And Composition

Advanced Harmony: Theory and Practice presents a systematic study of the principles of harmonic composition as developed by the composers of the 17th to the 19th centuries. The fourth edition adds three chapters designed as an introduction to twentieth century composition. The text applies an incremental learning approach to the academic aspect of music and applies newly acquired knowledge to the writing of music. Covers topics such as modulation, triads, chords, the 19th century, the 20th century, melody, rhythm, harmony, various composes, and more. For musicians just starting out, or for anyone interested in learning more about music theory.

(Schott). Originally published in the 1940s, Paul Hindemith's remakable textbooks are still the outstanding works of their kind. In contrast to many musical textbooks written by academic musicians, these were produced by a man who could play every instrument of the orchestra, could compose a satisfying piece for almost every kind of ensemble, and who was one of the most stimulating teachers of his day. It is therefore not surprising that nearly forty years later these books should remain essential reading for the student and the professional musician. Introductory * The Medium * The Nature of the Building Stones * Harmony * Melody * Analyses

This workbook is designed to accompany the text Harmony Through Melody. The graded assignments in writing and analysis for each chapter include formatted music manuscript as tear-out sheets. For this reason, many assignments continue on the reverse page and in some cases onto a third and fourth page. Sufficient exercises are given to provide for in-class analysis and lab activity as well as written assignments. The numbers in parentheses following each assignment in the four chapters on rudiments are suggested possible marks; for convenience in marking, assignments may be combined for a total of 100 possible marks. Additional music manuscript pages are provided here and there throughout the workbook for use in class and in drafting assignments.