An Easy Method Of Modulation By Means Of Universal Formulas

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Excerpt from An Easy Method of Modulation: By Means of Universal Formulas Almost every teacher of Harmony can count among his amateur pupils a large (perhaps the greater) number, on whom he feels that his instructions are in great part wasted, at least in the sense that they are not applied to some practical purpose, as, for instance, in musical composition or improvisation, for which such pupils have no talent. It is for this large class of harmony-pupils that I have prepared the present work, as offering to them some tangible fruit to be gathered from their studies. For, if such persons will study harmony, they must be assumed to have some aim or other in so doing; and since they do not compose, the next best application of the study of harmony is undeniably the practice of Digressive Modulation - a purely mechanical thing, within the reach of all. Those, therefore, who desire to study harmony sufficiently to be able to pass correctly from one key to another - an accomplishment rarely met with in music-amateurs, even though advanced piano-pupils, - will find assistance in the present work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

From CHAPTER I. Modulation, in general. 1. To modulate, in the strict sense, is, in general, to pass by means of appropriate harmonies from one key to another. For the sake of terseness we will call the key just left the Old Key, the other one the New Key. By "appropriate harmonies" we mean in general such chords as form, in connection with a short harmonic formula called Cadence (see Chapter IX), a bond of union between the old Key and the new. The harmonies used in this work are exclusively major and minor Triads, as being the easiest chords to manage. 2. We may touch upon the domains of a foreign key without intending to leave the original key, - this would not be to modulate, in the strict sense. If, however, we not only pass over into the domains of a foreign key, but settle down in the key by means of its characteristic harmonies embodied in a Cadence, this plainly indicates the relinquishment of the original key, or, in other words, Digressive Modulation. Our means of modulation is, then, the Cadence, in conjunction with certain preceding Triads connecting it with the old key. 3. In our method we reach the new key in every case by means of one and the same simple Cadence-formula, which varies only according as it is to be used for the Major or the Minor Mode. The manner of proceeding is perfectly simple. The determination of the new key to which we are going, of course, also determines the Cadence as being in that key, and our task is to leave the old key by such of its harmonies as can be - as shortly as possible - properly connected (either immediately or mediately) with the Cadence itself. A homely illustration may serve to make this clear. We may imagine a railway-train, carrying with it an arrangement in the form of a movable switch, which can be laid down and stretched out as may be required, to enable the train to leave the main track and connect with auxiliary roads, each leading to a particular station, more or less remote. The Cadence may be likened to one of these auxiliary roads; for, as soon as we have safely made the connection (from the old key to the initial Triad of the Cadence) by means of the movable switch (the intermediate Triads, few or many), we leave the main track (the old key), and our task is as good as done, - the auxiliary road (the Cadence) will unerringly conduct us to the desired new station (the new key).