Concise introduction to tonal harmony. / L. Poundie Burstein, Graduate Center and Hunter College, City University of New York, Joseph N. Straus, Graduate Center, City University of New York.
| Author/creator | Burstein, L. Poundie author. |
| Other author | Straus, Joseph Nathan, author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2016. |
| Description | xiii, 463, A-2 pages : music ; 28 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface -- Part 1: Fundamentals. Notation of pitch and rhythm ; Scales ; Intervals ; Triads and seventh chords -- Part 2: Overview of harmony and voice leading. Four-part harmony ; Voice leading ; Harmonic progression ; Figuration and embellishing tones ; Species counterpoint -- Part 3: Diatonic harmony. I and V ; The dominant seventh chord: V⁷ ; I⁶ and V⁶ ; V⁶/₅ and V⁴/₂ ; V⁴/₃ and vii⁰⁶ ; Approaching the dominant: IV, ii⁶, and ii⁶/₅ ; Embellishing V: cadential ⁶/₄ ; Leading the tonic: IV ; The leading-tone seventh chord : vii⁰⁷ and viiø⁷ ; Approaching V: IV⁶, ii, ii⁷, and IV⁷ ; Multiple functions: VI ; Embellishing tones in four-part harmony ; III and VII ; Sequences ; Other ⁶/₄ chords ; Other embellishing chords -- Part 4: Chromatic harmony. Applied dominants of V ; Other applied chords ; Modulation to the dominant key ; Modulation to closely related keys ; Modal mixture ; [flat] II⁶: the Neapolitan sixth ; Augmented sixth chords ; Other chords: altered, common-tone chromatic, and ninth chords ; Chromatic sequences ; Chromatic modulation -- Part 5: Form. Sentences and other phrase types ; Periods and other phrase pairs ; Binary form ; Ternary and rondo forms ; Sonata form -- Test yourself answers -- Glossary. |
| Contents | Part one. Fundamentals. Notation of pitch and rhythm. Identifying note names ; Writing notes ; Pitch and keyboard ; Enharmonic notes ; Barlines ; Writing time signatures ; Beams ; Writing rhythms -- Scales. Writing major scales ; Writing minor scales ; Identifying major keys from scale degrees ; Identifying minor keys from scale degrees ; Writing major scale degrees ; Writing minor scale degrees ; Identifying major key signatures ; Identifying minor key signatures ; Writing major key signatures ; Writing minor key signatures ; Identifying relative keys ; Parallel keys -- Intervals. Identifying interval size ; Writing intervals ; Inverting intervals ; Identifying enharmonic intervals ; Identifying intervals in a key -- Triads and seventh chords. Identifying triad quality ; Writing triads ; Triad inversions ; Triads in major and minor keys ; Identifying seventh-chord qualities ; Seventh chords by root and quality ; Seventh-chord inversions -- Part two. Overview of harmony and voice leading. Four-part harmony. Identifying chords and doublings ; Leading tones and chordal sevenths ; Notation in SATB and keyboard formats ; Realizing Roman numerals ; Realizing figured bass -- Voice leading. Motion between intervals ; Locating perfect octaves and fifths within chords ; Approaching perfect octaves and fifths ; Smooth voice leading ; Resolving the leading tone and chordal sevenths ; Recognizing errors and approaching perfect intervals ; Error detection -- Harmonic progression. Beginning and ending a phrase ; Harmonizing melodies: preparatory exercises ; Harmonic functional categories: T, S, D -- Melodic elaboration. Arpeggiation ; Identifying embellishing tones ; Analysis ; Writing figuration ; Interpreting figuration -- Species counterpoint. First species ; Second species ; Fourth species -- Part three. Diatonic harmony. I and V -- The dominant seventh chord: [V⁷] -- [I6 and V⁶] -- [V6/5 and V4/2]. Identifying voice-leading errors -- [V4/3 and vii⁰⁶] -- Approaching the dominant: IV, [ii⁶], and [ii6/5] -- Embellishing V: Cadential [6/4] -- Leading to the tonic: IV -- The leading-tone seventh chord: [vii⁰⁷] and [viiø⁷] -- Approaching V: [IV⁶, ii, ii⁷, and IV⁷] -- Multiple functions: VI -- Embellishing tones in four-part harmony. Adding embellishments -- III and VII -- Sequences. Melodic sequences ; Descending fifth sequences ; Other sequences -- Other [6/4] chords -- Other embellishing chords. I-IV⁶-I⁶ -- Part four. Chromatic harmony. Applied dominants of V. Notating V/V -- Other applied chords. Spelling applied dominants -- Modulation to the dominant key. Determining possible pivot chords -- Modulation to closely related keys. Determining closely related keys and pivot chords -- Modal mixture. Spelling borrowed chords -- [flat]ii⁶: the Neapolitan sixth. Spelling [flat]ii⁶ chords -- Augmented sixth chords. Spelling augmented sixth chords -- Other chords: altered, common-tone chromatic, and ninth chords. Spelling chords -- Chromatic sequences. Equal division of the octave ; Strict chromatic sequences -- Chromatic modulation. Notating chromatic pivot chords -- Part five. Form. Sentences and other phrase types -- Periods and other phrase pairs -- Binary form -- Ternary and rondo forms -- Sonata form. |
| General note | Each chapter in parts three and four include sections such as "realizing Roman numerals," "realizing figured bass," "harmonizing melodies," "error detection," "identifying voice-leading errors", and "composition." |
| General note | Most chapters start with "questions for review" and end with an "analysis" section. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| ISBN | 9780393264821 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0393264823 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780393264838 |
| ISBN | 0393264831 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Course Reference | MT50.B979 C66 2016 WORKBK | ✔ Available |