Harmony and voice leading / Edward Aldwell, Carl Schachter.

Author/creator Aldwell, Edward
Other author Schachter, Carl, author.
Format Book
EditionSecond edition.
Publication InfoSan Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ©1989.
Descriptionxiv, 624 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Harmony.

Contents Part I. The primary materials and procedures -- Part II. I-V-I and its elaborations -- Part III. 5/3, 6/3, and 6/4 techniques -- Part IV. Elements of figuration -- Part V. Dissonance and chromaticism I -- Part VI. Dissonance and chromaticism II -- Appendix. Keyboard progressions.
Contents Part I. The primary materials and procedures. Keys, scales, and modes. Tonal relationships, major keys ; Minor keys, modes, tonality -- Recognizing and constructing intervals ; The overtone series ; Consonance and dissonance ; Intervals in a key -- Rhythm and meter. Rhythmic organization ; Rhythm and dissonance treatment -- Triads and seventh chords. Triads ; Seventh chords ; Texture and structure -- Procedures of four-part writing. Chord construction ; Voice leading -- Part II. I-V-I and its elaborations. I, V, and V⁷. Tonic and dominant ; The dominant seventh -- I⁶, V⁶, and VII⁶. I⁶ and V⁶ ; VII⁶ (leading-tone triad) -- Inversions of V⁷. V6/5, V4/3, and V4/2 ; Contrapuntal expansions of tonic and dominant -- Leading to V: IV, II, and II⁶. Intermediate harmonies ; IV and II in contrapuntal progressions ; Expansions of II and IV ; Rhythmic implications -- The cadential 6/4. An intensification of V -- VI and IV⁶. Use of VI ; Use of IV⁶ -- Supertonic and subdominant seventh chords. Supertonic seventh chords ; Subdominant seventh chords -- Other uses of IV, IV⁶, and VI. IV and IV⁶ ; VI -- V as a key area. Tonicization and modulation ; Applications to written work -- III and VII. Use of III ; Use of VII -- Part III. 5/3, 6/3, and 6/4 techniques. 5/3-chord techniques. Progressions by 5ths and 3rds ; Contrapuntal chord functions -- Diatonic sequences. Compositional functions ; Sequences with descending 5ths ; Sequences with ascending 5ths ; Sequences using the ascending 5-6 technique ; Sequences falling in 3rds (descending 5-6) ; Less frequent sequential patterns ; Sequences in minor -- 6/3-chord techniques. 6/3 chords in parallel motion ; Other uses of 6/3 chords -- 6/4-chord techniques. Dissonant 6/4 chords ; Special treatment of cadential 6/4 chords ; Consonant 6/4 chords ; Some exceptional cases -- Part IV. Elements of figuration. Melodic figurations. Chordal skips (arpeggios) ; Passing and neighbor tones -- Rhythmic figurations. Suspensions ; Anticipations ; The pedal point -- Part V. Dissonance and chromaticism I. Mixture. Combining modes -- Leading-tone seventh chords. The diminished seventh chord ; The half-diminished seventh chord -- Remaining uses of seventh chords. Seventh chords in sequence ; Expanded treatment of seventh chords ; Apparent seventh chords -- Applied V and VII. Applied chords ; Chords applied to V ; Other applied chords ; Applied chords in sequence -- Diatonic modulation. Modulatory techniques ; Modulation, large-scale motion, and form -- Part VI. Dissonance and chromaticism II. Seventh chords with added dissonance. Ninths ; "Elevenths" and "thirteenths" -- The Phrygian II (Neapolitan). A chord leading to V ; Other uses of (flat)II ; Chromatic notation -- Augmented sixth chords. A chromatic preparation for V ; Approaching augmented sixth chords ; "Inversions" of augmented sixth chords ; Motions to goals other than V ; German sixth and dominant seventh -- Other chromatic chords. Advanced uses of mixture ; Augmented triads ; Altered dominant seventh chords ; Common-tone diminished seventh chords ; Other chromatic embellishing chords -- Chromatic voice-leading techniques. Chromaticism based on parallel motion ; Chromaticism based on contrary motion ; Equal subdivisions of the octave -- Chromaticism in larger contexts. New modulatory techniques ; Chromatic tonal areas -- Appendix. Keyboard progressions.
General noteMost chapters end with two sections called "points for review" and/or "exercises."
LCCN 88080627
ISBN0155315196
ISBN9780155315198
ISBN015531520X
ISBN9780155315204

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