Harmony in Practice

SKU: MB.93398

ISBN 9781562220426. UPC: 796279001885. 8.75x11.75 inches. By Ed McGuire.

Explores guitar chord voicings, progressions, harmony, and the practical use of chord shapes in ensemble playing. This book opens the world of theory to the guitarist and suggests infinite applications. A valuable asset to any guitarist regardless of style, this book presents chords in standard notation and diagrams mixed with clear explicatory text?for study with guitar in hand.

SKU: HL.1303101

UPC: 196288173007.

This revised 4th edition of Practice in Music Theory Grade 6 comes complete with detachable Model Answers! The success of its previous editions for the past two decades has prompted the need for more definitive solutions. Based on the ABRSM theory examination syllabus, it is the first of three comprehensive coursebooks leading to Grade 8 and beyond. Students are guided to achieve a high theoretical standard, with competent knowledge in harmony, counterpoint, melodic writing and score analysis. The J Koh's instructional approach is academic and systematic; yet musically conceived with graphical layouts and selective examples. There are 2 parts to this coursebook. Part I - Harmony The principles of harmony are introduced here: 4-part writing, 2-part counterpoint, concepts of traditional chord progression, use of inversions, principles of voice-leading, and the use of non-harmony notes. Harmonic guidelines and rules are clearly explained with relevant examples. Exercises are progressively structured to ensure a strong grasp of the theoretical concepts. Part II - Melodic Composition and Analysis Meloic composition is taught through an analytical approach. The concepts of phrasing, use of motifs, modulations and melodic contour are illustrated with authentic extracts. By taking students through the works of the great masters, their technical skills are sharpened, enhanced with useful tools for the creative compositional process. Skills in score analysis involve the acquisition of sound musical knowledge - the study of forms, genres, history of western music that spans 4 centuries, along with the composers’ works and styles. Appendices II and III provide guidance for basic research needed at this level. The essential and highly recommended reference texts are: Musical Forms and Terms and Understanding Orchestration, The Orchestra and Its Instruments.

SKU: HL.50606645

ISBN 9781705199770. UPC: 196288153528.

This book is to some extent a continuation of Dr. Kiss's 2015 textbook A Practical Approach to Harmony: From the Birth of Polyphony to the Baroque Era. The aim of this book is to support conservatory students (aged 14-22) and their teachers with a collection of carefully selected material from which to learn the necessary musical concepts and practical knowledge of music theory, form, and harmony. The target era is the Viennese Classical period, which spans just under one hundred years between around 1730 and 1830. The focus ison the greatest representatives of their time: Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. The book concentrates on the practical aspects of studying music theory, form, and harmony. This means that all musical concepts become practical knowledge and are integrated into skills that a cultured musician needs (score reading, writing, singing or playing, composing, memorizing, transposing, arranging, analyzing, and so on). The book consists of ten units grouped into three levels of difficulty: Basic (units 1 to 5), Intermediate (units 6 to 8), and Advanced (units 9 and 10). The structure of each unit is identical: 1. Listening and Analysis Analysis of selected compositions based on the following considerations: the structure of melody, rhythm, harmony, tonality, instrumentation, and form. 2. Theory and Practice Learning theoretical concepts from masterpieces, and applying them to singing, playing, transposing, piano reduction writing, improvising, composing, and analyzing. 3. Keyboard Harmony Creative activities such as: writing and realizing figured basses; harmonizing melodies; and playing, composing, and transposing chord progressions. 4. Ear Training Harmonic singing exercises and notating chords and complex musical excerpts after listening to them. 5. Appendix The Appendix of each unit contains the solutions to the tasks in that unit.

SKU: AP.1-ADV11216

ISBN 9783892210566. UPC: 805095112160. English.

Jazz harmony, as taught at the Berklee College of Music, is based on the so-called chord scale theory. This method---further developed---is now available as a comprehensive textbook for the first time---The Chord Scale Theory & Jazz Harmony by Barrie Nettles and Richard Graf. Emerged from practice and designed for practical use, it provides theoretical knowledge necessary for improvisation, composing, and arranging.

Titles: Introduction * Harmonic Structures * Diatonic Harmony * Dominant Chords and Diatonic Function * Minor Key Harmony * Blues * Diminished seventh Chords * Dominant Chords with Special Functions * Modal Interchange * Voicing Specific Chord Symbols and Structures * Modulations * Modal Systems * Nonfunctional Harmony * Introduction to Arranging.

SKU: HL.1303102

UPC: 196288173014.

In this second level comprehensive course book for advanced students, Practice in Music Theory Grade 7 continues with the exploration of complex harmonic and melodic concepts. The study of chromatic harmony includes the diminished 7th, the Neapolitan 6th, and the secondary dominants. Figured bass and non-harmony notes are explained in context with adequate musical examples. The demands of the syllabus are laid out in structured topics, in which students are trained progressively to handle challenging questions. This 4th edition comes with Model Answers for selected topics.