Manual of Harmony (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

S. Jadassohn

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332600514 ISBN 13 : 9781332600519

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Unlock the building blocks of musical harmony with this classic text. This edition focuses on chords as the core of harmony, offering clear explanations and practical exercises designed for real practice, not just theory.

This book presents a practical approach to understanding chords, their connections, and how they form the backbone of musical composition and performance. It emphasizes simple, direct language and a focus on usable skills, with exercises that move from basic to more challenging applications.

• Clear guidance on chord construction, inversions, and progressions


• Extensive exercises that build practical technique for theory and composition


• Emphasis on applying rules within authentic musical contexts rather than abstract rules alone


• Illustrative examples and a structured path from fundamentals to advanced concepts

Ideal for students of harmony, teachers seeking a practical framework, and musicians who want a solid, workmanlike foundation in chord connections and voice-leading.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In view of the surprising history of this Manual of Harmony it is hardly necessary for the Publishers to apologize for offering an entirely new English edition to the musical public of A merica. The first German edition was issued in 1853; the twenty-fifth German edition, in 1907. Thus, after being subjected for over half a century to the sharp criticism and severe tests of German musical scholarship, to say nothing of the competition of very numerous newer text-books, this remarkable work is still so highly considered at home as to warrant the publication of an edition newly reset from beginning to end. It seems probable that this twenty-fifth German edition, from which our present translation was made, is practically a definitive one. Like all the more recent issues, it was revised and edited by the Author sson, Alfred Richter, whose experienced hand has progressively added much of lasting value to the original treatise. Chief among these additions should be mentioned the chapter on Forms of theM usical Close; and, furthermore, the separate volume of Additional Exercises (A ufgabenbucK). Despite all gradual accretions, the method of theM anual (which might be described as genial empiricism )has been left unaltered. In its voluminous array of illustrative examples it still remains unrivalled. What was thought by many instructors to be a paucity of exercises for working out, has been remedied by the above-mentioned volume of Additional Exercises, with its Key. To the exercises contained in theM anual itself, aK ey in English has also been published. Con sequently, aids of an unusually helpful sort are offered to both teacher and student. There is also retained, of course, the tendency to occasional digression into subjects rather beyond the ken of the average harmonypupil. And just here the judicious teacher has to assert himself restraining, correcting, sug
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Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332600514
• ISBN 13: 9781332600519
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 277
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