Description: This book offers a comprehensive guide to the art of harmonic analysis, a crucial skill for musicians who wish to truly understand and appreciate the intricacies of musical composition. The book examines the evolution of harmonic analysis from its traditional roots to its modern applications, exploring the various chords, progressions, and non-harmonic tones used by composers to create rich and complex musical textures. The author delves into the intricacies of analyzing classical and contemporary music, providing readers with a clear and accessible explanation of the techniques and concepts used to unravel the harmonic structure of musical works. The book presents a wealth of examples from various composers, ranging from the classical masters like Mozart and Beethoven to later composers like Schumann, Chopin, and Wagner. Readers will gain a deeper understanding of how harmony functions in music, learning to identify different chord types, interpret the significance of foreign tones, and decipher the subtle modulations that composers employ to create musical tension and resolution. The author emphasizes the importance of listening attentively to music and using the ear as the ultimate judge of harmony, offering readers the tools to not only analyze but also to experience music with a more refined and informed ear. Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.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. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some aesthetic errors may persist, however it has been deemed that any such will not detract from the work's significant historical value. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase.
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Book Title: Harmonic Analysis : A Course in the Analysis of the Chords and of the Non-Harmonic Tones to Be Found in Music, Classic and Modern (Classic Reprint)
Number of Pages: 150 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Topic: General, Instruction & Study / Theory
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.3 in
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Genre: Music, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 7.5 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Benjamin Cutter
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
