The Practice of Harmony (6th Edition) - Softcover

Spencer D.M.A., Peter; Bennett, Barbara

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9780205717194: The Practice of Harmony (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0205717195 ISBN 13: 9780205717194

Publisher: Pearson, 2011

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A thorough introduction to harmony in common practice.

Takes students from the fundamentals of harmony including harmony in common practice and some of the more important harmonic procedures of the 20th century.

With an emphasis on learning and understanding by doing, this text/workbook combination takes students from music fundamentals through harmony in common practice to some of the more important harmonic procedures of the 20th century. The approach is “additive” throughout, allowing students to use what was learned in one chapter to help comprehension of the materials in the next. This allows for minimum of memorization since students repeatedly use the concepts throughout the semester.

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With an emphasis on learning and understanding by doing, the text takes the student from music fundamentals through harmony in common practice to some of the more important harmonic procedures of the 20th century. The approach is "additive" throughout; to the extent that it is pedagogically feasible, the student uses what was learned in one chapter to help to comprehend the materials in the next.

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Key Benefit: This text provides the music student —regardless of his/her major—with a thorough introduction to the basic materials of harmony. Key Topics: Coverage spans from tertian harmony, the general harmonic practice of composers from 1700 to 1900, to more recent harmonic practices.

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