Harmony
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  Harmony is the discipline of music in which the simultaneous combinations of sounds, called chords, are studied to produce sound sensations. After centuries of "experiments", European composers found a rich and solid set of these chords, on which the so-called "classical music" was based, and also indirectly many other musical styles, such as jazz or pop.

  This section includes harmony texts and other materials used in Luis R's classes. These materials are registered in Safe Creative . They can be used freely by anyone who wishes, although they are covered by the Creative Commons license (do not make commercial use, do not modify, and cite the source).

  The english translation from the spanish original has been done by Román Santos, Music Theory teacher at CODARTS Arts University, Rotterdam - Netherlands.


Introduction to Classical Tonal Harmony
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These harmony lessons, which constitute a complete manual, have been conceived as introductory material to Classical Tonal Harmony.

  Their main purpose is to present and train its fundamental aspects in a clear, simple way and without going into excessive detail, which would be left for later specialised studies. However, they are sufficiently complete to allow an understanding of most of the harmonic resources that appear in the works of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods ( read more...)

  Each of the chapters is included in a separate pdf file, to allow quick and independent access to it. If the complete book is desired, all chapters must be printed in the order shown. It is also shown to the right the cover and the index of the manual, to complete its printing in book format.

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ico-ar01.jpg (2323 bytes) CHAPTER 1 - (PDF Version)
Chord Writing for Choir
ico-ar02.jpg (2512 bytes) CHAPTER 2 - (PDF Version)
Chord Connection / Voice Leading
ico-ar03.jpg (2221 bytes) CHAPTER 3 - (PDF Version)
The Basic Harmonic System
ico-ar04.jpg (2274 bytes) CHAPTER 4 - (PDF Version)
Chords in 1st Inversion
ico-ar05.jpg (2325 bytes) CHAPTER 5 - (PDF Version)
The Dominant 7th Chord
ico-ar06.jpg (1912 bytes) CHAPTER 6 - (PDF Version)
Cadences
ico-ar07.jpg (1960 bytes) CHAPTER 7 - (PDF Version)
Secondary Dominants
ico-ar08.jpg (2093 bytes) CHAPTER 8 - (PDF Version)
Non-Chord Tones - An Introduccion
ico-ar09.jpg (1963 bytes) CHAPTER 9 - (PDF Version)
The Minor Mode
ico-ar10.jpg (2280 bytes) CHAPTER 10 - (PDF Version)
Chords in 2nd Inversion
ico-ar11.jpg (2336 bytes) CHAPTER 11 - (PDF Version)
Common-Chord Modulation
ico-ar12.jpg (2568 bytes) CHAPTER 12 - (PDF Version)
The Dominant Ninth Chord and
Leading-Tone Seventh Chords
ico-ar13.jpg (2311 bytes) CHAPTER 13 - (PDF Version)
Harmonic Sequences and
Parallel Sixth Chords
CHAPTER 14 - (PDF Version)
Non-Chord Tones - 2nd part
 
CHAPTER 15 - (PDF Version)
Diatonic Seventh Chords and Sequences with Seventh Chords
 
CHAPTER 16 - (PDF Version)
Chromatic Harmony
 
CHAPTER 17 - (PDF Version)
Exceptional Resolutions
 
Supplementary Materials
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