The Craft of Musical Composition: Theory. English translation by Arthur MendelSchott, 1970 - Composition (Music) |
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... chord - successions a move from lower - numbered to higher - numbered chords is a step down ; or , to put it in general terms , based on the visual appearance of our table : Every step downwards or to the right means a decrease in ...
... chord - successions a move from lower - numbered to higher - numbered chords is a step down ; or , to put it in general terms , based on the visual appearance of our table : Every step downwards or to the right means a decrease in ...
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Paul Hindemith. CHAPTER IV Harmony 1 Movement in Chord - Successions We have seen that the individual tone is useful for musical pur- poses only as a result of the interval between it and another tone . Similarly , a chord , which is an ...
Paul Hindemith. CHAPTER IV Harmony 1 Movement in Chord - Successions We have seen that the individual tone is useful for musical pur- poses only as a result of the interval between it and another tone . Similarly , a chord , which is an ...
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... chord - suc- cessions of this kind perform an admirable service : in the ... successions , of rhythmic , melodic , and harmonic elements , but in which ... successions cannot produce anything different from what is contained in any other ...
... chord - suc- cessions of this kind perform an admirable service : in the ... successions , of rhythmic , melodic , and harmonic elements , but in which ... successions cannot produce anything different from what is contained in any other ...
Common terms and phrases
according accordingly analysis bass belonging best interval broken chord cadence chord-progressions chord-successions chord-tone chordal chords of group chromatic scale combination tones comma complete composer composition construction contains degree-progression directly produced dominant effect equal temperament example feeling fifth fourth fundamental tone given tone guide-tone harmonic connection harmonic fluctuation harmonic intervals harmonic progressions harmonic tension harmonic value important instruments interval-values inversion keyboard instruments leading-tone listener lower tone major and minor major seventh major sixth measure melodic minor second minor third musician natural neighboring tone non-chord tones occur octave overtone series passing tones polyphony position possible pure reckoning relationship rhythm rhythmic root-progression root-succession rules seventh overtone significance simple simplest sion sound step step-progression strong structure sub-group subordinate succession suspension theory of harmony tion tonal center tonal material tonal relations tonic triad tritone chords two-voice framework upper tone vibrations voices writing