Preface

Introduction to the english translation

Summary of the intervals

Roman numeral chord symbols

 

I

IV

V

VI

CHAPTER 1   Introduction to the keyboard and to the theory of harmony
  LESSON 1
LESSON 2
LESSON 3
LESSON 4
LESSON 5
LESSON 6
LESSON 7
Names of the keys
The triad in root position
Inversions of the triad
The triads in minor
The seventh chords on the white keys
The black keys, harmonic functions and the circle of fifths
The minor scales
1
3
5
6
7
11
14
CHAPTER 2   the first chord progressions
  LESSON 8
LESSON 9


LESSON 10
LESSON 11
LESSON 12
LESSON 13
LESSON 14

Primary degrees in traditional harmony
Primary degrees in jazz
          dominant —> tonic (V7 —> I) in jazz
          subdominant —> tonic (IV —> I) in jazz
A few voice-leading rules
Sus-4 —> dominant seventh chord —> Tonic
Dominant —> tonic, with some chromatics
Subdominant —> Dominant, the II-V-progression
Subdominant —> Dominant —> Tonic, the II-V-I-progression

19
21
21
22
24
25
27
28
32
CHAPTER 3   Secondary degrees and secondary (applied) dominants
  LESSON 15
LESSON 16
LESSON 17
LESSON 18
 
VIth degree in major (submediant)
IIIrd degree in major (mediant)
VIIth degree in major (leading tone chord)
Secondary dominants (1)
Points to remember
39
40
43
45
50
CHAPTER 4   Minor and minor-major
  LESSON 19
LESSON 20
LESSON 21
LESSON 22
LESSON 23
Scale degrees in minor and minor-major
Voice leading and chord extensions in minor
Voice leading in minor-major
The dim chord on VII and its role as secondary dominant
Thickened line and the sixth diminished scale
51
54
56
59
62
CHAPTER 5   Secondary dominants (2)
  LESSON 24
LESSON 25
LESSON 26
V7 with flat five (–5), and the tritone related (TR) dominant 7th chord
The dominant chain and another TR dominant 7th chord
Tritone related (TR) secondary dominants

69
71
74

CHAPTER 6   Embellishing chords
  LESSON 27

LESSON 28
LESSON 29
LESSON 30
LESSON 31
LESSON 32

Dissonants, suspending tones and suspending chords
Short recapitulation of previously used terminology
Passing tones and passing chords
Passing diminished 7th chords with subdominant function
Alternating chords
Approach chords
Leading chords
Tips for chord voicings

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87
90
95
100
103
105
110

CHAPTER 7   Alterations and altered chords
  LESSON 33
LESSON 34
LESSON 35
LESSON 36
LESSON 37
LESSON 38
Alterations in general
Neapolitan 6th, flat-II7, and double flat-VII7 (bb5)
Diminished 7th chords and octotonics
Alterations of the 7th chord on IV
Alterations of the dominant 7th chords
The augmented triad

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113
115
119
123
126

reference Index

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