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Bending the Rules of Music Theory: Lessons from Great Composers book cover

1st Edition

Bending the Rules of Music Theory Lessons from Great Composers

By Timothy Cutler Copyright 2019
328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge
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For students learning the principles of music theory, it can often seem as though the tradition of tonal harmony is governed by immutable rules that define which chords, tones, and intervals can be used where. Yet even within the classical canon, there are innumerable examples of composers diverging from these foundational "rules." Drawing on examples from composers including J.S. Bach, Mozart,... Read more

Chapter 1: "Rules" / Chapter 2: Consonance and Dissonance / Chapter 3: Chord Construction / Chapter 4: Voice Leading I: Parallel Fifths / Chapter 5: Voice Leading II: Parallel Octaves and Other Procedures / Chapter 6: Harmonic Syntax I: Contrapuntal Chord Function / Chapter 7: Harmonic Syntax II: More Unorthodox Progressions / Chapter 8: Deviant Harmonies I: Forbidden and Functionally Flexible Chords / Chapter 9: Deviant Harmonies II: 6/4 Triads / Chapter 10: Aberrant Nonharmonic Tones I: Analytical Conundrums / Chapter 11: Aberrant Nonharmonic Tones II: Textbook Deviations / Chapter 12: Tonal Transgressions I: Beginnings and Endings / Chapter 13: Tonal Transgressions II: Plurality and Implication / Chapter 14: Oddities and Ends

Biography

Timothy Cutler is Instructor and Chair of Music Theory at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

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