1 Assorted Preliminaries / 2 Intervals / 3 Basic Harmonic Structures / 4 Musical Shorthand: Lead Sheets and Figured Bass / 5 Harmonies of the Major and Minor Scales / 6 Cadences/Harmonic Rhythm / 7 Melodic Pitch and Rhythm / 8 Embellishing Tones / 9 Melodic Form / 10 Melodic Principles of Part Writing: The Outer-Voice Framework / 11 The Melodic Factor in Four-Voice Part Writing: Voicing and Connecting Chords /12 The Chorale: Part Writing with Root-Position Triads /13 Part Writing with Triads in Inversion / 14 Part Writing Seventh Chords / 15 Secondary Function I /16 Secondary Function II /17 Modulation I /18 The Art of Countermelody / 19 The Fugue /20 Mixing Modes / 21 Altered Pre-Dominants /22 Other Chromatic Harmonies /23 Modulation II / 24 Harmonic Extensions and Chromatic Techniques / 25 Binary and Ternary Forms /26 Sonata Form / 27 The Rondo / 28 Syntax and Vocabulary / 29 New Tonal Methods / 30 Non-Serial Atonality /31 Serial Atonality / 32 Harmonic Principles in Jazz / 33 The Blues / 34 Shaping a Song / Appendix A: Pitch / Appendix B: Rhythm
Biography
Ralph Turek is a theorist, composer, author, jazz pianist, Professor Emeritus at The University of Akron, and a veteran of 35 years of teaching in the music theory classroom.
Daniel McCarthy is a familiar name in contemporary American music. As a composer, he has received distinguished faculty research/creativity awards at Indiana State University and The University of Akron, where he is Chair of the Composition and Theory Section in the School of Music.
