Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music

by Robert Gauldin

Taking a linear functional approach, Professor Gauldin uses clear explanations and outstanding musical examples to show students how individual chords function in the overall structure of a piece, explaining how both harmonic and melodic forces contribute to the development of musical ideas.For the Second Edition, Professor Gauldin has undertaken a comprehensive revision that responds directly to the suggestions of instructors. The new text emphasizes fundamental concepts, using a more effective organization and simpler, more accessible language to bring the most important ideas and information to the foreground.

Genres: Music

928 pages, Hardcover

First published March 28, 1997

Reviews

[Jim MacKinnon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent introduction to harmonic principles and the forms of tonal music.

[Amir Nouroozi · Rating 3 out of 5]

کتاب نسبتاً خوبی است، ترجمه‌ی فارسی آن توسط انتشارات ماهور با ویرایش و بازبینیِ من به چاپ رسیده است.

[Wain Parham · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is thorough and really quite excellent, but it has some negatives as well.

First off it is NOT designed to be a solo undertaking. If you want to understand tonal theory and buy a textbook and go through it on your own, this is not the one for that...it really requires a teacher to go through it with you as well as the associated workbook.

Secondly it is not always laid out in the clearest manner. This book is not a tome of encyclopedic information, instead it is an intellectual journey that is meant to be read from beginning to end.

[Masoud]

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