Copyright r9gr
Revised edition, copyright 1948) by W. W. Norton & Co,
First published by Victor Goltanc# Ltel., 1999
Reismsed April, 1959)
Musical [hustrations drawn by
MARIO CARMOSINO
PRINTED Oh OMEAT mAITAIN BY
Lows AND HAYEONE (PRINTERS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
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SCALES AND INTERVALS
‘TRIADS
HARMONIC PROGRESSION
TONALITY AND MODALITY
HARMONIG RHYTHM
THE HARMONIC STRUCTURE OF THE PHRASE
HARMONIZATION QF A GIVEN PART
MODULATION
CHORDS OF THE SIXTH—THE FIGURED BASS
NONHARMONIC TONES
THE SIX-FOUR CHORD
CADENCES:
THE DOMINANT SEVENTH CHORD
SECONDARY DOMINANTS
IRREGULAR RESOLUTIONS
THE DIMINISHED SEVEN'T!
THE INCOMPLETE MAJOR NINTH
THE COMPLETE DOMINANT NINTH
THE SEQUENCE
NONDOMINANT HARMONY—SEV
NINTH, ELEVENTH, AND THIRT
THE RAISED SUPERTONIC AND SUB
‘CHORD
eENTH CHORDS
TH CHORDS
DIANT
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