Tchaikovsky, P.I. - Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony

Written during Tchaikovsky’s years as professor at the renowned Moscow Conservatory, this volume presents a clear and thorough introduction to the study of harmony. The great Russian composer expounded upon his views of music while he was in the full flower of his creative powers, offering students a chance to learn the discipline’s fundamentals from one of its great masters. Out of print for decades and exceedingly rare in its original edition, Tchaikovsky’s Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony possesses an intrinsic historical interest, yet remains as useful and instructive today as it was a century ago. A complete course in writing music, this excellent manual features numerous examples and exercises. It functions equally well as a classroom text, an adjunct to private instruction, or as a guide to individual musicians.Reprint of Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony, P. Jurgenson, Leipzig, n.d. rimsky korsakov;hand plays;text fits;beginning yoga;music composition;musical forms;studying music;write music;require commitment;traditional music;immediately apply;music teachers;private tutor;musical composition;western music;human voice;modern music;grand tradition;music lovers;music theory;rewarding experience;18th century;melody;cantus;orchestrators;jeppesen;jazz-rock;pentatonic;lydian;hindemith;gradus;palestrina;1725;harmonization;piston;galilei;modulation;modal;contrapuntal;orchestration;schoenberg;haydn;tchaikovsky’s;harmonic;aloysius;sonata;conservatory;tonal;cadences;fugue;melodic;beethoven;composers;bach;fundamentals;mozart;pupil;compose;modes;harmony;counterpoint;leisure;foundations;exercises;classical;materials;moscow;books on sonatas;books on gradus;study music;books on orchestrations;books on music compositions;begin yoga;books on musical compositions;books on melodies;books on write musics;books on musical forms;books on modulations;books on galilei;books on jazz-rocks;books on palestrina;books on orchestrators;books on jeppesen;books on music theories;books on private tutors;books on western musics;books on rimsky korsakovs;books on music lovers;books on modern musics;books on studying musics;books on traditional musics;books on 18th centuries;books on music teachers;books on haydn;books on grand traditions;books on harmonizations;books on hindemith;books on human voices;books on cantus;books on beginning yogas;books on piston;writing music