Chordially Yours: Making Sense of Harmony

By Jr. Charles P. Cabell and Dale J. Miller

At the most basic level, music is made up of only four elements: 1. melody--a succession of musical tones2. rhythm--how those tones are arranged in time3. texture--the combination of instruments and voices that make up the tones4. harmony--how the tones are arranged to make chordsThis is a book about harmony: how tones are combined to make chords. But it is not a "chord book." A chord book simply lists all of the common (and sometimes not so common) combinations of tones that have been given recognizable chord names such as "C-seventh" and "D-flat minor." What we have tried to do here through text and exercises is to teach the reader how to build and recognize chords with great fluency.If you have never studied music before, this is a great place to start because it take you from notes to scales to keys to chords to music analysis; and does so with a light, non-professorial touch. Even if you are a music professional, there is much in this book you may have missed along the way that is well worth reviewing.

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1893180042
• ISBN13: 9781893180048
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Impavide Publications
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.5" x 11.0"