Written during the composer's years as professor at the Moscow Conservatory, this volume presents a clear and thorough introduction to the study of harmony. Out-of-print for decades and exceedingly rare in its original edition, Tchaikovsky's Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony bears an intrinsic historical interest. Features numerous examples and exercises.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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An in depth text on theoretical harmony,
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This review is from: Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony (Dover Books on Music) (Paperback)
I bought this book on the strength of the authors name. It's a shame that his writing is not as strong as his music. Even for the period in which it was written, it is hard to read and much concentration required to ingest the information. That said, the information is there and goes from the basic intervals to complex chord structures, but most experienced composers/musicians would start reading at about two third into the book.
This is an interesting book, more interesting for giving an insight into the great Mr Tchaikovsky than studying harmony and for that I would buy it again. In my opinion, there are far better books on the subject. A W.Roberts. (Composer)
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Satisfyingly compact,
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This review is from: Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony (Dover Books on Music) (Paperback)
At 137 pages this is a very slim book, especially given the breadth and depth of topics covered.
Each section has a very brief introduction - typically just a few clear sentences, followed by brief musical examples - often just a handful of bars. The example are usually in the key of C, which makes it usable even by the beginning music reader. The book starts at the beginning - intervals, chord construction as stacked thirds (making no mention of the overtone series or the ratios so prevalent in other musical treatise of the time - clearly this book is meant for use with a teacher, or sitting at piano, or with other supplemental works). It works its way through various concepts such as extended chords, tritones, modulation, and so forth - 34 sections in all, ending appropriately with cadences. Each section flows logically from the previous one & builds on it. It's hard to find fault with this compact volume. Its brevity makes it great as a reference - stuck on a particular point? just look it up in the table of contents (though it is difficult to track down some things like plagal cadences). There you'll find a brief summary & musical example. What more could you want in a reference? It's clarity, I presume, would make it great as a teaching tool. A true beginner who used this book exclusively may not gain a real solid understanding of traditional harmony through a single go-through (which one could do fairly quickly with just a modicum of ability to read music) simply because it is so brief & so little time is spent on each topic. But if they stuck with it & worked through the book a few times, I think things would begin to gel in their mind. Certainly this is a much simpler & clearer introduction than Hindemith's deservedly revered volumes, or the tremendously heavy Piston tome. I picked this book up a month ago & already it's the music volume I reference the most.
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This review is from: Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony (Dover Books on Music) (Paperback)
This is a great book for anyone wanting to understand harmony in theory or to just develop beter skills in composing harmonies. I also recommend The Study of Counterpoint by Alfred Mann for anyone who just want to understand how to write music in general, it's a big help. So both books should be used to improve writing skills and to just understand music.
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- Harmony Theory: A Bibliography (Music Reference Collection) by James E. Perone on page 165, and page 166
- An Introduction to Tchaikovsky's Operas by Henry Zajaczkowski in Back Matter
- The New Grove Russian Masters I: Glinka, Borodin, Balakirev, Musorgsky, Tchaikovsky (The New Grove Series) by David Brown on page 244
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