A Treatise on Harmony (Paperback)

Preface; 1. The Stave; 2. Harmony as derived from natural phenomena; 3. Different positions of the tonic triad; 4. General paradigm of harmonics; 5. The minor mode deducible from nature; 6. Natural origin of the chord of the minor ninth; 7. Descending minor scale; 8. New discords; 9. Retardations; 10. Sequences of dominant sevenths; 11. Origin of secondary roots, in nature; 12. Chord of the minor seventh and minor third; 13. Cadences; 14. Cadences of modulation; 15. Irregular modulations by the chord of the dominant seventh; 16. Formation of sequences of sevenths and ninths, without modulation; 17. The pedal or 'point d'orgue'; 18. Broken harmony; Exercises on the preceding chapters; Short examples from the works of various great masters.