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Tchaikovsky, Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky, Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony

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  1. Table of contents
  2. Introduction · Intervals
  3. Chapter I. The Triads of the Major Scale
  4. Chapter II. The Connection of the Triads of the Major Scale
  5. Chapter III. Connection of Triads, showing no External agreement
  6. Chapter IV. Deviations from rules governing the connection of related Triads
  7. Chapter V. Harmonic Sequences
  8. Chapter VI. The Harmony of the Minor Scale
  9. Chapter VII. Open Position
  10. Chapter VIII. The Inversions of the Triad
  11. Chapter IX. The Inversions of the Diminished and Augmented Triads
  12. Chapter X. The Dominant Chord
  13. Chapter XI. Free Voice-Leading
  14. Chapter XII. The chord of the Ninth
  15. Chapter XIII. Chords of the minor and diminished Seventh
  16. Chapter XIV. The connection of dissonant Harmonies resolving into the tonic Triad
  17. Chapter XV. Chords of sequence
  18. Chapter XVI. Chords of sequence in minor
  19. Chapter XVII. The Harmonization of a given melody
  20. Chapter XVIII. Direct Modulation
  21. Chapter XIX. Transient Modulation
  22. Chapter XX. Harmonization of given melodies with modulations
  23. Chapter XXI. The enharmonic properties of the chord of the diminished seventh
  24. Chapter XXII. The Organ-point
  25. Chapter XXIII. Suspensions
  26. Chapter XXIV. Anticipation
  27. Chapter XXV. Passing-notes
  28. Chapter XXVI. Chords of the augmented Fifth
  29. Chapter XXVII. Chords of the augmented Sixth
  30. Chapter XXVIII. Changing-notes
  31. Chapter XXIX. Strict Part-writing
  32. Chapter XXX. The further development of Voice-leading
  33. Chapter XXXI. Harmonic figuration
  34. Chapter XXXII. The free Prelude
  35. Chapter XXXIII. Deviations from the laws of Harmony
  36. Chapter XXXIV. Cadences (closes)