Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky, Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony
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- Introduction · Intervals
- Chapter I. The Triads of the Major Scale
- Chapter II. The Connection of the Triads of the Major Scale
- Chapter III. Connection of Triads, showing no External agreement
- Chapter IV. Deviations from rules governing the connection of related Triads
- Chapter V. Harmonic Sequences
- Chapter VI. The Harmony of the Minor Scale
- Chapter VII. Open Position
- Chapter VIII. The Inversions of the Triad
- Chapter IX. The Inversions of the Diminished and Augmented Triads
- Chapter X. The Dominant Chord
- Chapter XI. Free Voice-Leading
- Chapter XII. The chord of the Ninth
- Chapter XIII. Chords of the minor and diminished Seventh
- Chapter XIV. The connection of dissonant Harmonies resolving into the tonic Triad
- Chapter XV. Chords of sequence
- Chapter XVI. Chords of sequence in minor
- Chapter XVII. The Harmonization of a given melody
- Chapter XVIII. Direct Modulation
- Chapter XIX. Transient Modulation
- Chapter XX. Harmonization of given melodies with modulations
- Chapter XXI. The enharmonic properties of the chord of the diminished seventh
- Chapter XXII. The Organ-point
- Chapter XXIII. Suspensions
- Chapter XXIV. Anticipation
- Chapter XXV. Passing-notes
- Chapter XXVI. Chords of the augmented Fifth
- Chapter XXVII. Chords of the augmented Sixth
- Chapter XXVIII. Changing-notes
- Chapter XXIX. Strict Part-writing
- Chapter XXX. The further development of Voice-leading
- Chapter XXXI. Harmonic figuration
- Chapter XXXII. The free Prelude
- Chapter XXXIII. Deviations from the laws of Harmony
- Chapter XXXIV. Cadences (closes)