Modern Music Theory Tutorial

Author: Tong Zhongliang
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: From the "Tristan Chord," people realize the extraordinary charm of "floating tonality" in modern music. They understand that here, tonality is the result of various modern scales constructed on the basis of traditional tonal functions, using other innovative techniques. Although this innovation also involves rhythm, counterpoint, structure, orchestration, and other aspects of music, for the purpose of starting with the fundamental issues first and for teaching convenience, this tutorial takes modern modal scales as the starting point to explore related problems.