250 Chord Exercises and Solutions

Author: Sang Tong
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book selects 250 exercises from the first part of the author's "Theory and Application of Harmony" for trial solutions and provides brief explanations for reference by learners. These exercises are chosen from the practice sections starting from Practice 3 in the original book, but they do not include the exercises on variation writing in Practice 15 and Practice 20, as such writing offers numerous possibilities and the original book already includes many examples for reference. Therefore, no selections have been made for these exercises in this book. The content includes major and minor natural tone harmony, chord tones, and more. The style of the exercises in the entire book is broad and inclusive; the structural forms, within a limited scope, strive for diversity in types; the writing methods include both homophonic and polyphonic approaches, with both block chord textures and contrapuntal voice treatments. Some exercises adopt multiple solutions, offering different approaches; harmonic treatment emphasizes the role of the harmonic framework; brief explanations of the exercises clarify the key points of the solutions, facilitating reader comprehension. In summary, this book aims to provide learners with comprehensive inspiration and references, enabling them to master more artistic techniques in harmonic writing.