Harmony Comes Together: bk. 1

Harmony Comes Together  is designed to equip the student with the necessary skills to write both  four-part and three-part classical harmony and to cross the divide between

contemporary popular, jazz and contemporary classical writing styles with ease and understanding, all the while giving experience in skills required for both classical

and contemporary examination syllabi. This harmony method is the part of an integrated course devised by Margaret Brandman which provides materials for ear-training (audio and workbooks), theory,improvisation, technique and repertoire. Harmony Comes Together Book 1 is best by those who have completed both  Margaret Brandman’s Contemporary Theory Workbook— Book 2 and the first sectionof Margaret Brandman’s Contemporary Chord Workbook— Book One. 

 Key features of this book are:

1) The Gestalt approach  — using the gestalt (whole view) of the topic of harmony, students are equipped to see, hear and understand the chords in context.

2) An emphasis on the understanding of the cycle of fifths and chord tables 

3) The understanding of root progressions which helps the student of harmony make connections between various progressions

  and the movement of the parts. This also imparts the knowledge of the effect of the progressions: static,  weak or strong  

4) The use of colour coding and graphics to impart concepts and illustrate ideas

5) The use of various types of labelling from both the British System and the American system, so that information in this book can be used with multiple examination syllabi 

6)  The use of both traditional system of figuring for chords and modern chord symbols to make the link between old and new systems of music notation and harmonic

understanding. 

7)  The awareness of sounds in both classical and popular music

8)  The encouragement for the student to play and listen to the progressions

and to interpret them with modern rhythms

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