Harmony Comes Together Book 1 by Margaret Brandman

Harmony Comes Together Book 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 which provides materials for ear-training (audio and workbooks), theory, improvisation, technique and repertoire.

Key features

• The emphasis on the understanding of the cycle of fifths and chord tables
• gestalt approach 
• using the gestalt (whole) view of the topic of harmony, students are equipped to see, hear and understand the chords in context
• the understanding of root progressions which: 
• helps the student of harmony make connections between various progressions and the movement of the parts 
• imparts the knowledge of the effect of the progressions: static, weak or strong
• the use of colour coding and graphics to impart concepts and illustrate ideas
• 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 
• 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. 
• the awareness of sounds in both classical and popular music
• encouragement for the student to play and listen to the progressions and to interpret them with modern rhythms