Teach yourself to compose music / by King Palmer.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: [London] : Hodder and Stoughton for the English Universities Press, 1947.Description: viii, 271 p. : music ; 18 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 781.3 PAL
Contents:
Preface -- I. General Principles of Music Composition -- II. Scales and Intervals -- III. First Steps in Melody Making -- IV. Triads -- V. The Addition of a Bass to a Melody -- VI. Four-part Chords -- VII. Harmonic Progression -- VIII. Phrase Building -- IX. Major Triads (First Inversion) -- X. First Attempts at Musical Composition -- XI. Major Triads (Second Inversion) -- XII. PrimaryTriads in the Minor Key -- XIII. The Chord of the Dominant Seventh XIV. Some Secondary Triads -- XV. Passing Notes -- XVI. Writing for the Piano -- XVII. Elementary Modulation -- XVIII. Elementary Principles of Form -- XIX. Sequences, Suspensions and Pedals -- XX. More Secondary Triads -- XXI. Irregular Phrase Construction -- XXII. Secondary Sevenths -- XXIII. The Chord of the dominant Ninth -- XXIV. The Treatment of Vocal Music -- XXV. Key, Character, and Expression -- XXVI. Forms in Musical Composition -- XXVII. The Business Side of Musical Composition -- Bibliography.
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Books Books Academy of Music & Performing Arts Library General Stacks Non-fiction 781.3 PAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A04772

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 265-266.

Preface -- I. General Principles of Music Composition -- II. Scales and Intervals -- III. First Steps in Melody Making -- IV. Triads -- V. The Addition of a Bass to a Melody -- VI. Four-part Chords -- VII. Harmonic Progression -- VIII. Phrase Building -- IX. Major Triads (First Inversion) -- X. First Attempts at Musical Composition -- XI. Major Triads (Second Inversion) -- XII. PrimaryTriads in the Minor Key -- XIII. The Chord of the Dominant Seventh XIV. Some Secondary Triads -- XV. Passing Notes -- XVI. Writing for the Piano -- XVII. Elementary Modulation -- XVIII. Elementary Principles of Form -- XIX. Sequences, Suspensions and Pedals -- XX. More Secondary Triads -- XXI. Irregular Phrase Construction -- XXII. Secondary Sevenths -- XXIII. The Chord of the dominant Ninth -- XXIV. The Treatment of Vocal Music -- XXV. Key, Character, and Expression -- XXVI. Forms in Musical Composition -- XXVII. The Business Side of Musical Composition -- Bibliography.

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