Dave Phillips wrote: > > Yes, I realized after I sent that message that I should have mentioned > the difference between jazz harmony texts and the more "classical" tomes. > > More modern texts (Persichetti's book is a good example) present the > notions of non-functional 7ths, melodic chording, clusters, chords by > 4ths, etc. Serial harmony is a whole other domain, and Elliott Carter's > harmony book is yet another way of comprehending the possibilities of > non-serial chromaticism (see also the theoretical writings by Stefan Wolpe). > > The traditional approaches still apply, especially since the vast > majority of music we hear is tonal/modal, with more or less clear > harmonic functions and relationships. From my POV, most jazz harmony > works on the same bases as traditional tonal harmony, but some truly new > devices have been introduced that the classical texts do little to > clarify. Indeed, harmony is a moving target, but its traditional basics > are still fundamental to most of the music we hear today. > > The books that you and others suggest are those reading books or books with pieces of music with theory? What is preferred? _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
