Advanced Harmony : Theory and Practice (5 Rev ed)

For undergraduate courses in Music Theory in departments of Music. A companion text to Ottman's Elementary Harmony: Theory and Practice, 5/e, Advanced Harmony continues the course of instruction in basic music theory.

Combined, these two volumes present a systematic study of the principles of harmonic composition as developed by the composers of the 17th to the 19th centuries.

It takes the reader to a more complex level of materials--19th century through 20th century.

The text applies an incremental learning approach to the academic aspect of music and applies newly acquired knowledge to the writing of music.