Like the title says, Applied Professional Harmony 101 is a songwriter/composer's approach to learning harmony where you write and record everything you do. It's specifically designed to be used with either a sequencing/digital audio program or a notation program with an orchestral package. With APH 101, you'll combine harmony, songwriting and beginning orchestration/arranging by creating extended chord progressions  So if you've been looking for a book that ties all three together in method, this is your ticket.

 

APH 101 is in two sections each covering approximately 1 semester's worth of work at the college level.

 

Section 1 - covers much the same material that's taught in a music fundamentals class (Music 100) plus chords and chord scales so that you have a foundation for improvising. You'll learn about the major and minor scales, the Mystery Scale, triads and seventh chords and their inversions; guidelines for music preperation and the studio method for labeling chords so that everyone knows what you want.

 

Section 2 - covers basics of song form, chord charts, single and dual pattern background lines, common tones/triadic connections and how to create simple but effective moving lines, four-voice chords, four-voices and creating a chord chart, building block chord progressions root in the bass, building block chord progressions third in the bass, building block chord progressions third in the bass to another chord with third in the bass, chords with the fifth in the bass (6/4), creating extended chord progressions, analysis of pop tune chord progressions, setting up your first demo arrangement with melody/pad/ bass line, arranging applications of broken chord patterns, 19 combinations of melody/background lines/pad, creating a traditional four-voice vocal arrangement, how Bach created chorale arrangements, how to harmonize a given melody line, application to instrumental writing (MIDI mock-ups with strings) and much more.

 

 

 

"Peter Alexander in his series, Applied Professional Harmony, has created what I feel will be standard text in schools for many years to come. In a thoroughly readable style, he has managed the neat trick of erasing the lines between so called 'popular' music and 'classical' music. Read and Learn."
Henry Mancini

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INTRODUCTION

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Summary Table of Contents
Applied Professional Harmony 101

Rhythmic Note Value, Rests, and Time Signatures.
Pitch And Note Value (Clefs)
Intervals
Linear Intervals
Vertical Intervals
Other Names For Notes
Where Chords Come From
The First Inversion
The Second Inversion Triad
Seventh Chords
24 Voicing Positions for Each Kind of Seventh Chord
Modes
The Major Scale
Major Scale Keys and Key Signatures
Chords in the Major Scale
Seventh Chords in The Major Key
Three Minor Scales and How They Grew
Chords in The Minor Key : Aeolian
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
All the Minor Chords Combined
Seventh Chords in Minor
The Mystery Scale
Guidelines for Music Preparation : Rhythm
Beaming
Accidentals and Their Placement
Dynamics and Other Notational Issues
Basics of Music Form
Common Tones and Triadic Chord Connections
Practical Application of Common Tones
Adding the Fourth Voice
Four Voices and The Chord Chart
Building Block Chord Progressions
Building Your Own Root Position Progressions
Chords With Third in the Bass
Third in the Bass to Third in the Bass
6/4 Chord Basics
6/4 Chord Pairings
Every 6/4 Combination in the Diatonic Key
Creating Extended Chord Progressions
Analysis of Pop Tune Progressions
Setting Up the Model
Creating a More Full Sounding Basic Arrangement
Chord Patterns for Specific Background Line Types
19 Combinations of Melody, Background Line, and Pad
Vocal Ranges/Key Selection
Your First Four - Voice Vocal Arrangement
Creating the Bass Line
Intervals and Chords
Solutions
Writing the Alto Part
Adding in the Tenor Voice
Bach Chorale Analysis
6/4 Chords: Part 1
Passing and Accented Cadential 6/4 Chords
Summary of 6/4 Combinations on Each Chord
Bach Chorales with 6/4 Chords
How to Harmonize a Given Melody Line
Compositional Techniques With the Basic Chorale Format
Conclusion