There are many different routes through the reference material on TonalityGUIDE, go to the about section to read more about these. If you are looking for something in particular, you can either browse through this table of contents (linked to by the book icon at the top the dark blue bar on the right hand side of every page) or look in the DefinitionBANK in the center of the red bar across the top. The Module Web Pages (associated with Liverpool Hope Musical Techniques classes) draw together a limited number of these pages into topics, starting with some basics and moving on to style composition.

Not every page on this site is linked to from this table of contents, but you should be able to get close enough to see where you want to go ...

Part I - Preliminaries Introduction to Tonality Introduction Triadic Harmony Tonality and Tonic Tonal Analysis Tool Kit Basic Literacy Relative and Absolute Note Names Interval Names Chord Identification Introduction Triads Roman Numerals Figured Bass Voice-leading Introduction General Characteristics Interval Succession Parallel Fifths Parallel Octaves Similar Motion Resolution of tension Embellishing Progressions Unaccented Passing Notes Accented Passing Notes Appoggiaturas Anticipation Neighbour Notes Style Awareness Introduction Case Study One - An Example of Stylistic Change: The Added Minor Seventh. Case Study Two - Melodic Dissonance in Handel, Haydn and the Beatles Some Quick Reminders (from tutorials) Chord labelling Working out the key of a passage Reminder of figured bass and chord types Working out the root of a chord Harmonising cadences (common formulae) Harmonising cadences (voice-leading guidelines) Writing Phrases Starting with a Bass Line Part III - Style Composition Realising Figured Bass Realising continuo parts for sonatas in the style of Handel. Figured bass Method Figured bass Method Stage I Embellishing a Simple Figured Bass (Stage III) Reverse Engineering Handel(!) Checking your work Guidelines on doubling Writing a Haydn Menuetto Four-stage method - how to write a menuetto using the structure of one Haydn example and motifs from another! Writing for string instruments - Ranges and some examples of articulation

Part II - Reference Guide Chords and Scales Scales - an introduction Major Minor Diatonic Chords - and introduction Major Minor Embellished Chords (sevenths, ninths, elevenths etc.) Short Progressions Introduction Diatonic Progression by fifth Perfect Cadences Imperfect Cadences Plagal Cadences Progression by second Chords vii to I (dominant substitute) Interrupted Cadence Imperfect Cadences Progression by third Falling Rising Chromatic Secondary Dominant Diminished Seventh Augmented Sixth Neapolitan Sixth Half-diminished Seventh Augmented Fifth Key and Modulation Introduction Relative Minor Parallel Minor Circle of Fifths Series and Circles Minor Abrupt Modulation Pivot Modulation Chromatic Pivot Spotting Modulations - Some Examples Longer Progressions Introduction Diatonic Progression by Fifth Chains of Fifths Modulation by Fifth Progression by Second Chains of Seconds Sequences with Seconds Modulation by Second Progression by Third Chromatic Modulation by Diminished Seventh Modulation by Augmented Sixth Longer Neapolitan Progressions

information and orientation as you browse around TonalityGUIDE.com chord identification understanding voice-leading style awareness

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