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Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
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Authors: Roland Eberlein
Publish Date: 1996/9/8
Volume: , Issue: , Pages: 225-236
Abstract
Although in the last decades the traditional theory of harmony in tonal music has often been sharply criticized it is still in use and a better alternative has not yet been elaborated Since it is used today mainly for the purpose of describing and teaching tonal harmony a modern alternative should offer above all a better method of describing any succession of harmonies Starting from a recently evolved system of encoding harmony objectively as a succession of harmonic interval combinations and melodic bass steps a similar shorthand writing of harmonies with additional mnemonic qualities is suggested This shorthand may be used in describing and teaching tonal harmony Moreover its use within the scope of a modern Gestalt theory of musical perception concentrating on the learning and recognizing of patterns of harmonic and melodic intervals is outlined
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