Modulation (Dover Books on Music)
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (699 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 048645732X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Great little book, but . Although Max Reger's 100+ examples all end with some flavor of either a V-I or vii-I chord progression, I would classify more than half of them as transitions from one key to another rather than a transition from one key to another with an exclamatory cadential ending. The book is a usable reference, but not for the beginning student of harmony or music theory. Line and smooth harmonic transition in his examples are frequently sacrificed apparently in the . Len said Exactly the book it alleges to be!. This book is essentially a cookbook of modulation recipes, which is precisely what I was looking for. It will not suffice alone to achieve an understanding of modulation. But if what you want is an inventory of working modulations from any given key to any other given key, then this is a good choice. Naturally, it doesn't exhaust the possibilities, but it is a valuable exercise all the same. Every beginning student should have a copy, because it really hel. Adam E. Shanley said Great resource for teaching advanced harmony. Great resource for teaching advanced harmony, and for practicing at the piano. That he uses the same chord (a neapolitan) in every transition may mean that there is a bit of a lack of variety, but it's still a great resource.
Reger's influence extends to other 20th-century composers, including Béla Bártok, Alban Berg, Arthur Honegger, Paul Hindemith, and Sergei Prokofiev.Modulation — the change from one key to another — is a subject of critical importance to performers and composers in their study of harmony. In addition to his international renown as a teacher, conductor, and pianist, Reger wrote more than 1,000 works in virtually every musical genre. Many scholars and musicians credit him with emancipating dissonance to a level that assisted Schoenberg's development of serialism in the 1920s. This new edition features newly engraved musical examples.. Reger wrote this concise guide to modulation while teaching composition at Leipzig Conservatory, and the work continues to provide valuable insights and instruction for musicians at all levels. "I consider him a genius," remarked Arnold Schoenberg of the progressive early modernist Max Reger (1873–1916)