Publisher : Mel Bay
Level : Beginning-Intermediate

The primary aim of this book is to help the reader to understand the language of music and how it works in relation to the guitar.

Contents include :
Musical Sounds and their Organizaton
The Organization of Single Notes
Melody
Intervals
The Beginnings of Harmony – Triads
Functional Harmony and Cadences
Primary Triads and Harmonization
Secondary Triads and Substitution
Modulation and Transition
Secondary Sevenths
Other Diatonic Secondary Sevenths
The Cadential Six-four
The Dominant Ninth
Secondary Ninths
Chords of the Eleventh and Thirteenth
Chromatic Alteration of Diatonic Chords
Chromatic Harmony
Remote Modulation
Pedal Points
Steps Beyond
Appendix I - Music Quoted In Examples In Text
Appendix II - Key to Musical Examples
Appendix III - Further Reading