Fundamentals. Elements of pitch ; Elements of rhythm ; Introduction to triads and seventh chords ; Diatonic chords in major and minor keys -- Diatonic triads. Principles of voice leading ; Root-position part writing ; Harmonic progression and the sequence ; Triads in first inversion ; Triads in second inversion ; Cadences, phrases, periods, and sentences ; Two-part tonal counterpoint ; Nonchord tones 1 ; Nonchord tones 2 -- Diatonic seventh chords. The Vâپ· chord ; Other diatonic seventh chords -- Chromaticism 1. Secondary functions 1 ; Secondary functions 2 ; Modulations using diatonic common chords ; Some other modulatory techniques ; Larger forms -- Chromaticism 2. Mode mixture and the Neapolitan ; Augmented sixth chords ; Enharmonic spellings and enharmonic modulations ; Further elements of the harmonic vocabulary ; Tonal harmony in the late nineteenth century -- An introduction to post-tonal music. Materials and techniques ; Post-tonal theory ; New directions -- Appendix A: Instrumental ranges and transpositions -- Appendix B: Lead-sheet symbols -- Appendix C: Set class list -- Appendix D: Answers to self-tests
