Percy Goetschius eBooks

Exercises in Elementary Counterpoint. E-book. Formato PDF Percy Goetschius   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

When a number of tone-lines are intonated together, it is evident that they should agree, or harmonize with each other. The process by which this agreement is assured is commonly known as Harmony.

Lessons in Music Form: A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition. E-book. Formato PDF Percy Goetschius   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The present manual treats of the structural designs of musical composition, not of the styles or species of music. Read our afterword. It undertakes the thorough explanation of each design or form, from the smallest to the largest and such comparison as serves to demonstrate the principle of natural evolution, in the operation of which the entire system originates. This explanation — be it well understood is conducted solely with a view to the Analysis of musical works, and is not calculated to prepare the student for the application of form in practical composition. For the exhaustive exposition of the technical apparatus, the student must be referred to my Homophonic Forms.

Exercises in Melody-Writing: A Systematic Course of Melodic Composition, Designed for the Use of Young Music Students, Chiefly as a Course of Exercise Collateral With the Study of Harmony. E-book. Formato PDF Percy Goetschius   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Whether there are laws governing melodic conduct, or not, is a question to which an answer will be found in the book itself.