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Excerpt from Harmonic Structure and Elementary Composition: An Outline of a Course in Practical Musical Invention For the cultivation of the feeling for correct and melodious voice leading, it is recommended that studies in strict counterpoint be carried on concurrently with the work in Harmony. The authors' teaching experience has proved that this will allow ample compensation for that neglect of the mel odic element of music, which is unavoidable in the first stages of the study of harmony. Of the many good books on the subject C. W. Pierce, Modern Academic Counterpoint (g. Schirmer, New York) has been found most useful. On account of the excellence and availability of Dr. Pierce's book, no exercises in Counterpoint are included in the present volume. It seems best to devote the first term to the study of Part I and the five species of Counterpoint in two parts and the second term to Part II and Counterpoint in three parts, although the complete study of the combination of species in three parts can hardly be made until later. A plan for further studies in Counterpoint will be indicated in the preface to the succeeding volume on Chromatic Harmony (e. G. Stricklen). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.