Theory Of Musical Composition Treated With A View To A Naturally Consecutive Arrangement Of Topics Volume 1 PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 edition. Excerpt: ... the fundamental note becomes the small second of the base tone; the original large third becomes the small fourth of the base tone itself; the large fundamental fifth becomes the small sixth of the base tone; while the proper seventh appears as the base tone. And, vice versa, in the third inversion of the aforementioned harmony, the base tone is the S, the '2 is R, the 4 is T, the '6 is F. 63. (d.) Exercises. As a useful exercise, as well in the chords in general as particularly for the sake of becoming familiar with the manner in which the different elements of the various harmonies come to stand, by the inversion of the base tone, at one time at this and another time at that distance from the base tone, I recommend it to the less expert to go through all the seven fundamental chords in all the inversions, in the following manner: 1. In the first inversion of the large three-fold chord, the large fundamental third becomes the base tone, the original large fifth becomes the small third of the base tone, the original fundamental note becomes the small sixth. 2. In the first inversion of the small three-fold chord, the t becomes the base tone, the F becomes 3 of the base tone, the R becomes 6. 3. In the first inversion of the diminished three-fold chord, the, &c. 4. In the first inversion of the principal four-fold chord, the, &c.----5. In the first inversion of the small four-fold chord, the, &c---6. In the first inversion of the four-fold chord with small fifth, the, &c.----7. In the first inversion of the large four-fold chord, the, &c.----8. In the second inversion of the large three-fold chord, the, &c.----9. In the second inversion of the small three-fold chord, the, &c. 10. In the...