Sound Colours from Classical Harmony to Dodecaphony

Basic exercises of traditional Harmony
Level 2

Instead of a Prologue
The diligent practice of musical parameters gives us that necessary discipline, which aims at the complete liberation of our creativity.
Michail Travlos [2020]

Contents
• Diatonic Seventh Chords
• The II7-III7-VI7 chords
Major Key
a) Figured Bass Harmonization
b) Melodies Harmonization
• The I7-IV7 chords
a) Basses
b) Melodies
• The Chord VII7=V9 (/V9 with no root)
a) Figured Bass Harmonization
b) Melodies Harmonization
• Minor Key ΙΙ7
a) Figured Bass Harmonization
b) Melodies Harmonization
• The Chords VI7-IV7
a) Figured Bass Harmonization
b) Melodies Harmonization
• The Chord III7
a)Figured Bass Harmonization
b) Melodies Harmonization
The Chord I7
a) Figured Bass Harmonization
b) Melodies Harmonization
• The Chord VIII7 (/V9)
a) Figured Bass Harmonization
b) Melodies Harmonization
• Borrowing of the VII7 chord (/V9 of minor mode in major scales - V9⁰)
a) Figured Bass Harmonization
b) Melodies Harmonization
• Harmonic sequences with Diatonic Seventh Chords
Major and Minor Keys
a) Figured Bass Lines Harmonization
b) Melodic Lines Harmonization
• Exercises including all diatonic seventh chords
Major and Minor Keys
a) Figured Bass Harmonization
b) Melodies Harmonization
Major and Minor Keys
c) Unfigured Bass Harmonization
• V9 Major Keys
a) Figured Bass Exercises
b) Melodies Harmonization
• V9 Minor Key
a) Figured Bass Harmonization
b) Melodies Harmonization
• Energetic expansion of tonality
• Secondary Dominants = (V)
• Example of a simple modulation from C major to G major
a) No use of secondary dominants (V)
b) With use of secondary dominants (V)
• Progressions of the V
• Exercises with use of secondary dominants (no modulation)
a) Basses
b) Melodies
• Exercises with use of secondary dominants (modulation)
Basses
• Mixed exercises with or without modulation
Unfigured Basses
Melodies
• Mixed exercises
Tree part Harmony Exercises
Exercises for piano writing
• Exercises for small instrumental ensembles