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Harmony at the Piano adapts the traditional study of keyboard harmony to the practical needs of modern piano students, using innovative exercises to help students practice their repertoire more deliberately, consciously, and creatively.
List of contents
1. Root Position Triads 2. First Inversion Triads 3. Sequences with Triads 4. Embellishing Tones 5. Second Inversion Triads 6. The Dominant 7th Chord in Root Position 7. Inversions of the Dominant 7th Chord 8. Secondary Dominant Chords 9. Diatonic Modulation 10. The Supertonic 7th Chord 11. Sequences with 7th Chords 12. The Leading Tone 7th Chord in Minor 13. Secondary Diminished Chords 14. The Leading Tone 7th Chord in Major 15. The Neapolitan 6th Chord 16. Augmented 6th Chords 17. Chromatic Voice-Leading Techniques
About the author
Ken Johansen is Associate Professor of Keyboard Studies at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, where he has taught since 2002. He is a co-inventor of the piano sight-reading app Read Ahead, and the creator of From the Ground Up, a series of study editions published on Practising the Piano Online Academy. He holds degrees in piano performance from Peabody and the University of North Texas, and studied harmony and musicianship in Paris with Narcis Bonet.
Summary
Harmony at the Piano adapts the traditional study of keyboard harmony to the practical needs of modern piano students, using innovative exercises to help students practice their repertoire more deliberately, consciously, and creatively.
