Charles Stier > Teaching > Tonality

Forward Introduction What is Tonality? Consonance and Dissonance Overtone Series Major and Minor Accidentals Key Signatures Circle of Fifths Closely Related Keys Dominant-Tonic Relationship Intervals Compound Intervals Inversions

Triads Inversions Chord Function and Description Chord Types Altered Chords Chord Relationships Tonal Tendencies Keys -- The Major-Minor Tonal System Modes -- Relative and Parallel Modality Symmetrical Patterns: Chromatic Scale Diminished 7th Chords Augmented Chords Whole Tone Scales Pentatonic Scales Octatonic Scales Enharmonic Equivalents Modulation Motions Non-Harmonic Tones Ornaments Clefs Cadences Time Form Composition and Interpretation On Performance

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