Traditional Harmony

In the early 1960s, Czech composer and conductor Vaclav Nelhybel produced a series of music education albums for Scholastic Records. In this release, William Geib narrates a lecture prepared by the composer that explains the traditional harmonic rules of Western music. These include concepts as fundamental as the triad as well as more advanced ideas of extended chords and non-chord tones. An unidentified chamber orchestra provides the musical examples. The detailed liner notes include musical scores and written explanations of each concept.

Track Listing

101	Chords	William Geib	03:37
102	Close and Open Harmony	William Geib	02:15
103	Relationship Between Chords	William Geib	05:38
104	Classical Cadence	William Geib	01:23
105	Harmonization of a Melody With Triads (Root Form)	William Geib	02:24
106	Inversion of Triads	William Geib	03:50
107	Seventh Chords	William Geib	03:01
108	Inversions of Seventh Chords	William Geib	01:34
201	General Rules of Harmonization	William Geib	07:22
202	Ninth Chords	William Geib	01:41
203	Non-chord Notes	William Geib	03:49
204	Chromaticism	William Geib	02:37
205	Non-key Dominants	William Geib	01:31
206	Modulation	William Geib	04:25
207	Organ Point	William Geib	02:05