The Practice of Harmony

The Practice of Harmony, 7th Edition, is a combined textbook and workbook designed for music theory courses. The text provides students with tools to understand harmonic structures through practical application.

The volume covers music fundamentals before examining the use of harmony in common practice. It concludes with an introduction to key twentieth-century harmonic procedures.

Emphasizing active learning, the book uses an additive approach where material from each chapter supports comprehension of the next. This ongoing application across the semester helps minimize rote memorization.