Praktische Musiklehre

Volume 3 further refines rhythmic studies with irregularities like triplets and time signature changes; harmony theory covers cadences in major and minor keys as well as the simple harmonization of melodies. Finally, Beat, Blues, and Swing provide the necessary musical variety. Throughout, the author remains committed to the core principle: aural training and the development of the inner ear remain the foundation of the course. Compared to Volumes 1 and 2, the expansion of audio examples is significantly smaller. This is because anyone who has worked through the first two books will be capable of interpreting the notation on their own by singing or playing it.

Contents include:

• Rhythm and Meter: Duple and triple meter, syncopation, single and double dots, irregular subdivisions of note values, swing, time signature changes with shifting pulses, body percussion. 
• Melody and Form: Singing and listening exercises in major, minor and plagal octave ranges; cadences as melodic foundations, double accidentals, blues, two-part melodies. 
• Intervals:â¯Successive and simultaneous, augmented and diminished fifths, intervals within the octave, the tritone. 
• Scales: Major and minor scales up to six accidentals, circle of fifths. 
• Chords and Harmony: Chordal structure, primary triads and their connection to the cadence, basic voice-leading rules, major and minor cadences, triads and their inversions, seventh chords, introduction to harmonic listening, determining keys, suspensions, chord symbols.