Rylee's Nightmare Non-Harmonic Tone Crash Course

Unlock Non-Harmonic Tones with Our Non-Harmonic Tone Study Score!

This crash course bridges the gap between classical SATB (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) voice leading techniques and modern music practices, focusing on the intricate use of non-harmonic tones to enrich your musical vocabulary.

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Study Score Download Includes:

Video Tutorial: Robert Davis walks you through the fundamental concepts of non-harmonic tones, including passing tones, neighbor tones, appoggiaturas, escape tones, anticipations, pedal points, suspensions, retardations, and changing tones. Through clear explanations and examples, you'll learn how these elements can add tension, color, and depth to your compositions. 

PDF Reduction and Tone Legend PDF files: Accompanying the video tutorial, you'll receive a prepared study scores in PDF format. These scores not only highlight various non-harmonic tones used in real musical contexts but also offer analysis and labeling to aid your understanding. Whether it's slow-moving passing tones that challenge conventional chord identification or the subtle tension and release mechanisms suspensions, our study scores serve as a practical guide to recognizing and applying these concepts in your music.

Whether you're familiar with SATB voice leading and looking to apply these concepts in modern settings, or you're an electronic musician seeking to deepen your understanding of music theory, this lesson is tailored for you.

Benefits:

• Enhance Your Musical Expression: By mastering the use of non-harmonic tones, you'll unlock new ways to express emotions and ideas in your music, moving beyond conventional harmony.
• Improve Composition and Analysis Skills: This lesson will not only expand your compositional toolkit but also sharpen your analytical skills, enabling you to dissect and appreciate the complexity of various musical pieces.
• Versatile Resource: Perfect for self-study, practicing and playing along with the score reduction is the best way to learn.

Learn through practical examples how to harmonize melodies with non-harmonic tones, adding a new dimension to your music with static and non-static harmonies.

Download Specs:

• 7 Min Video Lesson in mp4 and wmv format
• Non-Harmonic Tones Legend.pdf
• Rylee's Nightmare Study Score.pdf