Welcome to the companion website for Harmony through Melody: The Interaction of Melody, Counterpoint, and Harmony in Western Music, Second Edition by Charles Horton, David A. Byrne, and Lawrence Ritchey
Harmony through Melody offers a robust, conservatory-style approach to tonal music theory, focusing on Common Era classical works and reaching far beyond basic rudiments. Charles Horton, David A. Byrne, and Lawrence Ritchey develop techniques and strategies for exploring the fundamental interaction of melody and counterpoint with harmony, leading to a fuller understanding of melody within harmonic progressions.
This textbook present a step-by-step method with more than 1400 musical examples from a variety of styles and genres with class-room tested examples for study and suggested assignments at the end of each chapter. Student assessments are based on student writing and compositional exercises, and the textbook feature a free, online workbook with additional material.
The following resources are available:
Student workbook
Audio files for recorded performances of fully realized settings and models
Instructor’s manual
Sample syllabi for three- and four-term theory courses
