Download or read book The Elements of Harmony and Musical Composition (Classic Reprint) written by Karl Merz and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-09 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Elements of Harmony and Musical Composition The upper lines represent the black keys, the lower the white keys. It will be observed that the upper keys have derived their names from the lower by adding sharps or flats, and that each of the upper has two names. For this reason the names of the lower keys are called principal names, while those of the upper keys are called derived or intermediate names. In using sharps and flats it may however so happen that the white keys also have derived names. Thus, for instance, by placing sharps before E and B, the white keys of F and C, are no longer called such but are rec ognized as E sharp and B sharp. In the same manner by placing flats be fore C and F, the two white keys of E and B are no longer called such, but are recognized as C flat and F flat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.