Tonal Music Theory Examples
A Collection of Scores and Sound Files

by
Prof. Timothy Cutler
Cleveland Institute of Music

Chapter 1: Scales (27 examples)
Chapter 2: Parallel Voice Leading (23 examples)
Chapter 3: I, V, V⁷ (39 examples)
Chapter 4: I⁶, V⁶, vii^o6 (21 examples)
Chapter 5: Inversions of V⁷(32 examples)
Chapter 6: IV, II and II⁶ (28 examples)
Chapter 7: Cadential Six-Four Chord V^6/4(33 examples)
Chapter 8: VI and IV⁶ (33 examples)
Chapter 9: II⁷ and IV⁷ and their inversions (41 examples)
Chapter 10: Moving Toward V (major only) (30 examples)
Chapter 11: III and VII (32 examples)
Chapter 12: Sequences (52 examples)
Chapter 13: 6/3 Chord Techniques (36 examples)
Chapter 14: 6/4 Chord Techniques (67 examples)
Chapter 15: Neighbor Notes, Neighbor Chords (65 examples)
Chapter 16: Passing Notes, Passing Chords (52 examples)
Chapter 17: Suspensions, Anticipations, Pedals (79 examples)
Chapter 18: Voice Exchanges and the Omnibus Progression (113 examples)
Chapter 19: Mixture (44 examples)
Chapter 20: Fully- and half-diminished VII⁷ (65 examples)
Chapter 21: Applied Chords (169 examples)
Chapter 22: Modulation (91 examples)
Chapter 23: Neapolitan Sixth Chords (24 examples)
Chapter 24: Augumented Sixth Chords(-- examples)
Chapter 25: Chromaticism (-- examples)

If you are using this resource in your teaching please send email to pgray@pgray.net to describe exactly how you include it in your curriculum so we can share these techniques with others. Thank you.