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            "overview": "Harmony and Voice Leading is a textbook on tonal harmony that approaches the subject through voice leading and analysis. Edward Aldwell, Carl Schachter and Allen Cadwallader wrote it for Cengage, and the first edition appeared in 1978. Its explanations rest on the motion of individual voices, and it uses many score examples to show how that motion works in music.\n\nIt suits readers who already know basic harmony and want analysis. Its treatment is rigorous and dense, so it is harder to use as a first text than Tonal Harmony. It is sold as a print book and works better as a follow-on text than as a starting point for readers new to theory."
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