A Research On The Harmony Theory Of Sang Tong

Sang Tong, combined as composer, music theoretician, music educationalist in a body, in his more than 60 year music creation and the academic profession, has made the outstanding contribution for Chinese harmony theory development. Sang Tong, as a composer, his long ago atonality music creation caused him to become the first person in China to carry on music creation using the atonality composing music technique. He creatively unified Western harmony technique and China's national five tone melodies, which has developed China's national harmony theory. As a theoretician, Sang Tong is harmony fundamental research epitomizes, and a authority harmony expert in our country at present. His research construct on the viewpoint foundation of systematic music history. His composed massive academic work and paper impelled Chinese harmony fundamental research development. As a music educationalist, his harmony course became our country first systematic, comprehensive, the milestone -like harmony teaching material. The system and integrity characteristics of his teaching material can not be compared by other current domestic multitudinous harmony teaching material, sufficiently representing current Chinese highest harmony teaching achievement level.This article from elaboration of Western harmony theory development in China, on the one hand, through systematic and thorough research on the "Sang Tong's harmony main body theory", knew Sang Tong's profits from Western harmony method of development our country nationality five tone harmony theory, and further inquires into the Western tradition as well as near modern harmony language development rule and function; On the other hand through carries on the system of "Sang Tong harmony teaching material" combing with the analysis research, excavated his harmony teaching material value and the characteristic. This article hoped that through "Sang Tong harmony theory" as well as "Sang Tong harmony teaching material" these two aspect research, knows Sang Tong's important contribution toward Chinese harmony fundamental research..The full article according to the introduction, the first part (chapter one to chapter five), the second part (chapter six to chapter eight), and conclusion these four major parts carries on the discussion."The introduction" part, mainly elaborates China harmony fundamental research on development summary before the founding of the nation until now. The goal lies in analyzing China harmony fundamental research in the different historical period condition, pointing out that current harmony fundamental research domain exists the weak link, and proposing this topic research aim and the significance.The first part (chapter one to chapter five), mainly on "Sang Tong the harmony main body theory" includes: In early music creation atonality harmony technique theory; Chinese nationality harmony theory; harmony writing, and utilization topic theory; "Semitone" harmony theory, these five aspect theory carries on the systematic and comprehensive research, and explains studies on the function and significance of these theories.The second part (chapter six to chapter eight), mainly conducted systematic and comparison -like research on "Sang Tong harmony teaching material", on theoretical, systematic, the usable three aspects takes Sang Tong harmony teaching material as the breakthrough point, and excavates Sang Tong harmony teaching material application value and theory characteristic."The conclusion" the part, carries on the summary according to the front research, summarizes Sang Tong's four aspect contributions for China harmony theory development.