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Then that is a more outrageous claim. To be so judgmental on that basic level is utterly ridiculous. Just because I made a post with uncertainty on the question I was asking does not mean that I am "illiterate" with the way I use my words. Exact phrasing for what I was asking was escaping me. You can feel free to just leave the thread if you are going to be that ridiculous. I have PLENTY of testing credentials to refute that ridiculous statement you just made, beyond the fact that the expanse between now and when I would be going for a PhD would be more than enough time to refine my writing even more. Sunday is a relaxed day, so beyond the fact that I never asked about writing, I do not plan to write my best prose on Sundays. The topic refers to music, as does the forum, and not a single person's writing style or ability. Thanks and have a nice day.

As a harmony and counterpoint teacher with 10 years of experience I'd never advice a beginner to start with Schönberg. There are plenty of easier books to start to learn tonality and simple modulations. Some theoretical explanations are very easy to understand. Green, your thinking of chords being merely an accidents for polyphonic writing is wrong. Most of classical music of late 18th century established a chord as a basic thing of tonal progression. Mozart's symphony in g minor is very homophonic in nature, based on harmonic progression and little of separate independent voice leading.

Be more like Einstein and go write a symphony. The great thing about Finale software is the more money you pay them, the more staves they let you have in a score. The real trick is to have a lot of money, and then give it to the finale people.