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I recorded the presented prototypes with a decent pianosound here: Partimento.
Ideal as background material to use in combination with Gjerdingens book Music in the Galant style.
Sections of the book: I Fundamentals, II Rhythm and Meter, III Core curriculum, IV Aural Skills, V Post-Tonal Theory, VI Form, VII Popular Music, VIII Who, What, and How We Teach.
Online materials: check it out
A Geometry of Music: Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice
His most recent book: Tonality: An Owner's Manual.
Tonal tools is an inspirational book that blends old and current approaches. Nine ”components” serve as keys for a more aural, creative and tangible approach to tonal music form the very start. Tonal tools is applicable to any tonal idiom and spans the baroque, classical, romantic, jazz and pop repertoire by means of common improvisational and compositional principles.