Geometry of Music Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice

Name: Geometry of Music Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice
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ISBN: 9780195336672

ISBN-10: 0195336674

ISBN-13: 9780195336672

Edition: 2010

Authors: Dmitri Tymoczko

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Most listeners prefer tonal music to atonal music, but what exactly is the difference between them? In this groundbreaking work, author Dmitri Tymoczko identifies five basic musical features that jointly contribute to the sense of tonality, and shows how these features recur throughout the history of Western music. Tymoczko creates for the reader a new framework for thinking about music, one that emphasizes the commonalities among styles from Medieval polyphony to contemporary jazz. A Geometry of Music provides an accessible introduction to Tymoczko's revolutionary geometrical approach to music theory. The book shows how to construct simple diagrams representing the relationships among…

Book details

List price: $72.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/21/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 10.00" wide x 7.20" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English