Elements of Music Concepts and Applications

Name: Elements of Music Concepts and Applications
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ISBN: 9780070654952

ISBN-10: 0070654956

ISBN-13: 9780070654952

Edition: 2nd 1996 (Student Manual, Study Guide, etc.)

Authors: Ralph Turek, Allan W. Schindler

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The Elements of Music is a two-volume text with companion workbooks and a companion CD for 2-year music theory courses that take a comprehensive approach. The text is distinguished by an attention to detail that makes learning (and teaching) easier; it is example intensive, immediately reinforcing theoretical concepts with musical selections. In addition, The Elements of Music gives students a command of essential compositional and analytical skills -- including a strong grounding in four-part writing -- and an understanding of musical style though comprehensive analysis. Built-in pedagogical aids assist the student, while the extensive Instructor's Manual saves time for the teacher. The…

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List price: $42.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 170
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface



Fundamentals



Pitch and its Notation



Rhythm and Other Aspects of Notation



Scales, Keys, and Intervals



The Basic Harmonic Vocabulary : The Structure and Use of Chords



Harmony I : Introduction to Triads and Seventh Chords; Inversion; Chords Symbols; and Figured Base



Harmony II : Diatonic Triads in Major and Minor Keys; Functional Tonal Principles



Harmony III : Harmonic Cadences; Embellishing Tones; Principles of Harmonization



Part Writing Triad



Voice Leading I : Melodic Principles in Four-Part Writing; Voicing Chords; Principles of Chord Connection; Connecting Root-Position Triads



Voice Leading II: Triads in First Inversion; Part Writing Using Nonchord Tones



Voice Leading III : Triads in Second Inversion



Melody



Melody



Large-Scale Melodic Relationships



Melodic Form



Further Harmonic Resources



Diatonic Seventh Chords I: The Dominant Seventh and Leading-Tone Seventh Chords



Modulation to Closely Related Keys



Musical Form



Form and Dramatic Shape in Music



The Binary Principle



Rounded Binary and Ternary Forms Volume Tw



Eighteenth-Century Contrapuntal, Harmonic, and Formal Techniques



Eighteenth-Century Contrapuntal Techniques and Forms : The Invention and Fugue



Eighteenth-Century Classical Style: A Profile



Eighteenth-Century Variation Techniques



The Neapolitan Sixth and Augmented Sixth Chords



Mode Mixture and Chromatic-Third Relationships



Modulation



Compound Ternary Form



Sonata Form



The Ronds



Nineteenth-Century Chromatic Practices



Enharmonic Use of Chords



Expanded Tonicization and Harmonic Sequence



Linear Harmonics



Early Twentieth-Century Tonal Music



Stravinsky, Bartok, and Messiaen



Intervallic Organization



Serial Procedures



Recent Musical Developments