Music Theory Handbook

Name: Music Theory Handbook
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ISBN: 9780155026629

ISBN-10: 0155026623

ISBN-13: 9780155026629

Edition: 1997

Authors: Marjorie Merryman

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This concise handbook offers comprehensive coverage of main topics in music theory. Instructors can elaborate on the material as appropriate to their course, while students can learn and review technical information without having to digest lengthy analyses and explanations. Unbiased and flexible, this book can be used as a primary or reference text. Topics include species and tonal counterpoint, instrumental ranges and transpositions, and a glossary of forms. Each major section ends with suggestions for analysis and further reading.

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 9/16/1996
Binding: Comb Bound
Pages: 144
Size: 8.25" wide x 11.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English




Fundamentals


Clefs, Grand Staff, Key Signatures


Scales and Modes


Intervals


Major and Minor Scale Degrees


Rhythm and Meter


Triads



Species Counterpoint


First Species


Second Species


Third Species


Fourth Species


Fifth Species


Suggestions for Analysis and Further Reading



Harmony and Voice Leading


Root Position, Common Tone Voice Leading


Harmonic Progression


Cadences


Some Notes on Doubling


Chords in Inversion


First Inversion


Use and Doubling of ii[superscript 6] Chord (Cadential)


Nonharmonic Tones


Second Inversion


Seventh Chords--Dominant Seventh


Figured Bass


ii6/5


Chromaticism--Secondary Dominants


Tonicization


Diminished Seventh Chords


Borrowed Chords or Modal Interchange


Neapolitan Triad and Neapolitan Sixth


Augmented Sixth Chords


Other Diminished Seventh Chords--[sharp]ii[degree][superscript 7] and [sharp]vi[degree][superscript 7]


Modulation


Suggestions for Analysis and Further Reading



Tonal Counterpoint


Melodic Line


Two-Part Counterpoint


Invertible Counterpoint in Two Voices


Imitation and Canon


Counterpoint in Three or More Parts


Fugue


Imitation: Real versus Tonal


Suggestions for Analysis and Further Reading



Phrasing, Structure, and a Glossary of Forms


Cadence Types


Phrase Relationships


Sequence


Structural Line


Form


Baroque Forms, Genres, and Terms


Classical Forms, Genres, and Terms


Romantic Period Forms and Terms


Suggestions for Analysis and Further Reading



Instrumentation: Names, Ranges, Transposition


Overtone Series


Suggestions for Further Reading



Keyboard Exercises



Exercises for Parts 1-4


Exercises for Part 1


Exercises for Part 2


Exercises for Part 3


Suggested Projects for Part 4