Full Description
The Fundamentals Text That Emphasizes Music MakingThis music fundamentals textbook is for both aspiring music majors and non-majors. Based on an anthology of works from music literature, it features clear, concise explanations, extensive written exercises, and a variety of suggested in-class activities. It emphasizes process of making music-emphasizing, at every stage, that music is to be heard and made-not merely seen and learned in the abstract. All of the key topics are covered: music notation; rhythm; scales; intervals; triads; basic harmonic progressions.Several supplements are available for this text. An Audio CD ISBN 0131584197 / 9780131584198 is available including performances of key works analyzed in the text. *Music for your course is available through your Pearson Companion Website.
Contents
Chapter 1Lesson 1: Staff Lesson 2: KeyboardLesson 3: Treble ClefLesson 4: Bass ClefLesson 5: Great Staff Chapter 2: Rhythm and MeterLesson 6: Quarter-, half-, and whole-notes in 4/4 meter Lesson 7: Eighth-notes and sixteenth-notes Lesson 8: Dots and ties Lesson 9: RestsLesson 10: Duple meter (2/4 and 2/2)Lesson 11: Triple meter (3/4) Lesson 12: Compound meter (6/8)Lesson 13: SyncopationChapter 3: Major and Minor ScalesLesson 14: Major scale (C-major) Lesson 15: Major scales other than C-major Lesson 16: Major keys and key signatures Lesson 17: Minor scale (A minor)Lesson 18: Minor scales other than A-minorLesson 19: Minor keys and key signatures Lesson 20: Harmonic and melodic minorChapter Four: IntervalsLesson 21: Interval size Lesson 22: Seconds and thirds Lesson 23: Sixths and sevenths Lesson 24: Fourths and fifths, unisons and octaves Lesson 25: Intervals in a major key Lesson 26: Intervals in a minor key Chapter Five: Triads and seventh chordsLesson 27: Triads Lesson 28: Triads in inversion Lesson 29: Triads in major keys Lesson 30: Triads in minor keys Lesson 31: Seventh chords Chapter Six: Fundamentals of HarmonyLesson 32: Tonic and dominant Lesson 33: Expanding tonic and dominant Lesson 34: Approaching the dominant Lesson 35: Phrase and cadence AnthologyHarold Arlen, "Over the Rainbow"Johann Sebastian Bach, Two Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Volume 1 No. 15 in G-majorNo. 16 in G-minorJohann Sebastian Bach, Two chorales from the St. Matthew PassionLudwig von Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, first movementOrchestral scorePiano scoreFrederic Chopin, Two Preludes from Opus 28No. 7 in A-majorNo. 20 in C-minorDuke Ellington, "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"W.C. Handy, "St. Louis Blues"Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 3, third movement (minuet)Quartet scorePiano scoreScott Joplin, "The Entertainer"Josephine Lang, SongJohn Lennon and Paul McCartney, "Yesterday"Fanny Mendelssohn, Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 11, third movementWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata in A-major, K. 331, first movement, theme and variations 1, 3, and 6 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "Dove sono" from The Marriage of FigaroMatos Rodriguez, "La Cumparsita"Franz Schubert, Two Songs"Death and the Maiden""Wild Rose"Robert Schumann, Song
