Full Description
Musical Explorations: Fundamentals Through Experience is a music fundamentals book with a fundamental difference; it offers an experiential and interactive approach to learning the rudiments of music theory. This text presents fundamental music theory concepts and terms through interactive classroom activities to encourage class participation from students.
Musical Explorations:
Includes a four-month access to Rhapsody, an online music listening service, which accompanies textbook playlists and gives the ability for students or instructors to create their own from over ten million titles
Can be used in general survey courses for non-music majors and traditional rudiments courses for beginning music majors
Begins with an overview of the study of music, followed by dedicated chapters to the seven elements of music (rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre, dynamics, form, and texture)
Contains explanations of important terms/concepts and activities to guide student experiences with the musical element discussed
Provides additional online resources including video reviews and web-based music theory trainers
Features a NEW chapter on Global Music
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
To the Student
About the Author
Chapter 1 - Musical Essentials: Building Blocks
Chapter 2 - Rhythm: Feeling the Beat
Chapter 3 - Rhythm: Keeping the Beat
Chapter 4 - Melody: The Sound of Music
Chapter 5 - Melody: Melodies and More
Chapter 6 - Harmony and Texture: Unified Sounds
Chapter 7 - Timbre, Dynamics, and Form: The Expressive Elements of Music
Chapter 8 - Genre and Style in Music History
Chapter 9 - World Music
Glossary
Online Multimedia Guidelines
References
Resources: Making More Music
