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Alfred Blatter joined the faculty for Musical Studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in 1989 and is Professor Emeritus at Drexel University.
Klappentext
Revisiting Music Theory: Basic Principles, Second Edition, surveys the basics of music theory and explains the terms used in harmonic and formal analysis in a clear and concise manner. Students will find Revisiting Music Theory to be an essential resource for review or reference, while instructors of introductory theory courses will find in these pages a solid foundation for cultivating musical thinking. Musicians of all kinds-amateur and professional alike-will find great value in augmenting and informing their knowledge of the art of music theory.
The text covers the basic principles of music theory, including:
Musical notation
Key signatures and scales
Intervals, chords, and progressions
Melodic and harmonic analysis
Counterpoint and voice leading techniques
Musical forms and structures
This second edition has been revised and reorganized to promote learning. Each section now includes an all-new selection of exercises, allowing readers to practice key skills and improve understanding.
For students, instructors, and practicing musicians, Revisiting Music Theory offers an indispensable guide to the foundations of musical analysis.
Zusammenfassung
Revisiting Music Theory: Basic Principles, Second Edition, surveys the basics of music theory and explains the terms used in harmonic and formal analysis in a clear and concise manner. Students will find Revisiting Music Theory to be an essential resource for review or reference, while instructors of introductory theory courses will find in these pages a solid foundation for cultivating musical thinking. Musicians of all kindsamateur and professional alikewill find great value in augmenting and informing their knowledge of the art of music theory.
The text covers the basic principles of music theory, including:
• Musical notation
• Key signatures and scales
• Intervals, chords, and progressions
• Melodic and harmonic analysis
• Counterpoint and voice leading techniques
• Musical forms and structures
This second edition has been revised and reorganized to promote learning. Each section now includes an all-new selection of exercises, allowing readers to practice key skills and improve understanding.
For students, instructors, and practicing musicians, Revisiting Music Theory offers an indispensable guide to the foundations of musical analysis.
Inhalt
Preface
Acknowledgments
Notes on the Use of This Book
Part 1. Notation: The Symbols of Music
The Components of Sound and Music
The Notation of Pitch
The Notation of Duration
The Organization of Time
Movement, Language, and Musical Rhythms
The Notation of Loudness and Style
The Notation of Tone Quality
Conducting Music
Part 2. Melody: Note Following Note
Intervals
The Modes
The Major Scale
Key Signatures for Major Scales
The Minor Scales
60 Other Minor Scales
Key Signatures for Minor Keys
Scale Degrees
The Melodic Structure
Expanded Melodic Sources
Part 3. Harmony: Note(s) with Note(s)
Intervals
Triads
The Inversion of Triads
Triads within Key
Seventh Chords
Harmonic Progressions
Harmonic Rhythm
Cadences
Secondary Dominants
More Chords on the Secondary Level
Other Chords
Part 4. Melodies in Harmony
Part Writing
Creating the Harmonic Structure
Non-Harmonic Tones
Analyzing Later Styles
Nineteenth-Century Analysis
Part 5. Texture, Structures, Techniques, and Form
The Textures of Music
Fundamental Structures
Melodic Manipulation
Form
Part 6. Appendices
Appendix I. Systems for Identifying Pitch
Appendix II. The Harmonic Series
Appendix III. Tuning and Temperament
Appendix IV. The Circle of Fifths
Appendix V. Transposition
Appendix VI. All Major Scales in Four Clefs
Appendix VII. All Minor Scales in Four Clefs
Appendix VIII. Inversions of All Triads on All Pitches in Two Clefs
Appendix IX. Inversions of All Common Seventh Chords on All Pitches in Two Clefs
Appendix X. Primary Chords in All Major and Minor Keys in Two Clefs
Appendix XI. Chord Symbols Used in Lead Sheet and Fake Book Notation in Two Clefs