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ISBN10: 1260493458 | ISBN13: 9781260493450
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This best-selling program gives music majors and minors a solid foundation in the theory of music. Music in Theory and Practice 10e strengthens musical intuition, builds technical skills, and helps gain interpretive insights. The goal of the content is to instruct readers on the practical application of knowledge. The analytical techniques presented are carefully designed to be clear, uncomplicated, and readily applicable to any repertoire.
The two-volume format ensures exhaustive coverage and maximum support for students and faculty alike. Volume I serves as a general introduction to music theory while Volume II offers a survey of the theoretical underpinnings of musical styles and forms from Gregorian Chant through the present day. The supplemental instructor's materials provide clear-cut solutions to assignment materials. Music in Theory and Practice is a well-rounded program that integrates the various components of musical structure and makes them accessible to students at the undergraduate level.
Resources available from the Connect Online Learning Center include printable versions of the Instructor’s Manuals and Workbook Solutions Manuals, audio files, assignment templates compatible with Finale® Music Notation software, supplementary drill assignments, testing materials, and recordings. Audio files available for this edition of Music in Theory and Practice are identified throughout the texts and workbooks with the ♫ graphic.
Introduction: The Materials of Music: Sound and Time
Part A: The Fundamentals of Music
1 Notation
2 Scales, Tonality, Key, Modes
3 Intervals and Transposition
4 Chords
Part B: The Structural Elements of Music
5 Cadences and Nonharmonic Tones
6 Melodic Organization
7 Texture and Textural Reduction
8 Species Counterpoint
9 Voice Leading in Four-Part Chorale Writing
10 Harmonic Progression and Harmonic Rhythm
11 The Dominant Seventh Chord
12 The Leading-Tone Seventh Chords
13 Nondominant Seventh Chords
14 Secondary Dominant and Leading-Tone Chords
15 Modulation
16 Two-Part (Binary) Form
17 Three-Part (Ternary) Form
Appendix A Summary of Part-Writing Practices
Appendix B Macro Analysis Symbols
Appendix C Popular Music Chord Symbols
Appendix D Expression Marks
Appendix E Instrument Ranges, Transpositions, and Foreign Names
Appendix F History
Glossary
Credits
Indexes
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