Foundations of Music (with CD-ROM)

by Nelson, Robert; Christensen, Carl J.

• ISBN13: 9780534595562
• ISBN10: 0534595561
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-28
• Publisher: Schirmer

Summary

Learn the fundamentals of music the fun way with FOUNDATIONS OF MUSIC with accompanying CD-ROM! Offering musical training through the use of computer assistance, this interactive music text allows you to learn at your own pace. Recorded examples found on the CD-ROM, extensive content, and the clear organization of the text help you master difficult concepts with ease.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Use of the Computer	p. xviii
Computer-Assisted Instruction: Contents and Log	p. xxiv
Introduction	p. xxxiv
Sound	p. 1
Pitch and Timbre; The Overtone Series	p. 1
Dynamics	p. 3
Computer Exercises	p. 5
Computer Exercise	p. 6
The Envelope; Articulations	p. 6
Music for Study	p. 8
Computer Exercise	p. 11
Exploring Sound at the Computer	p. 11
The Notational System	p. 12
Music in Western Culture	p. 12
Written Music	p. 13
Music-A temporal Art	p. 13
Notes and Rests	p. 14
Computer Exercise	p. 17
Written Exercises	p. 17
Letter-Names for Pitches	p. 20
Computer Exercise	p. 24
Registers of the Piano	p. 24
Computer Exercise	p. 25
Written Exercises	p. 25
Notation at the Computer	p. 26
Simple Meter	p. 28
Suggested Listening	p. 28
The Beat	p. 28
The Organization of Music into Meters	p. 29
Computer Exercise	p. 31
Written Exercises	p. 32
Rhythm in Performance	p. 33
Computer Exercise	p. 34
Counting Time in Simple Meters	p. 34
Computer Exercise	p. 36
Music for Study	p. 36
Music for Study: Counting with Rests	p. 40
The Use of Beams	p. 42
Written Exercises	p. 43
Computer Exercise	p. 46
Creating Rhythms at the Computer	p. 46
Composing Rhythmic Phrases	p. 46
Scales	p. 48
Half Steps and Whole Steps	p. 48
Computer Exercise	p. 49
Computer Exercise	p. 53
Computer Exercise	p. 55
Written Exercises	p. 55
The Major Scale	p. 56
Computer Exercise	p. 59
Written Exercises	p. 60
Key Signatures for Major Keys	p. 63
Computer Exercise	p. 68
Written Exercises	p. 69
Intervals in the Major Scale	p. 71
Names of the Scale Degrees	p. 73
Music for Study	p. 74
Creative Exercise	p. 78
Compound Meter	p. 79
Suggested Listening	p. 79
Computer Exercise	p. 83
Written Exercises	p. 83
Music for Study: Counting Compound Meter	p. 84
Classification of Meters	p. 88
Written Exercises	p. 90
More on the Use of Beams	p. 94
Written Exercises	p. 95
Written Exercises	p. 97
Establishing Meter Through Accents and Patterns	p. 98
Music for Study	p. 98
Exploring Rhythm and Meter at the Computer	p. 104
Written Exercises	p. 107
Computer Exercise	p. 113
Creating Rhythms at the Computer	p. 113
The Minor Mode	p. 114
Suggested Listening	p. 114
Use of Accidentals in the Minor Mode	p. 117
Computer Exercise	p. 118
Written Exercises	p. 118
Intervals in the Minor Mode	p. 121
Relative and Parallel Minors	p. 121
Computer Exercise	p. 123
Written Exercises	p. 124
Music for Study	p. 127
Modulation	p. 131
The Chromatic Scale	p. 132
Written Exercises	p. 133
Music for Study	p. 134
Creative Exercises	p. 137
Other Scales	p. 138
Modes	p. 138
Suggested Listening	p. 142
Pentatonic Scale	p. 144
Computer Exercise	p. 146
Exploring Other Scales at the Computer	p. 146
Creative Exercises	p. 146
More on Rhythm and Meter	p. 147
Syncopation	p. 147
Exploring Syncopation at the Computer	p. 148
Computer Exercise	p. 155
Rhythm in Jazz and Popular Music	p. 155
Music for Study	p. 156
Composing Rhythmic Phrases	p. 159
Intervals	p. 161
Seconds	p. 162
Exercises	p. 162
Thirds	p. 163
Computer Exercise	p. 163
Written Exercises	p. 164
The Perfect Intervals	p. 164
Written Exercises	p. 166
Sixths and Sevenths	p. 167
Inversion of Intervals	p. 167
Computer Exercise	p. 169
Written Exercises	p. 169
Compound Intervals	p. 170
Computer Exercise	p. 171
Alteration of Intervals	p. 171
Other Properties of Intervals	p. 172
Computer Exercise	p. 174
Written Exercises	p. 174
Music for Study	p. 175
Creative Exercise	p. 180
Chords and Harmony	p. 181
Triads	p. 182
Computer Exercise	p. 183
Written Exercises	p. 183
The Dominant Seventh Chord	p. 185
Computer Exercise	p. 185
Written Exercises	p. 186
Music for Study	p. 186
Texture and Inversions	p. 187
Written Exercises	p. 190
Computer Exercise	p. 191
Written Exercises	p. 191
The Primary Triads	p. 193
Nonchord Tones	p. 194
Exercise	p. 197
Simple forms	p. 201
Phrases and Cadences	p. 201
Music for Study	p. 205
Phrase Relationships	p. 206
Song Forms	p. 206
Examples for the Study of Form	p. 207
Form in Popular Music	p. 212
Harmonizing Melodies	p. 214
Creative Exercises	p. 216
Melodic Composition at the Computer	p. 217
Looking at Music	p. 218
What to Look for in a Score	p. 218
Computer Exercise	p. 220
Exercises for Practice in Reading Music	p. 221
Topics for Enrichment and Further Study	p. 240
World Music and Roots Music	p. 241
Synthetic Scales	p. 249
Computer Exercise	p. 255
Exploring Other Scales at the Computer	p. 255
Other Chords: Seventh Chords	p. 255
Computer Exercise	p. 256
Other Chords: Borrowed Chords	p. 256
Exercises	p. 258
Other Chords: Sixth Chords	p. 259
Written Exercises	p. 261
Looking at Music	p. 263
Creative Exercises	p. 265
Standard Chord Progressions	p. 270
Roman Numeral Chord Designations	p. 273
Glossary	p. 275
Indexes	p. 279
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