Introductory Musicianship A Workbook

by Lynn, Theodore A.

• ISBN13: 9780155060975
• ISBN10: 015506097X
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Schirmer

Summary

This text/workbook emphasizes the fundamental skills of reading and writing music by providing students with ample drill exercises that challenge without overwhelming. A wealth of examples and worksheet exercises reinforce each major concept covered in the book, giving instructors the flexibility to assign as much or as little material as the student needs to master those concepts central to good musicianship.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
The Basics	1	(30)
The Staff-Stave(s)	1	(1)
Clefs	1	(2)
G Clef (Treble Clef)	1	(1)
F Clef (Bass Clef)	1	(1)
C Clef	2	(1)
Drawing the Clefs	2	(1)
Extending the Staff	3	(1)
Ledger Lines	3	(1)
Octave Sign (8va)	3	(1)
The Great Staff	4	(1)
Notes	5	(3)
Note Symbols	5	(1)
Dotted Notes	6	(1)
Stems	6	(1)
Flags	7	(1)
Beams	7	(1)
Ties and Slurs	7	(1)
Rests	8	(1)
Meter Signatures	9	(4)
Accented and Unaccented Beats	9	(1)
Simple Meters	10	(1)
Compound Meters	11	(1)
Unequal Metrical Divisions	11	(1)
Triplets and Duplets	12	(1)
Double Bars	13	(1)
The Anacrusis	13	(1)
Accidentals	14	(1)
Half Steps and Whole Steps---Chromatic or Diatonic	15	(1)
Enharmonic Equivalents	16	(1)
Repeat Signs	16	(2)
D.C., D.S., Coda, and Fine	16	(1)
First and Second Endings	17	(1)
Keyboard Octave Registers	18	(1)
Worksheets 1--1 through 1--9	19	(9)
Review of Unit 1	28	(3)
Rhythmic and Melodic Exercises---Easy	31	(49)
Rhythmic Exercises: Group 1	31	(4)
Simple Meters with No Beat Division, Using and	31	(2)
Coordinated-Skill Exercises	33	(2)
Rhythmic Exercises: Group 2	35	(10)
Simple Meters with Beat Division; New Material--- and	35	(2)
Coordinated-Skill Exercises	37	(2)
New Material--- 28, 38, 48, and Ties	39	(2)
Eight-Measure Exercises	41	(1)
Coordinated-Skill Exercises	42	(3)
Rhythmic Exercises: Group 3	45	(14)
Simple Meters with Beat Subdivision; New Material--- and	45	(2)
Eight-Measure Exercises	47	(1)
Coordinated-Skill Exercises	48	(3)
New Material---Rests and Anacruses	51	(2)
Eight-Measure Exercises	53	(2)
Coordinated-Skill Exercises	55	(1)
Three-Part Rhythmic Exercises	56	(3)
Melodic Exercises: Group 1	59	(5)
Simple Meters with No Beat Division	59	(2)
Two-Part Melodic Exercises	61	(1)
Coordinated Melodic-Rhythmic Exercises	62	(2)
Melodic Exercises: Group 2	64	(10)
Simple Meters with Beat Division	64	(2)
Two-Part Melodic Exercise	66	(1)
Coordinated Melodic-Rhythmic Exercises	66	(2)
Eight-Measure Exercises	68	(2)
Two-Part Melodic Exercise	70	(1)
Coordinated Melodic-Rhythmic Exercises	71	(3)
Melodic Exercises: Group 3	74	(6)
Simple Meters with Beat Division and Subdivision	74	(2)
Two-Part Melodic Exercise	76	(1)
Coordinated Melodic-Rhythmic Exercises	77	(3)
Scales, Keys, and Modes	80	(39)
Scales	80	(1)
Circle of Fifths---Major Keys	81	(1)
Overtones	81	(1)
Key Signatures	82	(1)
Tetrachords	83	(1)
Major Scales with Sharps	84	(1)
Major Scales with Flats	85	(2)
Circle of Fifths---Minor Keys	87	(1)
Minor Scales with Sharps	88	(1)
Minor Scales with Flats	89	(2)
Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic Minor	91	(1)
Relative Major and Minor	91	(2)
Parallel Major and Minor	93	(2)
The Chromatic Scale	95	(1)
The Church Modes	96	(1)
Other Scale Forms	97	(2)
The Pentatonic Scale	97	(1)
The Whole-Tone Scale	98	(1)
The Blues Scale	98	(1)
Original Scales	98	(1)
Twelve-Tone Rows	99	(2)
Worksheets 3--1 through 3--15	101	(15)
Review of Unit 3	116	(3)
Intervals	119	(24)
Constructing Intervals	119	(1)
Perfect and Major Intervals	119	(1)
Minor Intervals	120	(1)
Diminished and Augmented Intervals	121	(1)
Constructing Intervals---By Half Steps and Whole Steps	122	(2)
Constructing Intervals Downward	124	(2)
Method Identification and Alteration	124	(1)
Method Counting by Whole and Half Steps	124	(1)
Method by Interval Inversion	125	(1)
The Tritone	126	(1)
Simple and Compound Intervals	126	(2)
Worksheets 4--1 through 4--13	128	(13)
Review of Unit 4	141	(2)
Rhythmic and Melodic Exercises---Intermediate	143	(45)
Rhythmic Exercises	143	(22)
Compound Meters with Beat Division	143	(2)
Eight-Measure Exercises	145	(3)
Coordinated-Skill Exercises	148	(2)
New Material---Dotted Notes and	150	(1)
Eight-Measure Exercises	151	(2)
Coordinated Skill Exercises	153	(2)
New Material--- 22, 32, 42	155	(1)
Eight-Measure Exercises	156	(1)
New Material---The Triplet	157	(1)
Eight-Measure Exercises	158	(2)
Coordinated-Skill Exercises	160	(2)
Three-Part Rhythmic Exercises	162	(3)
Solfeggio with Major Keys	165	(1)
Melodic Exercises	165	(13)
Using Solfeggio Syllables	165	(4)
Two-Part Melodic Exercise	169	(1)
Coordinated Melodic-Rhythmic Exercises	170	(2)
Eight-Measure Exercise	172	(1)
New Material---The Triplet	173	(2)
Two-Part Melodic Exercise	175	(1)
Coordinated Melodic-Rhythmic Exercises	176	(2)
Solfeggio with Minor Keys	178	(10)
Melodic Exercises	179	(3)
Coordinated Melodic-Rhythmic Exercises	182	(6)
Chords	188	(32)
Triads	188	(1)
Major Triads	188	(1)
Minor Triads	188	(1)
Diminished Triads	189	(1)
Augmented Triads	189	(1)
Chord Names and Symbols	189	(1)
Primary Triads	190	(1)
Root-Position Triad Table	191	(1)
Root Position and Inversion	191	(1)
Seventh Chords	192	(3)
Major Seventh Chords	192	(1)
Major-Minor Seventh Chords---The Dominant Seventh Chord	192	(1)
Minor Seventh Chords	192	(1)
Half-Diminished Seventh Chords	193	(1)
Diminished Seventh Chords	193	(1)
Table of Root-Position Seventh Chords	193	(1)
Seventh-Chord Inversions	194	(1)
Commercial Chord Symbols	195	(3)
Worksheets 6--1 through 6--18	198	(18)
Review of Unit 6	216	(4)
Rhythmic and Melodic Exercises---Difficult	220	(29)
Mixed Rhythmic Units	220	(5)
Simple and Compound Meters	222	(1)
Eight-Measure Rhythmic Exercises	223	(1)
Coordinated-Skill Exercises	224	(1)
Mixed Meters---Constant Note Values	225	(3)
Eight-Measure Rhythmic Exercises	226	(1)
Coordinated-Skill Exercises	227	(1)
Mixed Meters---Changing Note Values	228	(3)
Eight-Measure Rhythmic Exercises	229	(1)
Coordinated-Skill Exercises	230	(1)
Syncopation	231	(7)
Eight-Measure Rhythmic Exercises	233	(1)
Coordinated-Skill Exercises	234	(1)
Three-Part Rhythmic Exercises	235	(3)
Melodic Exercises	238	(11)
Mixed Rhythmic Units	238	(2)
Coordinated Melodic-Rhythmic Exercises	240	(1)
Mixed Meters---Constant Note Values	241	(1)
Coordinated Melodic-Rhythmic Exercises	242	(1)
Mixed Meters---Changing Note Values	243	(1)
Coordinated Melodic-Rhythmic Exercises	244	(1)
Syncopation	245	(2)
Coordinated Melodic-Rhythmic Exercises	247	(1)
Church Modes and Other Scale Forms	248	(1)
Melodic Writing and Transposition	249	(16)
Melodic Writing	249	(3)
Transposition	252	(4)
Shifting Notes on the Staff	252	(1)
Transposition by Scale Degrees	253	(1)
Changing the Clef	253	(1)
Instrumental Transposition	254	(2)
Worksheets 8--1 through 8--7	256	(7)
Review of Unit 8	263	(2)
Chord Progressions and Harmonization	265	(20)
Doubling Triads and Seventh Chords	265	(1)
Chord Progressions	266	(3)
Common Tones	266	(1)
Horizontal Line Movement	266	(1)
Parallel Movement	267	(1)
The Cadence	267	(2)
Harmonization	269	(7)
Nonharmonic Tones	269	(2)
Adding an Accompaniment	271	(2)
Accompaniment Patterns	273	(3)
Figured Bass	276	(3)
Figured-Bass Symbols for Triads	276	(1)
Realization	276	(1)
Figured-Bass Symbols for Seventh Chords	277	(1)
Chromatic Alterations	278	(1)
Inversions	278	(1)
Worksheets 9--1 through 9--4	279	(5)
Review of Unit 9	284	(1)
Appendix: Terms, Signs, and Symbols	285	(7)
General Musical Terms	285	(2)
Performance Terms	287	(2)
A Scale of Speeds (Tempos)	288	(1)
Terms Referring to Tempo	288	(1)
Terms Referring to Variations in Tempo	288	(1)
Instruments of the Orchestra	289	(1)
Voice Types	289	(1)
Signs and Symbols	289	(3)
Index	292