A Creative Approach to Music Fundamentals (with CD-ROM and Keyboard Booklet)

by Duckworth, William

• ISBN13: 9780495090939
• ISBN10: 049509093X
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-10
• Publisher: Schirmer

Summary

This market-leading book for the Fundamentals of Music course addresses students' differing abilities. Internationally renowned composer William Duckworth covers the fundamentals in 14 concise main chapters that are supplemented by 11 enrichment appendices. These offer extended coverage for teachers or students who desire additional instruction. With a practical focus on developing skills, Duckworth presents many clear examples that show students the basics. Because students can best learn the fundamentals by using them, written and aural exercises give students the opportunity to creatively apply their knowledge in realistic music situations.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Introduction	xix
The Elements of Music	xix
The Characteristics of Musical Sound	xx
Musical Talent, Musical Knowledge	xxi
A Theory of Music	xxii
How to Practice	xxii
The Basics of Music	1	(30)
Rhythm	1	(8)
Pulse	2	(1)
Meter	3	(1)
Measures	4	(1)
Note Values	4	(4)
Rests	8	(1)
Pitch	9	(6)
The Staff	9	(1)
Noteheads	9	(2)
Clefs	11	(4)
The Keyboard	15	(4)
The White Keys	16	(1)
The Black Keys	17	(1)
Musical Distances	18	(1)
Accidentals	19	(1)
Practicing Revisited	20	(1)
Focus	21	(2)
Practice Materials	23	(8)
Rhythm I: Simple Meter	31	(12)
Dotted Notes	31	(1)
Time Signatures	32	(1)
Simple Meter	32	(1)
A Counting Method for Simple Meters	33	(3)
The Basic Pulse	33	(1)
Divisions of the Pulse	34	(2)
Common Time and Alla Breve	36	(1)
Tempo	36	(2)
Focus	38	(1)
Practice Materials	39	(4)
Focus on Skills I	43	(36)
Rhythm II: Compound Meter	47	(14)
Compound Meter	47	(3)
A Counting Method for Compound Meters	50	(3)
The Primary Pulse	50	(1)
Divisions of the Pulse	50	(3)
Ties	53	(1)
Syncopation	54	(1)
Repeat Signs	54	(3)
Focus	57	(2)
Practice Materials	59	(2)
Pitch	61	(18)
Enharmonic Pitches	62	(1)
Ledger Lines	63	(1)
The Octave Sign	64	(1)
Octave Identification	65	(1)
Stems	66	(1)
Dynamics	67	(1)
How to Read a Musical Map	68	(2)
Rhythm Revisited: Pulse and Beat	70	(1)
Focus	71	(2)
Practice Materials	73	(6)
Focus on Skills II	79	(68)
Major Scales	83	(22)
Scales as Interval Patterns	83	(1)
Elements of the Major Scale	84	(6)
Naming Scale Degrees	90	(1)
Ear Training	91	(1)
Rhythm Revisited: Beams	92	(3)
Focus	95	(2)
Practice Materials	97	(8)
Major Key Signatures	105	(12)
The Key Signature	105	(4)
Sharp Keys	106	(1)
Flat Keys	107	(2)
Enharmonic Keys	109	(1)
The Circle of Fifths: Major Keys	109	(1)
Rhythm Revisited: Triplets and Duplets	110	(1)
A Counting Method for Triplets and Duplets	110	(1)
Focus	111	(2)
Practice Materials	113	(4)
Intervals	117	(30)
Interval Identification	117	(4)
Interval Size	118	(2)
Interval Quality	120	(1)
Perfect Intervals	121	(2)
Major and Minor Intervals	123	(5)
Compound Intervals	128	(1)
Harmonic Inversion of Intervals	128	(2)
Focus	130	(3)
Practice Materials	133	(14)
Focus on Skills III	147	(66)
Minor Key Signatures	151	(14)
Related Keys	151	(1)
Minor Key Signatures	152	(3)
Parallel Keys	155	(1)
The Circle of Fifths: Minor Keys	156	(1)
Rhythm Revisited: Conducting Patterns	157	(3)
Focus	160	(1)
Practice Materials	161	(4)
Minor Scales	165	(36)
Natural Minor Scale	167	(4)
Harmonic Minor Scale	171	(3)
Melodic Minor Scale	174	(2)
Minor Scales in Actual Music	176	(1)
How to Sing Minor Scales	177	(4)
Focus	181	(2)
Practice Materials	183	(18)
Pentatonic and Blues Scales	201	(12)
The Pentatonic Scale	201	(5)
Major Pentatonic	202	(4)
Minor Pentatonic	206	(1)
The Blues Scale	206	(2)
Rhythm Revisited: Keeping the Beat	208	(1)
Focus	208	(1)
Practice Materials	209	(4)
Focus on Skills IV	213	(66)
Triads	217	(22)
Basic Structure of Triads	218	(1)
Major and Minor Triads	218	(2)
Close and Open Positions	220	(1)
Augmented and Diminished Triads	221	(3)
Triads and Scales	224	(1)
Inversions of Triads	225	(1)
Labeling Inversions	226	(2)
Focus	228	(3)
Practice Materials	231	(8)
Triads in a Musical Context	239	(22)
Labeling Triads	239	(5)
Roman Numeral Analysis	239	(3)
Chord Symbols	242	(1)
Guitar Tablature	243	(1)
Seventh Chords	244	(3)
Dominant Seventh Chords	245	(1)
Diatonic Seventh Chords	246	(1)
Inversions of Seventh Chords	246	(1)
Recognizing Triads in Actual Music	247	(5)
Block Chords	247	(1)
Arpeggiations	248	(4)
Focus	252	(3)
Practice Materials	255	(6)
Chord Progressions	261	(18)
Tendency Tones	261	(2)
The Dominant/Tonic Relationship	263	(1)
Cadences	264	(6)
The Authentic Cadence	265	(1)
The Plagal Cadence	266	(1)
The Half Cadence	267	(1)
The Deceptive Cadence	267	(3)
Simple Chord Progressions	270	(5)
Two-Chord Progression	270	(2)
Three-Chord Progression	272	(1)
12-Bar Blues Progression	273	(2)
Focus	275	(2)
Practice Materials	277	(2)
Focus on Skills V	279	(68)
Writing a Song	283	(64)
Primary and Secondary Chords	283	(1)
Harmonizing a Melody	284	(5)
Musical Form	289	(6)
Strophic Form (12-Bar Blues)	290	(1)
Binary Form (AB)	290	(1)
Ternary Form (ABA)	291	(2)
32-Bar Song Form (AABA)	293	(2)
Focus	295	(2)
Appendixes
APPENDIX A. Graded Rhythms for Counting and Performing	297	(5)
APPENDIX B. Graded World Rhythms in Two and Three Parts	302	(5)
APPENDIX C. Syllables for Sight-Singing Scales and Modes	307	(2)
APPENDIX D. Graded Melodies for Sight-Singing and Playing	309	(5)
APPENDIX E. Chromatic Scale and Major Scale Fingerings for Keyboard Instruments	314	(3)
APPENDIX F. The C Clef	317	(4)
APPENDIX G. Other Scales and Modes	321	(7)
APPENDIX H. Transposing the Modes	328	(5)
APPENDIX I. A Brief Introduction to Timbre	333	(4)
APPENDIX J. A Brief Discussion of Acoustics	337	(2)
APPENDIX K. Basic Guitar Chords	339	(2)
APPENDIX L. Focus on Fundamentals: Installing and Using the CD-ROM	341	(6)
Glossary	347	(5)
Subject Index	352	(4)
Index to Musical Examples	356