The Elements of Music: Concepts and Applications, Vol. I

by Turek, Ralph

• ISBN13: 9780070654747
• ISBN10: 0070654743
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-08-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

The Elements of Music is a two-volume text with companion workbooks and a companion CD for 2-year music theory courses that take a comprehensive approach. The text is distinguished by an attention to detail that makes learning (and teaching) easier; it is example intensive, immediately reinforcing theoretical concepts with musical selections. In addition, The Elements of Music gives students a command of essential compositional and analytical skills -- including a strong grounding in four-part writing -- and an understanding of musical style though comprehensive analysis. Built-in pedagogical aids assist the student, while the extensive Instructor's Manual saves time for the teacher. The second edition includes a greater emphasis on comprehensive analysis along with more thorough coverage of 4-part voice leading, harmony, large scale melodic and harmonic relationships, and 20th Century music. The Elements of Music works particularly well with The Analytical Anthology of Music, also by Turek.

Table of Contents

PREFACE

UNIT ONE : FUNDAMENTALS

CHAPTER 1: PITCH AND ITS NOTATION

CHAPTER 2: RHYTHM AND OTHER ASPECTS OF NOTATION

CHAPTER 3: SCALES, KEYS, AND INTERVALS

UNIT TWO : THE BASIC HARMONIC VOCABULARY : THE STRUCTURE AND USE OF CHORDS

CHAPTER 4: HARMONY I : INTRODUCTION TO TRIADS AND SEVENTH CHORDS; INVERSION; CHORDS SYMBOLS; AND FIGURED BASE

CHAPTER 5: HARMONY II : DIATONIC TRIADS IN MAJOR AND MINOR KEYS; FUNCTIONAL TONAL PRINCIPLES

CHAPTER 6: HARMONY III : HARMONIC CADENCES; EMBELLISHING TONES; PRINCIPLES OF HARMONIZATION

UNIT THREE : PART WRITING TRIAD

CHAPTER 7: VOICE LEADING I : MELODIC PRINCIPLES IN FOUR-PART WRITING; VOICING CHORDS; PRINCIPLES OF CHORD CONNECTION; CONNECTING ROOT-POSITION TRIADS

CHAPTER 8: VOICE LEADING II: TRIADS IN FIRST INVERSION; PART WRITING USING NONCHORD TONES

CHAPTER 9: VOICE LEADING III : TRIADS IN SECOND INVERSION

UNIT FOUR : MELODY

CHAPTER 10: MELODY

CHAPTER 11: LARGE-SCALE MELODIC RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 12: MELODIC FORM

UNIT FIVE : FURTHER HARMONIC RESOURCES

CHAPTER 13: DIATONIC SEVENTH CHORDS I: THE DOMINANT SEVENTH AND LEADING-TONE SEVENTH CHORDS

CHAPTER 16: MODULATION TO CLOSELY RELATED KEYS

UNIT SIX : MUSICAL FORM

CHAPTER 17: FORM AND DRAMATIC SHAPE IN MUSIC

CHAPTER 18: THE BINARY PRINCIPLE

CHAPTER 19: ROUNDED BINARY AND TERNARY FORMS

VOLUME TW

UNIT ONE : EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CONTRAPUNTAL, HARMONIC, AND

FORMAL TECHNIQUES

CHAPTER 1: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CONTRAPUNTAL TECHNIQUES AND FORMS : THE INVENTION AND FUGUE

CHAPTER 2: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CLASSICAL STYLE: A PROFILE

CHAPTER 3: EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VARIATION TECHNIQUES

CHAPTER 4: THE NEAPOLITAN SIXTH AND AUGMENTED SIXTH CHORDS

CHAPTER 5: MODE MIXTURE AND CHROMATIC-THIRD RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 6: MODULATION

CHAPTER 7: COMPOUND TERNARY FORM

CHAPTER 8: SONATA FORM

CHAPTER 9: THE RONDS

UNIT TWO : NINETEENTH-CENTURY CHROMATIC PRACTICES

CHAPTER 10: ENHARMONIC USE OF CHORDS

CHAPTER 11: EXPANDED TONICIZATION AND HARMONIC SEQUENCE

CHAPTER 12: LINEAR HARMONICS

CHAPTER 15: EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY TONAL MUSIC

CHAPTER 16: STRAVINSKY, BARTOK, AND MESSIAEN

CHAPTER 17: INTERVALLIC ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER 18: SERIAL PROCEDURES

CHAPTER 19: RECENT MUSICAL DEVELOPMENTS