Essentials of Music for Audio Professionals: A Concise Course in Music Fundamentals for Engineers, Producers, Directors, Editors, Managers, and Other Audio Recording Professionals

by Dorritie, Frank

• ISBN13: 9780872887374
• ISBN10: 0872887375
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning Ptr

Summary

The most concise training course ever written on music fundamentals for engineers, producers, directors, editors, managers and other audio/video recording professionals! This exciting book covers music theory in a way that's easy to understand and demystifies the whole process of working with musical notation, arrangements and scores. Features detailed instruction on: basic rhythmic and pitch notation, musical expression, sound production, melody and musical form, harmony and harmonics, sound in space, modes and scales, chords, intervals and much more! Includes an audio CD that further illustrates the author's easy-to-understand approach to teaching music theory.

Table of Contents

Audio Sample Log	1	(2)
Music as Concept	3	(3)
Rhythmic Notation	6	(26)
Pitch Notation	32	(8)
Musical Expression	40	(5)
Sound Production	45	(23)
Melody	68	(12)
Musical Form	80	(19)
Harmony, Harmonics, and Sound in Space	99	(14)
Modes and Scales	113	(19)
Concept of Key	132	(6)
Chords	138	(28)
Summary and Self-Evaluation	166	(8)
Suggested Further Reading	174	(1)
Musical/Technical Glossary	175