Foundations of Music A Computer-Assisted Introduction (with CD-ROM)

by Nelson, Robert; Christensen, Carl J.

• ISBN13: 9780534600037
• ISBN10: 0534600034
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-24
• Publisher: Schirmer

Summary

Now in a new Fifth Edition, this text is known for its extensive content, clear organization, and useful musical examples. FOUNDATIONS OF MUSIC provides training in music fundamentals through a stimulating text fully integrated with display, sound, and interactivity on its CD-ROM. Appropriate for both non-majors and music majors in a low-level music theory course, this computer-assisted approach allows students to learn at their own pace and allows the instructor maximum flexibility in the classroom.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Use of the Computer	xvi
Computer-Assisted Instruction: Contents and Log	xxii
Introduction	xxxii
Sound	1	(11)
Pitch and Timbre; The Overtone Series	1	(2)
Dynamics	3	(3)
Computer Exercise	5	(1)
The Envelope; Articulations	6	(6)
Music for Study	8	(3)
Computer Exercise	11	(1)
Exploring Sound at the Computer	11	(1)
The Notational System	12	(16)
Music in Western Culture	12	(1)
Written Music	13	(1)
Music---A Temporal Art	13	(1)
Notes and Rests	14	(6)
Computer Exercise	17	(1)
Written Exercises	17	(3)
Letter-Names for Pitches	20	(4)
Computer Exercise	24	(1)
Registers of the Piano	24	(4)
Computer Exercise	25	(1)
Written Exercises	25	(1)
Notation at the Computer	26	(2)
Simple Meter	28	(19)
Suggested Listening	28	(1)
The Beat	28	(1)
The Organization of Music into Meters	29	(4)
Computer Exercise	31	(1)
Written Exercises	32	(1)
Rhythm in Performance	33	(1)
Computer Exercise	34	(1)
Counting Time in Simple Meters	34	(8)
Computer Exercise	36	(1)
Music for Study	36	(4)
Music for Study Counting with Rests	40	(2)
The Use of Beams	42	(5)
Written Exercises	43	(3)
Computer Exercise	46	(1)
Creating Rhythms at the Computer	46	(1)
Scales	47	(26)
Half Steps and Whole Steps	47	(8)
Computer Exercise	48	(4)
Computer Exercise	52	(2)
Computer Exercise	54	(1)
Written Exercises	54	(1)
The Major Scale	55	(5)
Computer Exercise	58	(1)
Written Exercises	59	(1)
Key Signatures for Major Keys	60	(5)
Computer Exercise	64	(1)
Written Exercises	64	(1)
Intervals in the Major Scale	65	(2)
Names of the Scale Degrees	67	(6)
Music for Study	68	(5)
Compound Meter	73	(35)
Suggested Listening	73	(4)
Computer Exercise	77	(1)
Written Exercises	77	(1)
Music for Study: Counting Compound Meter	78	(4)
Classification of Meters	82	(6)
Written Exercises	84	(4)
More on the Use of Beams	88	(4)
Written Exercises	89	(2)
Written Exercises	91	(1)
Establishing Meter Through Accents and Patterns	92	(16)
Music for Study	92	(6)
Exploring Rhythm and Meter at the Computer	98	(3)
Written Exercises	101	(6)
Computer Exercise	107	(1)
Creating Rhythms at the Computer	107	(1)
The Minor Mode	108	(24)
Suggested Listening	108	(3)
Use of Accidentals in the Minor Mode	111	(4)
Computer Exercise	112	(1)
Written Exercises	112	(3)
Intervals in the Minor Mode	115	(1)
Relative and Parallel Minors	115	(10)
Computer Exercise	117	(1)
Written Exercises	118	(3)
Music for Study	121	(4)
Modulation	125	(1)
The Chromatic Scale	126	(6)
Written Exercises	127	(1)
Music for Study	128	(4)
Other Scales	132	(9)
Modes	132	(6)
Suggested Listening	136	(2)
Pentatonic Scale	138	(3)
Computer Exercise	140	(1)
Exploring Other Scales at the Computer	140	(1)
More on Rhythm and Meter	141	(13)
Syncopation	141	(8)
Exploring Syncopation at the Computer	142	(7)
Computer Exercise	149	(1)
Rhythm in Jazz and Popular Music	149	(5)
Music for Study	150	(4)
Intervals	154	(20)
Seconds	155	(1)
Exercises	155	(1)
Thirds	156	(1)
Computer Exercise	156	(1)
Written Exercises	157	(1)
The Perfect Intervals	157	(3)
Written Exercises	159	(1)
Sixths and Sevenths	160	(1)
Inversion of Intervals	160	(3)
Computer Exercise	162	(1)
Written Exercises	162	(1)
Compound Intervals	163	(1)
Computer Exercise	164	(1)
Alteration of Intervals	164	(1)
Other Properties of Intervals	165	(9)
Computer Exercise	167	(1)
Written Exercises	167	(1)
Music, for Study	167	(7)
Chords and Harmony	174	(20)
Triads	175	(3)
Computer Exercise	176	(1)
Written Exercises	176	(2)
The Dominant Seventh Chord	178	(2)
Computer Exercise	178	(1)
Written Exercises	179	(1)
Music for Study	179	(1)
Texture and Inversions	180	(6)
Written Exercises	183	(1)
Computer Exercise	184	(1)
Written Exercises	184	(2)
The Primary Triads	186	(1)
Nonchord Tones	187	(7)
Exercise	190	(4)
Simple Forms	194	(17)
Phrases and Cadences	194	(5)
Music for Study	198	(1)
Phrase Relationships	199	(1)
Song Forms	199	(6)
Examples for the Study of Form	200	(5)
Form in Popular Music	205	(2)
Harmonizing Melodies	207	(4)
Creative Exercises	209	(1)
Melodic Composition at the Computer	210	(1)
Looking at Music	211	(22)
What to Look for in a Score	211	(22)
Computer Exercise	213	(1)
Exercises for Practice in Reading Music	214	(19)
Topics for Enrichment and Further Study	233	(31)
World Music and Roots Music	234	(8)
Synthetic Scales	242	(6)
Computer Exercise	248	(1)
Exploring Other Scales at the Computer	248	(1)
Other Chords: Seventh Chords	248	(1)
Computer Exercise	249	(1)
Other Chords: Borrowed Chords	249	(3)
Exercises	251	(1)
Other Chords: Sixth Chords	252	(4)
Exercise	254	(2)
Looking at Music	256	(8)
Creative Exercises	258	(6)
Appendix One: Standard Chord Progressions	264	(3)
Appendix Two: Roman Numeral Chord Designations	267	(2)
Glossary	269	(4)
Indexes	273