Introduction to Music

by O'Brien, Eileen; Fearn, Laura; Chisholm, Jane

• ISBN13: 9781580863193
• ISBN10: 1580863191
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Edc Pub

Summary

An overview of musical expression explores popular music, classical music, music from different countries, instruments, composers, music history, and opera.

Table of Contents

Listening to Music	3	(1)
Music on the Internet I	4	(2)
Music on the Internet II	6	(2)
Music on the Internet III	8	(2)
Types of music	10	(2)
Rock and pop	12	(2)
Popular music styles	14	(2)
More popular styles	16	(2)
The music industry	18	(2)
What is jazz?	20	(2)
How jazz began	22	(2)
Music in ancient times	24	(1)
Medieval music	25	(1)
Renaissance music	26	(2)
Writing music down	28	(2)
Scales	30	(2)
Baroque music	32	(2)
Classical music	34	(2)
Romantic music	36	(2)
Nationalist music	38	(2)
20th century music	40	(2)
Music in the Far East	42	(2)
Music in Africa	44	(2)
Native American music	46	(1)
Arab music	47	(1)
The science of sound	48	(2)
The composer	50	(2)
The performer	52	(2)
Ballet	54	(2)
Singing	56	(2)
The story of opera I	58	(2)
The story of opera II	60	(2)
Music for movies and television	62	(2)
Sound reproduction	64	(2)
How instruments work	66	(2)
The orchestra	68	(2)
Stringed instruments	70	(1)
Woodwind instruments	71	(1)
Brass instruments	72	(1)
Percussion instruments	73	(1)
Keyboard instruments	74	(1)
Electric and electronic instruments	75	(1)
Learning an instrument	76	(2)
Reading music I	78	(2)
Reading music II	80	(2)
Reading music III	82	(2)
Classical composers	84	(6)
Glossary	90	(3)
Instructions in music	93	(1)
Index	94	(2)
Acknowledgements	96