Theory Essentials

by Mayfield, Connie E.

• ISBN13: 9780534572327
• ISBN10: 0534572324
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2002-12-27
• Publisher: Schirmer

Summary

THEORY ESSENTIALS is a two-volume text that offers a unique, total solution to teaching music theory. Integrating all the components of the two-year music theory sequence, each volume (and its accompanying workbook) fully synthesizes the major topics in music theory with aural skills, keyboard applications, and examples from the literature. Offering terrific value, THEORY ESSENTIALS replaces the need for the four separate texts traditionally required for the music theory sequence (theory, ear training/sight singing, keyboard harmony, and an anthology). The result is a remarkable, carefully-paced synthesis of these components that moves from a solid grounding in Fundamentals through Diatonic Harmony (in Volume I), and from Secondary Function chords through Twentieth-Century Techniques (in Volume II).

Table of Contents

Preface to Volume 2	xi
Musical Examples	xiii
Tables	xvii
Introduction to Secondary Dominants
Theoretical Skills	1	(9)
Review of Dominant-Type Chords	1	(1)
Resolution of Dominant-Type Chords	1	(3)
Tonicization and Chromatic Chords	4	(1)
Secondary Dominants	5	(4)
Music for Analysis	9	(1)
Beethoven, Piano Sonata, op. 49, no. 1	9	(1)
Haydn, String Quartet, op. 74, no. 3	9	(1)
Aural Skills	10	(7)
Solfege for Altered Tones	10	(1)
Rhythm	11	(4)
Dictation	15	(2)
Keyboard Applications	17	(1)
Secondary Dominants of the Dominant
Theoretical Skills	18	(12)
Introduction to Secondary Dominants of the Dominant	18	(2)
Altered Scale Degrees	20	(2)
Position in the Chord Progression	22	(3)
Ninth Chords as Secondary Dominants	25	(1)
Voice Leading Considerations	26	(3)
Music for Analysis	29	(1)
Mozart, Piano Concerto, K. 271	29	(1)
Schubert, Drei Klavierstucke, D. 946, no. 2	29	(1)
Aural Skills	30	(5)
Intervals	30	(1)
Melody	30	(1)
Chords	31	(1)
Rhythm	31	(1)
Additional Rhythms	32	(1)
Dictation	33	(1)
Harmonic Dictation	34	(1)
Keyboard Applications	35	(1)
Secondary Dominants of the Supertonic
Theoretical Skills	36	(8)
Introduction to Secondary Dominants of the Supertonic	36	(2)
Altered Scale Degrees	38	(2)
Position in the Chord Progression	40	(3)
Music for Analysis	43	(1)
Mendelssohn, Songs without Words, op. 62, no. 2	43	(1)
Fanny Hensel, Four Songs for the Piano, op. 6, no. 2	43	(1)
Aural Skills	44	(5)
Intervals	44	(1)
Melody	44	(1)
Chords	45	(1)
Rhythm	45	(2)
Dictation	47	(1)
Harmonic Dictation	48	(1)
Keyboard Applications	49	(1)
Secondary Dominants of the Subdominant
Theoretical Skills	50	(10)
Introduction to Secondary Dominants of the Subdominant	50	(3)
Altered Scale Degrees	53	(2)
Progressions and Voice Leading	55	(3)
Music for Analysis	58	(1)
Chopin, Grande Valse Brilliante, op. 34, no. 2	58	(1)
Mendelssohn, Songs without Words, op. 102, no. 1	58	(1)
Beethoven, Bagatelle, op. 33, no. 6	59	(1)
Clara Schumann, Soirees Musicales, op. 6, no. 1, ``Toccatina''	59	(1)
Aural Skills	60	(5)
Intervals	60	(1)
Melody	60	(1)
Chords	61	(1)
Rhythm	61	(1)
Additional Rhythms	62	(1)
Dictation	63	(1)
Harmonic Dictation	64	(1)
Keyboard Applications	65	(2)
Secondary Dominants of the Mediant and Submediant
Theoretical Skills	67	(12)
Introduction to Secondary Dominants of the Mediant and Submediant	67	(2)
Altered Scale Degrees	69	(2)
Progressions and Voice Leading	71	(3)
Secondary Dominant Sequence	74	(3)
Music for Analysis	77	(1)
Schubert, Zwei Scherzi, D. 593, no. 2	77	(1)
Mendelssohn, Songs without Words, op. 19, no. 4	78	(1)
Schubert, Andante, D. 29	78	(1)
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 23	78	(1)
Aural Skills	79	(6)
Intervals	79	(1)
Melody	79	(1)
Chords	80	(1)
Harmony	80	(2)
Rhythm	82	(1)
Dictation	83	(1)
Harmonic Dictation	84	(1)
Keyboard Applications	85	(2)
Chromatic Modulation
Theoretical Skills	87	(10)
Modulation Using Secondary Dominants	87	(2)
Method 1	89	(1)
Method 2	90	(2)
Method 3	92	(3)
Music for Analysis	95	(1)
Beethoven, Piano Sonata, op. 31, no. 1	95	(1)
Schumann, Symphonic Etudes, op. 13	95	(1)
Schumann, Papillons, op. 2, no. 4	96	(1)
Schumann, Kinderszenen, ``The poet speaks,'' op. 15, no. 13	96	(1)
Aural Skills	97	(6)
Melody	97	(1)
Harmony	98	(1)
Rhythm	99	(1)
Additional Rhythms	100	(1)
Dictation	101	(1)
Harmonic Dictation	102	(1)
Keyboard Applications	103	(1)
Borrowed Chords
Theoretical Skills	104	(10)
Mode Mixture	104	(1)
Altered Scale Degrees and Chord Qualities	105	(2)
Borrowed Chords	107	(6)
Music for Analysis	113	(1)
Schubert, Huttenbrenner Variations, op. 9	113	(1)
Chopin, Nocturne, op. posth.	113	(1)
Aural Skills	114	(5)
Intervals	114	(1)
Chords	114	(1)
Rhythm	115	(1)
Error Detection	116	(1)
Dictation	117	(1)
Harmonic Dictation	118	(1)
Keyboard Applications	119	(1)
Neapolitan Triads and Other Altered Chords
Theoretical Skills	120	(11)
The Neapolitan Triad	120	(3)
Progressions and Voice Leading	123	(2)
Chromatic Augmented Triads	125	(3)
Minor Dominants	128	(1)
Music for Analysis	129	(1)
Clara Schumann, Soirees Musicales, op. 6, no. 2, ``Notturno''	129	(1)
Beethoven, Piano Sonata, op. 27, no. 2	130	(1)
Aural Skills	131	(6)
Intervals	131	(1)
Chords	131	(1)
Harmony	132	(1)
Rhythm	133	(1)
Additional Rhythms	134	(1)
Dictation	134	(2)
Harmonic Dictation	136	(1)
Keyboard Applications	137	(1)
Additional Modulation Techniques
Theoretical Skills	138	(9)
Modulation Using Mode Mixture	138	(4)
Modulation Using Neapolitan Triads	142	(2)
Modulation by Common Tone	144	(1)
Music for Analysis	145	(1)
Beethoven, Piano Sonata, op. 31, no. 1	145	(1)
Mozart, Don Giovanni, Act I, no. 4, ``Madamina, II catalogo e questo''	145	(1)
Schubert, Impromptu, op. 90, no. 2	146	(1)
Aural Skills	147	(5)
Melody	147	(1)
Harmony	148	(1)
Rhythm	148	(2)
Dictation	150	(1)
Harmonic Dictation	151	(1)
Keyboard Applications	152	(1)
Introduction to Augmented Sixth Chords
Theoretical Skills	153	(7)
Augmented Sixth Chords	153	(2)
Identifying Augmented Sixth Chords	155	(4)
Music for Analysis	159	(1)
Haydn, String Quartet, op. 76, no. 2	159	(1)
Fanny Hensel, Two Pieces for Cello and Piano, ``Fantasia in G Minor''	159	(1)
Aural Skills	160	(5)
Intervals	160	(1)
Chords	160	(1)
Rhythm	161	(1)
Dictation	162	(3)
Keyboard Applications	165	(1)
Augmented Sixth Chords in Context
Theoretical Skills	166	(10)
Augmented Sixth Chord Types	166	(4)
Voice Leading in Augmented Sixth Chords	170	(3)
The Enharmonic German Sixth	173	(1)
Music for Analysis	174	(1)
Schumann, Davidsbundlertanze, op. 6, no. 1	174	(1)
Mozart, Piano Sonata, K. 284	175	(1)
Beethoven, Piano Sonata, op. 53	175	(1)
Aural Skills	176	(6)
Chords	176	(1)
Harmony	176	(1)
Rhythm	177	(1)
Additional Rhythms	178	(1)
Dictation	179	(2)
Harmonic Dictation	181	(1)
Keyboard Applications	182	(1)
Review of Chromatic Harmony
Review Chapter	183	(6)
Altered Tones Review	183	(1)
Chromatic Harmony Review	183	(1)
Terminology Review	184	(2)
Music for Analysis	186	(1)
Schubert, Piano Sonata, op. 42	186	(3)
Aural Skills	189	(4)
Compose Melodies	189	(1)
Rhythm	190	(1)
Harmonic Dictation	191	(2)
Keyboard Applications	193	(2)
Enharmonic Modulation with German Sixths
Theoretical Skills	195	(10)
Introduction to Enharmonic Modulation	195	(1)
Aural Properties of the German Sixth Chord	195	(1)
Modulation Using V7 and the German Sixth	196	(4)
Modulation Using Secondary Dominants	200	(3)
Music for Analysis	203	(1)
Beethoven, Piano Sonata, op. 79	203	(1)
Schubert, Impromptu, op. 142, no. 4	204	(1)
Chopin, Nocturne, op. 9, no. 1	204	(1)
Aural Skills	205	(7)
Melody	205	(1)
Harmony	206	(1)
Rhythm	207	(1)
Additional Rhythms	208	(2)
Error Detection	210	(1)
Dictation	211	(1)
Keyboard Applications	212	(1)
Enharmonic Modulation with Fully-Diminished Seventh Chords
Theoretical Skills	213	(12)
Symmetrical Properties of the Fully-Diminished Seventh Chord	213	(4)
Enharmonic Modulation with Vii7 Chords	217	(5)
Enharmonic Common-Tone Modulation	222	(1)
Music for Analysis	223	(1)
Schubert, Waltz, op. 9, no. 14	223	(1)
Beethoven, Piano Sonata, op. 2, no. 2	223	(1)
Chopin, Mazurka, op. 17, no. 3	224	(1)
Aural Skills	225	(7)
Melody	225	(1)
Harmony	226	(1)
Rhythm	227	(2)
Additional Rhythms	229	(1)
Dictation	230	(2)
Keyboard Applications	232	(1)
Introduction to Modes
Theoretical Skills	233	(13)
Overview of Modes	233	(1)
The Modes in the Middle Ages	233	(2)
The Modes in the Renaissance	235	(2)
The Modes in the Twentieth Century	237	(1)
Constructing the Modes	237	(4)
Modal Harmony	241	(2)
Music for Analysis	243	(1)
Hildegard of Bingen, O Pastor Animarum	243	(1)
Kyrie IV	244	(1)
Puer natus est nobis	244	(2)
Aural Skills	246	(4)
Singing Modes	246	(1)
Rhythm	247	(1)
Dictation	248	(2)
Keyboard Applications	250	(1)
Impressionist Techniques
Theoretical Skills	251	(10)
Impressionism	251	(1)
Parallelism	251	(3)
The Modes	254	(2)
Other Scales	256	(4)
Music for Analysis	260	(1)
Debussy, Preludes, Book I, ``Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir''	260	(1)
Debussy, Preludes, Book I, ``Le fille aux cheveux de lin''	260	(1)
Ravel, Sonatina	260	(1)
Aural Skills	261	(5)
Melody	261	(1)
Harmony	262	(1)
Rhythm	263	(1)
Additional Rhythms	264	(1)
Dictation	265	(1)
Keyboard Applications	266	(1)
Jazz Theory
Theoretical Skills	267	(12)
Introduction to Jazz Concepts	267	(1)
Scales and Modes	267	(3)
Additional Scales	270	(4)
Jazz Harmony	274	(1)
Tritone Substitution	275	(2)
Other Considerations	277	(1)
Music for Analysis	277	(1)
Gershwin, Girl Crazy, ``I Got Rhythm''	277	(1)
Joseph Kosma, lyrics by Johhny Mercer, ``Autumn Leaves''	277	(1)
Duke Ellington, In a Sentimental Mood	278	(1)
Aural Skills	279	(6)
Compose Melodies	279	(1)
Harmony	280	(1)
Rhythm	281	(1)
Additional Rhythms	282	(1)
Dictation	283	(2)
Keyboard Applications	285	(1)
Techniques of Non-Tonal Music
Theoretical Skills	286	(10)
Atonality	286	(1)
The Octatonic Scale	286	(3)
Other Scales	289	(1)
Pandiatonicism	290	(1)
Pointillism	291	(2)
Bichordality and Bitonality	293	(1)
Music for Analysis	294	(1)
Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms	294	(1)
Webern, Vier Stucke, op. 7, no. 3	295	(1)
Stravinsky, Petrushka, 1st Tableau	295	(1)
Bartok, Mikrokosmos, Book VI, no. 140, ``Free Variations''	295	(1)
Aural Skills	296	(6)
Fixed-Do Solfege	296	(1)
Melody	297	(1)
Rhythm	298	(1)
Additional Rhythms	299	(1)
Dictation	300	(2)
Keyboard Applications	302	(1)
Pitch Class Set Theory
Theoretical Skills	303	(9)
Introduction to Set Theory	303	(2)
Naming Sets	305	(2)
Inversion of Sets	307	(1)
Interval Vectors	308	(3)
Music for Analysis	311	(1)
Schoenberg, Drei Klavierstucke, op. 11, no. 2	311	(1)
Bartok, Mikrokosmos, Book IV, no. 115, ``Bulgarian Rhythm''	311	(1)
Aural Skills	312	(4)
Melody	312	(1)
Rhythm	312	(1)
Additional Rhythms	313	(2)
Dictation	315	(1)
Keyboard Applications	316	(1)
Non-Tertian Harmonic Techniques
Theoretical Skills	317	(9)
Quartal Harmony	317	(2)
Clusters and Secundal Harmony	319	(2)
Interval Music	321	(1)
Microtones and Sound Mass	322	(3)
Music for Analysis	325	(1)
Bartok, Mikrokosmos, Book VI, no. 146, ``Ostinato''	325	(1)
Henry Cowell, Advertisement	325	(1)
George Crumb, Black Angels	325	(1)
Aural Skills	326	(5)
Melody	326	(1)
Harmony	327	(1)
Rhythm	327	(1)
Additional Rhythms	328	(2)
Dictation	330	(1)
Keyboard Applications	331	(1)
Serialism
Theoretical Skills	332	(13)
Twelve-Tone Technique	332	(1)
The Tone Row	333	(3)
The Matrix	336	(3)
Analyzing Twelve-Tone Music	339	(3)
Total Serialization	342	(2)
Music for Analysis	344	(1)
Schoenberg, Suite for Piano, op. 25	344	(1)
Aural Skills	345	(3)
Melody	345	(1)
Rhythm	346	(1)
Dictation	347	(1)
Keyboard Applications	348	(1)
Minimalism and Rhythmic Techniques
Theoretical Skills	349	(11)
The music of India	349	(2)
Minimalism	351	(3)
Twentieth-Century Rhythmic Techniques	354	(3)
Metric Modulation	357	(2)
Music for Analysis	359	(1)
Alexander Scriabin, Piano Sonata no. 10, op. 70	359	(1)
Philip Glass, Metamorphosis Four	359	(1)
Barbara Kolb, Voyants	359	(1)
Aural Skills	360	(4)
Melody	360	(1)
Rhythm	361	(1)
Dictation	362	(2)
Keyboard Applications	364	(1)
Avant-Garde and Electronic Music
Theoretical Skills	365	(13)
The Avant-Garde Period	365	(1)
Indeterminacy and Aleatoric Music	365	(4)
New Systems of Notation	369	(1)
A History of Electronic Instruments	370	(2)
Electronic and Electroacoustic Music	372	(5)
Music for Analysis	377	(1)
Mike McFerron, Intermedio 2	377	(1)
Aural Skills	378	(3)
Melody	378	(1)
Rhythm	379	(1)
Dictation	380	(1)
Keyboard Applications	381	(1)
Review of Contemporary Techniques
Review Chapter	382	(6)
Contemporary Styles	382	(1)
Terminology Review	383	(2)
Music for Analysis	385	(1)
Philip Glass, Mad Rush	385	(1)
Aaron Copland, Piano Sonata	385	(1)
Mark Applebaum, ``Janus ReMix''	386	(1)
Henry Cowell, Exultation	386	(1)
Gyorgy Ligeti, Volumina	387	(1)
Luigi Dallapiccola, Goethe Lieder, ``Die Sonne Kommt!''	387	(1)
Aural Skills	388	(3)
Melody	388	(2)
Dictation	390	(1)
Keyboard Applications	391	(2)
Practice Box Answers	393	(38)
Composer Index	431	(2)
Index	433