
Sight Singing Complete
McGraw Hill Higher Education (Publisher)
8th Edition
Published on 19. March 2014
Book
Spiral bound
368 pages
978-0-07-352665-2 (ISBN)
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Edition
8th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 226 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
793 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-352665-2 (9780073526652)
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Maureen Carr teaches at The Pennsylvania State University. Her forthcoming book on the music of Igor Stravinsky will be published by the University of Nebraska Press. Bruce Benward has been widely regarded as one of the most gifted music theory pedagogues since his textbooks first appeared in the 1960s, and has exerted a wide influence on the teaching of music theory both through his writings and through the generation of teachers that he taught. He recently retired from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Content
Unit 1 A. Rhythm-Simple Meter: One-, Two-, and Three-Beat Values and Duple Division of the Beat B. Diatonic Models and Melodic Fragments:M2 and m2 C. Melodies by Bruce Benard(Major):M2 and m2 D. Melodies E. Ensembles and Play + Sing Unit 2 A. Rhythm-Compound Meter B. Diatonic Models and Melodic Fragments: P5, P4, M3, m3, M2, and m2 C. Melodies (Major): P5, P4, M3, and m3 within the Tonic Triad and M2 and m2 D. Melodies (Major): P5, P4, M3, and m3 within the Diatonic Scale E. Ensembles and Play + Sing Unit 3 A. Rhythm-Simple Meter: Duple Division of the Beat B. Diatonic Models and Melodic Fragments for Interval Singing: P8, P5, P4, M3, m3, M2, and m2 C. Melodies (Major): P5, P4, M3, m3, M2 and m2 with the Diatonic Scale D. Melodies (Minor): Mostly by Bruce Benward E. Ensembles and Play + Sing Unit 4 A. Rhythm-Simple Meter: Quadruple Subdivision of the Beat B. Diatonic Models and Melodic Fragments: m10, P8, P5, P4, M3, m3, M2, and m2 C. Melodies (Major and Minor): P5, P4, M3, m3, M2, and m2 D. Melodies (Major and Minor): P5, P4, M3, m3, M2, and m2 E. Ensembles and Play + Sing Unit 5 A. Rhythm-Simple Meter with the Triplets B. Diatonic Models and Melodic Fragments: M6 and m6 C. Melodies (Major and Minor): M6 and m6 D. Melodies (Major and Minor): M6 and m6 E. Ensembles and Play + Sing Unit 6 A. Rhythm-Simple Meter: Further Subdivision of the Beat in Simple Meter B. Diatonic Models and Melodic Fragments: M6 and m6 C. Melodies (Major and Minor): M6 and m6 D. Melodies (Major and Minor): M6 and m6 E. Ensembles and Play + Sing Unit 7 A. Rhythm-Hemiola B. Diatonic Models and Melodic Fragments: M7 C. Melodies (Major and Minor: M6 and m6 D. Melodies (Major and Minor): M6 and m6 E. Ensembles and Play + Sing Unit 8 A. Rhythm-Simple Meter:The Supertriplet B. Diatonic Models and Melodic Fragments:m7 and M7 C. Melodies (Major and Minor): m7 D. Melodies (Major and Minor): m7 E. Ensembles and Play + Sing Unit 9 A. Rhythm-Further Subdivisions of the Beat in Compound Meter and 3 against 2 B. Diatonic Models and Melodic Fragments: A4 and d5 C. Melodies (Major and Minor): Chromatic Alterations, Modulating and Nonmodulating D. Melodies (Major and Minor): Chromatic Alterations, Modulating and Nonmodulating E. Ensembles and Play + Sing Unit 10 A. Rhythm-Changing Meter with Triplets and Aligned and Displaced Hemiolas B. Diatonic and Chromatic Models and Melodic Fragments: A4 and d5 C. Melodies with Chromatic Alterations D. Melodies with Chromatic Alterations E. Ensembles and Play + Sing Unit 11 A. Rhythm-Subdivisions of the Beat into eight parts B. Diatonic and Chromatic Models and Melodic Fragments: d7 and A2 C. Melodies with Modal Characteristics D. More Melodies E. Ensembles and Play + Sing Unit 12 A. Rhythm-The Quartolet B. Chromatic Models and Melodic Fragments: A6 and d3 C. Melodies with Modal Characteristics D. Melodies E. Ensembles and Play + Sing Unit 13 A. Rhythm-Further Subdivisons of the Beat:4 against 3 B. Diatonic and Chromatic Models and Melodic Fragments: d4 C. Melodies Related to Jazz D. Melodies by Duke Ellington E. Ensembles and Play + Sing Unit 14 A. Rhythm-Irregular of Additive Meter B. Modal Mixtures and Enharmonic Modulation Models and Melodic Fragments C. Twentieth-Century Cabaret Songs by Arnold Schoenberg D. Twentieth-Century Songs E. Ensembles and Play + Sing Unit 15 A. Rhythm-Changing Meterswith Constant Pulse B. Whole-Tone, Octatonic, and Atonal Models and Melodic Fragments:All Intervals C. Twentieth-Century Melodies D. Vocalises by Honegger and Martinu E. Ensembles of the Twentieth Century Unit 16 A. Rhythm-Polymeter B. Twelve-Tone Models and Melodic Fragments for Interval Study C and D. Twentieth-Century Melodies E. Ensembles of the Twentieth Century