Fundamentals of Music

Name: Fundamentals of Music | Rudiments, Musicianship, and Composition
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Rudiments, Musicianship, and Composition

D. J. Henry(Author)

Pearson (Publisher)

5th Edition

Published on 9. May 2008

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456 pages

978-0-13-244826-0 (ISBN)

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Preface xiii

The Fifth Edition, xiv

Using the Text, xiv

The Compact Disc, xv

Web Site: uppervoices.com, xv

Ear-Training Drills, xv

Chapter Self Tests, xvi

Unit Reviews, xvi

Interactive Fundamental Drills, xvi

Acknowledgments, xvii

UNIT 1

1 Notating Rhythm 1Essential Terms and Symbols, 1Traditional Western Music, 1Notation, 2The Notation of Rhythm, 2Note Values, 2Rests Values, 5Measures, 7Time Signatures, 8* Calligraphy: Note and Rest Values, 9Smaller Rhythmic Values, 11* A Step Further: Larger and Smaller Note Values, 13* Calligraphy: Eighths and Sixteenths, 14The Dot, 15The Tie, 15Flags and Beams , 17Building Skills, 19Creative Projects, 23 2 Notating Pitch 25Essential Terms and Symbols, 25The Staff, 25The Clef, 26Stem Direction, 27* Tricks of the Trade: Learning the "ABCs," 28Ledger Lines, 30* Calligraphy: Clefs and Ledger Lines, 30The Octave, 31The Grand Staff, 33* Musicianship 2-1, 35Building Skills, 37Creative Projects, 43 3 The Keyboard 45Essential Terms and Symbols, 45The Keyboard, 46* Musicianship 3-1, 49Accidentals, 51The Sharp, 51The Flat, 52The Natural Sign, 52* Musicianship 3-2, 54* Calligraphy: Notating Accidentals, 56Double Sharps and Double Flats, 56Enharmonic Equivalents, 57Octave Designation, 58Building Skills, 61Creative Projects, 65 UNIT 2 4 Simple Meters 67Essential Terms and Symbols, 67Metric Accent, 68Triple Meter, 68Duple Meter, 70Quadruple Meter, 71Rest Notation, 71* Tricks of the Trade: Using Counting Syllables, 73* Musicianship 4-1, 73Beat Division and Subdivision, 75Meters with an Eighth-Note Beat, 79Alla Breve and Common Time, 79* A Step Further: Conducting, 79Syncopation, 80* Calligraphy: Beaming, 82* Tricks of the Trade: Counting Syllables, 83Transcription and Arrangement, 83* Musicianship 4-2, 84Building Skills, 87Creative Projects, 91 5 Major Scales and Keys 95Essential Terms and Symbols, 95The Major Scale, 95Scale Degrees, 97Diatonic Pitches, 98Diatonic and Chromatic Half Steps, 98Major and Minor Modes, 100* Musicianship 5-1, 101Transposing Major Scales, 101* Musicianship 5-2, 104Major Keys, 105Key Signature, 105Order of Sharps and Flats, 107Major Key Signatures, 109The Circle of Fifths, 110* Tricks of the Trade: Learning Key Signatures, 112* Musicianship 5-3, 114Building Skills, 117Creative Projects, 121 6 Intervals 123Essential Terms, 123Interval Type, 125* Musicianship 6-1, 127Interval Quality, 128Perfect Intervals, 128Understanding Quality by Major-Scale Comparison, 129* Musicianship 6-2, 131* A Step Further: Doubly Augmented and Diminished Intervals, 133Major/Minor Intervals, 133Guidelines for Interval Construction and Identification, 138* Musicianship 6-3, 140Interval Inversion, 142Writing Intervals Below a Given Pitch, 144Building Skills, 147Creative Projects, 153 7 Compound Meters 155Essential Terms and Symbols, 155Note Values in Compound Meters, 156Compound Time Signatures, 158Beat Subdivision, 161* Tricks of the Trade: Compound Meter Signatures, 162* Calligraphy: Beaming in Compound Meters, 163* Tricks of the Trade: Counting in Compound Meters, 164* Musicianship 7-1, 165Borrowed Division, 168* Tricks of the Trade: Counting the Borrowed Division, 172* Musicianship 7-2, 173Building Skills, 175Creative Projects, 181 UNIT 3 8 Minor Scales and Keys 185Essential Terms, 185Minor Scales, 186Minor Key Signatures, 188* Musicianship 8-1, 192Variations in Minor, 193Natural (Pure) Minor, 193Harmonic Minor, 194Melodic Minor, 196* Musicianship 8-2, 200Key Relationships, 202The Parallel Relationship, 202The Relative Relationship, 202* Tricks of the Trade: Parallel Major and Minor Keys, 203* Musicianship 8-3, 206Building Skills, 207Creative Projects, 217 9 Modes and Other Scales 219Essential Terms, 219The Modes, 219Major and Minor Modes, 220Transposing Modes, 222Transposition and Recognition Through Key Signature, 224Other Modes and Scales, 227Pentatonic Scale, 227Minor Pentatonic and Blues Scales, 229Whole-Tone Scale, 230Locrian Mode, 231Chromatic Scale, 232* Musicianship 9-1, 233Building Skills, 235Creative Projects, 239 10 Introduction to Form 241Essential Terms and Symbols, 241Building Phrases, 241Unifying and Extending Phrases, 244Repetition, 245Variation, 245Sequence, 246Contrast, 248The Period, 250Phrase Group, 252Double Period, 255Other Forms, 257Verse and Refrain, 258Thirty-Two Bar Song Form, 259Building Skills, 263Creative Projects, 269 UNIT 4 11 Triads 273Essential Terms, 273Triad Quality, 274Major and Minor Triads, 274* Musicianship 11-1, 276Diminished and Augmented Triads, 277Identifying and Constructing Triads, 278Triads and Stability, 279* Musicianship 11-2, 280Inverted Triads, 281First and Second Inversions, 281* Musicianship 11-3, 285Constructing Triads with Given Third or Fifth, 285Triads with Given Third, 285Triads with Given Fifth, 286* Musicianship 11-4, 287Building Skills, 291Creative Projects, 299 12 Chords and Symbols 303Essential Terms and Symbols, 303Triad and Chord Identification, 303Doubling, 304Identifying Chords, 305Arpeggiation, 307* Musicianship 12-1, 309Chord Symbols, 310Roman-Numeral Analysis, 312Diatonic Triads in Major Keys, 312Arabic-Numeral Labels, 315* Musicianship 12-2, 318Diatonic Triads in Minor Keys, 319Building Skills, 323Creative Projects, 329 13 Tonality 331Essential Terms, 331Texture, 331Homophony, 332* A Step Further: Improvisation, 333Tonality, 334Melodic Tendency, 334* Musicianship 13-1, 337Harmonic Function, 339Tonic, Predominant, and Dominant Functions, 339Harmonic Dissonance, 344Seventh Chords, 345Seventh Chords and Symbols, 347* Musicianship 13-2, 350Building Skills, 351Creative Projects, 357 14 Harmonization 359Essential Terms, 359Harmonization, 359Harmonic Cadences, 360Planning Cadences in a Melody, 365Harmonic Rhythm, 371Planning Harmonic Rhythm in a Harmonization, 374Harmonizing a Melody, 376Nonchord Tones, 376Vocal Ranges, 378Keys and Transposition, 379Planning the Harmony, 381Issues in Jazz and Popular Styles, 384* A Step Further: Copyright, 385* Musicianship 14-1, 387Building Skills, 389Creative Projects, 393 APPENDIXES Appendix A: The Nature of Sound 395Essential Terms, 395Sound Waves, 395Amplitude and Intensity, 396Timbre and Quality, 396The Harmonic Series, 397Duration and Length, 398 Appendix B: Terms and Symbols of Tempo and Expression 399Essential Terms, 399Tempo, 399Dynamics, 400Expression, 400Short Glossary of Italian Terms, 401 Appendix C: The C Clefs 403Essential Terms, 403Alto and Tenor Clefs, 403Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano Clefs, 404Building Skills, 405 Answers to Aural Skills Self Tests 409Glossary of Terms and Symbols 413Index 425

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