Fundamentals of Music
Rudiments, Musicianship, and Composition
6th Edition
Published on 2. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-205-11833-5 (ISBN)
Description
Mastering Fundamentals in a Musical Context
Fundamentals of Music provides a clear and comprehensive approach to mastering the language of music. The authors invite students to create composition projects, develop aural skills through listening exercises, and analyze musical examples from various styles and genres.
With two new authors, this text has been thoroughly revised and expanded, yet maintains the intent of its original author Earl Henry.
A better teaching and learning experience
This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience- for you and your students. Here's how:
Improve Critical Thinking - Each of the 13 chapters divide into five main areas allowing students to learn terms and symbols and expand their listening skills. Exercises encourage students to apply concepts to a piece of music at the conclusion of each chapter.
Engage Students - Each chapter concludes with a number of creative exercises and projects allowing students to learn interactively. With the audio CD, students can polish their aural skills using the drills designed specifically to accompany the text.
Support Instructors - A full Instructor's Manual is available for this text. Additional assessment is made available through Exposition Music.
Fundamentals of Music provides a clear and comprehensive approach to mastering the language of music. The authors invite students to create composition projects, develop aural skills through listening exercises, and analyze musical examples from various styles and genres.
With two new authors, this text has been thoroughly revised and expanded, yet maintains the intent of its original author Earl Henry.
A better teaching and learning experience
This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience- for you and your students. Here's how:
Improve Critical Thinking - Each of the 13 chapters divide into five main areas allowing students to learn terms and symbols and expand their listening skills. Exercises encourage students to apply concepts to a piece of music at the conclusion of each chapter.
Engage Students - Each chapter concludes with a number of creative exercises and projects allowing students to learn interactively. With the audio CD, students can polish their aural skills using the drills designed specifically to accompany the text.
Support Instructors - A full Instructor's Manual is available for this text. Additional assessment is made available through Exposition Music.
Reviews / Votes
"What is distinctive and a good feature of the text is the use of review sets, building skills and creative projects in a natural progression throughout each chapter. The use of color to call attention to special topics and exercises helps to keep a level of interest for the student." Robert Chamberlin, Webster University"It has a good number of exercises that can be assigned from the text without using supplementary materials. The new website with its interactive exercises is a great addition." Celinda Hallbauer, Central Texas College
"It's a straightforward book on fundamentals that has additional information so that a student (whether part of a class or working independently) can learn basics about music and even start understanding tonality and song-writing." Rebecca Jemain, Ithaca College
"The book is well written with detailed, easy to read explanations. It is user-friendly and contains examples from many musical styles." Matthew Schildt, Adams State College
More details
Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
925 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-11833-5 (9780205118335)
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Persons
Susan Piagentini, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
Susan Piagentini, Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer, is Coordinator of the first-year core curriculum at Northwestern University where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in music theory, aural skills and music theory pedagogy. In her role as coordinator, she mentors the teaching assistants and instructors that provide instruction in the core courses. Dr. Piagentini received her B.M. in Instrumental Music Education from Augustana College and her M.M. and Ph.D. in Music Theory from the Northwestern University. Her Ph.D. research was the first dissertation in Music Cognition at Northwestern, and blended her interests in pedagogy, music cognition, technology, and music theory. The study documented student-learning strategies in music analysis and resulted in a production system model of consistent strategies exhibited across the participants in the study. The results continue to inform her teaching, focusing on the varied problem solving paths learners use to unfold the analysis of a musical score. Her more current research on web-based music theory assessment can be found in TI:ME (Technology Institute for Music Educators) and the Journal of Technology in Music Learning.
Dr. Piagentini received numerous grants and awards to develop online tools to accompany the core courses at Northwestern. Funding from the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence, the Undergraduate Research Grants Committee, and the Alumni Foundation has paved the way to providing an extension of the classroom in the form of online, interactive skill building practice and assessment tools. She has also received awards in relation to excellence in undergraduate education, including the Northwestern University Faculty Honor Roll, and the Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer Award.
Piagentini is the President of the Great Lakes regional chapter of the College Music Society. In 2011, she was appointed conference chair for ATMI (Association for Technology in Music Instruction) and as a member of the National Programming Committee for the College Music Society. Recently Piagentini was appointed to the CMS Advisory Committee for Music Theory. She is a frequent presenter on the use of technology to enhance learning at national and regional conferences, including the Society for Music Theory, Association for Technology in Music Instruction, Technological Directions in Music Learning, TI:ME, and the College Music Society.
Jennifer S. Snodgrass, Ph.D.
Appalachian State University
Jennifer Sterling Snodgrass is currently an associate professor of music theory and director of graduate studies in the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University, teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in music theory, aural skills, and music theory pedagogy. Dr. Snodgrass received her B.M. in vocal performance from Meredith College and her M.M. in music theory from the University of Tennessee. In 2002, Snodgrass earned a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland where her research focused on computer-assisted instruction and pedagogy.
She has received numerous grants and awards in relation to technology and music instruction. In 2006, Snodgrass was awarded the Tablet PC Higher Education Award from the Microsoft Corporation for her integration of the Tablet PC into undergraduate theory courses. Her research has been published in several journals including the Journal of Technology in Music Learning, The TI:MEs, Music Theory Online, Sacred Music, and the Music Educators Journal. She has also received numerous awards in relation to excellence in undergraduate education, including the National DyKnow Educator of the Month, the Plemmons Leadership Medallion, and the Hayes School of Music Outstanding Teaching Award.
Snodgrass is currently an officer in the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the College Music Society and is a member of research board for TI:ME. In 2007, she was appointed as the National Conference Chair for ATMI (Association for Technology in Music Instruction) and a member of the National Programming Committee for the College Music Society. She most recently was appointed to the editorial board for the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy and is the co-chair of the Web Editorial Board for the JMTP.
Besides her primary interest in music theory and technology, Dr. Snodgrass maintains an active vocal performance agenda. She is active in solfege workshops and has served as a guest clinician for music educators across the southeast.
Jennifer Snodgrass lives in western North Carolina with her husband, Greg and daughter, Katherine.
Northwestern University
Susan Piagentini, Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer, is Coordinator of the first-year core curriculum at Northwestern University where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in music theory, aural skills and music theory pedagogy. In her role as coordinator, she mentors the teaching assistants and instructors that provide instruction in the core courses. Dr. Piagentini received her B.M. in Instrumental Music Education from Augustana College and her M.M. and Ph.D. in Music Theory from the Northwestern University. Her Ph.D. research was the first dissertation in Music Cognition at Northwestern, and blended her interests in pedagogy, music cognition, technology, and music theory. The study documented student-learning strategies in music analysis and resulted in a production system model of consistent strategies exhibited across the participants in the study. The results continue to inform her teaching, focusing on the varied problem solving paths learners use to unfold the analysis of a musical score. Her more current research on web-based music theory assessment can be found in TI:ME (Technology Institute for Music Educators) and the Journal of Technology in Music Learning.
Dr. Piagentini received numerous grants and awards to develop online tools to accompany the core courses at Northwestern. Funding from the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence, the Undergraduate Research Grants Committee, and the Alumni Foundation has paved the way to providing an extension of the classroom in the form of online, interactive skill building practice and assessment tools. She has also received awards in relation to excellence in undergraduate education, including the Northwestern University Faculty Honor Roll, and the Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer Award.
Piagentini is the President of the Great Lakes regional chapter of the College Music Society. In 2011, she was appointed conference chair for ATMI (Association for Technology in Music Instruction) and as a member of the National Programming Committee for the College Music Society. Recently Piagentini was appointed to the CMS Advisory Committee for Music Theory. She is a frequent presenter on the use of technology to enhance learning at national and regional conferences, including the Society for Music Theory, Association for Technology in Music Instruction, Technological Directions in Music Learning, TI:ME, and the College Music Society.
Jennifer S. Snodgrass, Ph.D.
Appalachian State University
Jennifer Sterling Snodgrass is currently an associate professor of music theory and director of graduate studies in the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University, teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in music theory, aural skills, and music theory pedagogy. Dr. Snodgrass received her B.M. in vocal performance from Meredith College and her M.M. in music theory from the University of Tennessee. In 2002, Snodgrass earned a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland where her research focused on computer-assisted instruction and pedagogy.
She has received numerous grants and awards in relation to technology and music instruction. In 2006, Snodgrass was awarded the Tablet PC Higher Education Award from the Microsoft Corporation for her integration of the Tablet PC into undergraduate theory courses. Her research has been published in several journals including the Journal of Technology in Music Learning, The TI:MEs, Music Theory Online, Sacred Music, and the Music Educators Journal. She has also received numerous awards in relation to excellence in undergraduate education, including the National DyKnow Educator of the Month, the Plemmons Leadership Medallion, and the Hayes School of Music Outstanding Teaching Award.
Snodgrass is currently an officer in the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the College Music Society and is a member of research board for TI:ME. In 2007, she was appointed as the National Conference Chair for ATMI (Association for Technology in Music Instruction) and a member of the National Programming Committee for the College Music Society. She most recently was appointed to the editorial board for the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy and is the co-chair of the Web Editorial Board for the JMTP.
Besides her primary interest in music theory and technology, Dr. Snodgrass maintains an active vocal performance agenda. She is active in solfege workshops and has served as a guest clinician for music educators across the southeast.
Jennifer Snodgrass lives in western North Carolina with her husband, Greg and daughter, Katherine.
Content
In this Section:
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Notating Rhythm
Chapter 2 Notating Pitch
Chapter 3 The Keyboard
Chapter 4 Simple Meters
Chapter 5 Major Scales and Keys
Chapter 6 Intervals
Chapter 7 Compound Meters
Chapter 8 Minor Scales and Keys
Chapter 9 Introduction to Form
Chapter 10 Triads
Chapter 11 Chords and Symbols
Chapter 12 Tonality
Chapter 13 Harmonization
2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Notating Rhythm
Essential Terms and Symbols
Traditional Western Music
Notation
The Notation of Rhythm
Note Values
Rest Values
Measures
Time Signatures
Calligraphy: Note and Rest Values
Smaller Rhythmic Values
A Step Further: Larger and Smaller Note Values
Calligraphy: Eighths and Sixteenths
The Dot
The Tie
Flags and Beams
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 2 Notating Pitch
Essential Terms and Symbols
The Staff
The Clef
Stem Direction
Tricks of the Trade: Learning the "ABCs"
Ledger Lines
Calligraphy: Clefs and Ledger Lines
The Octave
The Grand Staff
Musicianship 2-1
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 3 The Keyboard
Essential Terms and Symbols
The Keyboard
Octave Designation
Musicianship 3-1
Accidentals
The Sharp
The Flat
The Natural Sign
Double Sharps and Double Flats
Enharmonic Equivalents
Diatonic Pitches
Diatonic and Chromatic Half Steps
Musicianship 3-2
Calligraphy: Notating Accidentals
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 4 Simple Meters
Essential Terms and Symbols
Metric Accent
Triple Meter
Duple Meter
Quadruple Meter
Rest Notation
Tricks of the Trade: Using Counting Syllables
Musicianship 4-1
Beat Division and Subdivision
Meters with an Eighth-Note Beat
Alla Breve and Common Time
A Step Further: Conducting
Syncopation
Calligraphy: Beaming
Tricks of the Trade: Counting Syllables
Equivalent Meters
Musicianship 4-2
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 5 Major Scales and Keys
Essential Terms and Symbols
The Major Scales
Scale Degrees
Musicianship 5-1
Transposing Major Scales
Musicianship 5-2
Major Keys
Key Signature
Order of Sharps and Flats
Major Key Signatures
The Circle of Fifths
Tricks of the Trade: Learning Key Signatures
Musicianship 5-3
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 6 Intervals
Essential Terms
Interval Size
Musicianship 6-1
Interval Quality
Perfect Intervals
Understanding Quality by Major-Scale Comparison
Musicianship 6-2
A Step Further: Doubly Augmented and Diminished Intervals
Major/Minor Intervals
Guidelines for Interval Construction and Identification
Musicianship 6-3
Interval Inversion
Writing Intervals Below a Given Pitch
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 7 Compound Meters
Essential Terms and Symbols
Note Values in Compound Meters
Compound Time Signatures
Beat Subdivision
Tricks of the Trade: Meter Signatures
Calligraphy: Beaming in Compound Meters
Tricks of the Trade: Counting in Compound Meters
Musicianship 7-1
Borrowed Division
Tricks of the Trade: Counting the Borrowed Division
Musicianship 7-2
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 8 Minor Scales and Keys
Essential Terms
Major and Minor Modes
Minor Scales
The Parallel Relationship
Minor Key Signatures
The Relative Relationship
Tricks of the Trade: Parallel Major and Minor Keys
Musicianship 8-1
Variations in Minor
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
Musicianship 8-2
Musicianship 8-3
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 9 Introduction to Form
Essential Terms and Symbols
Building Phrases
Unifying and Extending Phrases
Repetition
Variation
Sequence
Contrast
The Period
Phrase Group
Double Period
Other Forms
Verse and Refrain
Thirty-Two Bar Song Form
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 10 Triads
Essential Terms
Triad Quality
Major and Minor Triads
Musicianship 10-1
Diminished and Augmented Triads
Identifying and Constructing Triads
Triads and Stability
Musicianship 10-2
Inverted Triads
First and Second Inversions
Musicianship 10-3
Constructing Triads with Given Third or Fifth
Triads with Given Third
Triads with Given Fifth
Musicianship 10-4
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 11 Chords and Symbols
Essential Terms and Symbols
Triad and Chord Identification
Doubling
Identifying Chords
Arpeggiation
Musicianship 11-1
Chord Symbols
Roman-Numeral Analysis
Diatonic Triads in Major Keys
Figured-Bass Symbols
Musicianship 11-2
Diatonic Triads in Minor Keys
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 12 Tonality
Essential Terms
Texture
Homophony
A Step Further: Improvisation
Tonality
Melodic Tendency
Musicianship 12-1
Harmonic Function
Tonic, Predominant, and Dominant Functions
Harmonic Dissonance
Seventh Chords
Other Types of Seventh Chords and Symbols
Musicianship 12-2
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 13 Harmonization
Essential Terms
Harmonization
Harmonic Cadences
Planning Cadences in a Melody
Harmonic Rhythm
Planning Harmonic Rhythm in a Harmonization
Harmonizing a Melody
Nonchord Tones
Vocal Ranges
Keys and Transposition
Planning the Harmony
Issues in Jazz and Popular Styles
A Step Further: Copyright
Musicianship 13-1
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
APPENDIXES
Appendix A: The Nature of Sound
Essential Terms
Sound Waves
Amplitude and Intensity
Timbre and Quality
The Harmonic Series
Duration and Length
Appendix B: Terms and Symbols of Tempo and Expression
Essential Terms
Tempo
Dynamics
Expression
Short Glossary of Italian Terms
Appendix C: The C Clefs
Essential Terms
Alto and Tenor Clefs
Building Skills
Appendix D: Answers to Ear Training Exercises
Appendix E: Modes and Other Scales
The Modes
Other Modes and Scales
Building Skills
Creative Projects
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Notating Rhythm
Chapter 2 Notating Pitch
Chapter 3 The Keyboard
Chapter 4 Simple Meters
Chapter 5 Major Scales and Keys
Chapter 6 Intervals
Chapter 7 Compound Meters
Chapter 8 Minor Scales and Keys
Chapter 9 Introduction to Form
Chapter 10 Triads
Chapter 11 Chords and Symbols
Chapter 12 Tonality
Chapter 13 Harmonization
2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Notating Rhythm
Essential Terms and Symbols
Traditional Western Music
Notation
The Notation of Rhythm
Note Values
Rest Values
Measures
Time Signatures
Calligraphy: Note and Rest Values
Smaller Rhythmic Values
A Step Further: Larger and Smaller Note Values
Calligraphy: Eighths and Sixteenths
The Dot
The Tie
Flags and Beams
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 2 Notating Pitch
Essential Terms and Symbols
The Staff
The Clef
Stem Direction
Tricks of the Trade: Learning the "ABCs"
Ledger Lines
Calligraphy: Clefs and Ledger Lines
The Octave
The Grand Staff
Musicianship 2-1
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 3 The Keyboard
Essential Terms and Symbols
The Keyboard
Octave Designation
Musicianship 3-1
Accidentals
The Sharp
The Flat
The Natural Sign
Double Sharps and Double Flats
Enharmonic Equivalents
Diatonic Pitches
Diatonic and Chromatic Half Steps
Musicianship 3-2
Calligraphy: Notating Accidentals
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 4 Simple Meters
Essential Terms and Symbols
Metric Accent
Triple Meter
Duple Meter
Quadruple Meter
Rest Notation
Tricks of the Trade: Using Counting Syllables
Musicianship 4-1
Beat Division and Subdivision
Meters with an Eighth-Note Beat
Alla Breve and Common Time
A Step Further: Conducting
Syncopation
Calligraphy: Beaming
Tricks of the Trade: Counting Syllables
Equivalent Meters
Musicianship 4-2
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 5 Major Scales and Keys
Essential Terms and Symbols
The Major Scales
Scale Degrees
Musicianship 5-1
Transposing Major Scales
Musicianship 5-2
Major Keys
Key Signature
Order of Sharps and Flats
Major Key Signatures
The Circle of Fifths
Tricks of the Trade: Learning Key Signatures
Musicianship 5-3
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 6 Intervals
Essential Terms
Interval Size
Musicianship 6-1
Interval Quality
Perfect Intervals
Understanding Quality by Major-Scale Comparison
Musicianship 6-2
A Step Further: Doubly Augmented and Diminished Intervals
Major/Minor Intervals
Guidelines for Interval Construction and Identification
Musicianship 6-3
Interval Inversion
Writing Intervals Below a Given Pitch
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 7 Compound Meters
Essential Terms and Symbols
Note Values in Compound Meters
Compound Time Signatures
Beat Subdivision
Tricks of the Trade: Meter Signatures
Calligraphy: Beaming in Compound Meters
Tricks of the Trade: Counting in Compound Meters
Musicianship 7-1
Borrowed Division
Tricks of the Trade: Counting the Borrowed Division
Musicianship 7-2
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 8 Minor Scales and Keys
Essential Terms
Major and Minor Modes
Minor Scales
The Parallel Relationship
Minor Key Signatures
The Relative Relationship
Tricks of the Trade: Parallel Major and Minor Keys
Musicianship 8-1
Variations in Minor
Natural Minor
Harmonic Minor
Melodic Minor
Musicianship 8-2
Musicianship 8-3
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 9 Introduction to Form
Essential Terms and Symbols
Building Phrases
Unifying and Extending Phrases
Repetition
Variation
Sequence
Contrast
The Period
Phrase Group
Double Period
Other Forms
Verse and Refrain
Thirty-Two Bar Song Form
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 10 Triads
Essential Terms
Triad Quality
Major and Minor Triads
Musicianship 10-1
Diminished and Augmented Triads
Identifying and Constructing Triads
Triads and Stability
Musicianship 10-2
Inverted Triads
First and Second Inversions
Musicianship 10-3
Constructing Triads with Given Third or Fifth
Triads with Given Third
Triads with Given Fifth
Musicianship 10-4
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 11 Chords and Symbols
Essential Terms and Symbols
Triad and Chord Identification
Doubling
Identifying Chords
Arpeggiation
Musicianship 11-1
Chord Symbols
Roman-Numeral Analysis
Diatonic Triads in Major Keys
Figured-Bass Symbols
Musicianship 11-2
Diatonic Triads in Minor Keys
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 12 Tonality
Essential Terms
Texture
Homophony
A Step Further: Improvisation
Tonality
Melodic Tendency
Musicianship 12-1
Harmonic Function
Tonic, Predominant, and Dominant Functions
Harmonic Dissonance
Seventh Chords
Other Types of Seventh Chords and Symbols
Musicianship 12-2
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
Chapter 13 Harmonization
Essential Terms
Harmonization
Harmonic Cadences
Planning Cadences in a Melody
Harmonic Rhythm
Planning Harmonic Rhythm in a Harmonization
Harmonizing a Melody
Nonchord Tones
Vocal Ranges
Keys and Transposition
Planning the Harmony
Issues in Jazz and Popular Styles
A Step Further: Copyright
Musicianship 13-1
Building Skills
Creative Projects
Analysis in Context
APPENDIXES
Appendix A: The Nature of Sound
Essential Terms
Sound Waves
Amplitude and Intensity
Timbre and Quality
The Harmonic Series
Duration and Length
Appendix B: Terms and Symbols of Tempo and Expression
Essential Terms
Tempo
Dynamics
Expression
Short Glossary of Italian Terms
Appendix C: The C Clefs
Essential Terms
Alto and Tenor Clefs
Building Skills
Appendix D: Answers to Ear Training Exercises
Appendix E: Modes and Other Scales
The Modes
Other Modes and Scales
Building Skills
Creative Projects