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Revisiting music theory : basic principles /

"Revisiting Music Theory: Basic Principles, Second Edition, surveys the basics of music theory and explains the terms used in harmonic and formal analysis in a clear and concise manner. Students will find Revisiting Music Theory to be an essential resource for review or reference, while instruc...

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Main Authors: Blatter, Alfred, 1937- (Author)
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
Subjects:
Music theory.
Summary: "Revisiting Music Theory: Basic Principles, Second Edition, surveys the basics of music theory and explains the terms used in harmonic and formal analysis in a clear and concise manner. Students will find Revisiting Music Theory to be an essential resource for review or reference, while instructors of introductory theory courses will find in these pages a solid foundation for cultivating musical thinking. Musicians of all kinds―amateur and professional alike―will find great value in augmenting and informing their knowledge of the art of music theory." --Publisher's description.
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: xii, 413 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm
ISBN: 9781138915893
1138915890
9781138915886
1138915882
Index Number: MT6
CLC: J60
Call Number: J60/B644/2nd ed.
Contents: Notation: the symbols of music -- Melody: note following note -- Harmony: note(s) with notes(s) -- Melodies in harmony -- Textures, structures, techniques, and forms -- Appendices: I. System for identifying pitches -- II. The harmonic series -- III. Tuning and temperament -- IV. The circle of fifths -- V. Transposition -- VI. All major scales in four clefs -- VII. All minor scales in four clefs -- VIII. Inversions of all triads on all pitches in two clefs -- IX. Inversions of all common seventh chords on all pitches in two clefs -- X. Primary chords in all major and minor keys in two clefs -- XI. Chord symbols used in lead sheet and fake book notation in two clefs.

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