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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Routledge,
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Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
Publication Dates: | 2017. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | Second edition. |
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"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. |