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Mastering the fundamentals of music / by Rebecca M. Herrold.

By: Herrold, RebeccaMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c1997. ISBN: 0131218727Subject(s): Music -- Theory, ElementaryDDC classification: 781.2
Contents:
1. An Introduction to Rhythm -- 2. An Introduction to Pitch and the Keyboard -- 3. Rhythm II: The Basics Continued -- 4. Major Scales and Keys -- 5. Minor Scales and Keys -- 6. Rhythm III: Advanced Concepts -- 7. Modes and Other Scale Patterns -- 8. Intervals -- 9. Triads, Chords, and Beginning Harmony -- App. A. Relative Note Values -- App. B. Conducting Patterns -- App. C. Musical Symbols and Terms -- App. D. Keyboard Fingerings for Commonly Used Major and Minor Scales -- App. E. Circle of Fifths: Major and Minor Key Signatures -- App. F. Computer Software for Music Fundamentals -- App. G. Chronology of Major Composers and Events in Western Civilization.
Summary: Mastering the Fundamentals of Music presents a hands-on approach to learning the basics of the subject. The book is intended for classes of students with little or no background in the pre-theory level of study. Important features of the book include division of the text into chapters on each of the basic topics for flexible use; a curriculum that reinforces each concept through singing, reading and notating music, and listening to musical examples; an active role for students throughout the text; expressive terms and symbols applied from the beginning level; keyboard diagrams and exercises to enhance understanding; student assignments in composition and conducting; and musical examples chosen from a global perspective.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Includes keyboard-staff pitch name chart (1 leaf) inserted.

Includes indexes.

1. An Introduction to Rhythm -- 2. An Introduction to Pitch and the Keyboard -- 3. Rhythm II: The Basics Continued -- 4. Major Scales and Keys -- 5. Minor Scales and Keys -- 6. Rhythm III: Advanced Concepts -- 7. Modes and Other Scale Patterns -- 8. Intervals -- 9. Triads, Chords, and Beginning Harmony -- App. A. Relative Note Values -- App. B. Conducting Patterns -- App. C. Musical Symbols and Terms -- App. D. Keyboard Fingerings for Commonly Used Major and Minor Scales -- App. E. Circle of Fifths: Major and Minor Key Signatures -- App. F. Computer Software for Music Fundamentals -- App. G. Chronology of Major Composers and Events in Western Civilization.

Mastering the Fundamentals of Music presents a hands-on approach to learning the basics of the subject. The book is intended for classes of students with little or no background in the pre-theory level of study. Important features of the book include division of the text into chapters on each of the basic topics for flexible use; a curriculum that reinforces each concept through singing, reading and notating music, and listening to musical examples; an active role for students throughout the text; expressive terms and symbols applied from the beginning level; keyboard diagrams and exercises to enhance understanding; student assignments in composition and conducting; and musical examples chosen from a global perspective.

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