Harmony in Western Music
Author : Richard Franko Goldman
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,31 MB
Release : 1965-04
Category :
ISBN : 9780393332551
Structural and Ornamental Diatonic Harmony in Western Music, c.1700 – 1880
Author : Zelda Potgieter
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 26,75 MB
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1527563243
Book Description
This book provides first-year university students majoring in western art music with a thorough study of both structural and ornamental diatonic harmony in the Common Practice Period (c.1700 until the late 1800s). It provides one of the most comprehensive coverages of the topic of ornamental diatonic harmony published to date, and offers ample musical examples to illustrate the concepts explained, as well as exercises in creative four-part writing, analysis, aural development and keyboard harmony to practice the application of these concepts. Understanding the difference between the way chords act at the structural level and the ornamental level explains why rules that apply to one do not necessarily apply to the other, providing novel insights into the interplay between harmony and melody and renewed appreciation for the ingenious ways in which composers throughout the Common Practice Period exploited these techniques.
Harmony Through Melody
Author : Charles Horton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 17,84 MB
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 1538121484
Book Description
Harmony Through Melody:The Interaction of Melody, Counterpoint, and Harmony in Western Music, Second Editionoffers a robust, composition-based approach to tonal music theory, ranging from early modality to recent film and popular music. Charles Horton, David A. Byrne, and Lawrence Ritchey develop techniques and strategies for exploring the fundamental interaction of melody and counterpoint with harmony, and provide students with opportunities to creatively express what they have learned in the writing and analysis of short passages and complete pieces in historical styles. This second edition contains additional examples from the standard literature, film music, and popular song, and features new assignments involving late nineteenth-century chromatic practice. The textbook present a step-by-step method for the composition and analysis of short passages and complete pieces, with more than 1400 musical examples drawn from a variety of styles and genres, plus classroom-tested examples for study and suggested assignments at the end of each chapter. The second edition has an online companion website (textbooks.rowman.com/horton2e) featuring: A student workbook with more than 260 assignments for individual work and classroom use Audio links to 315 newly-recorded live performances of model compositions and fully realized settings An instructor’s manual with guidelines for evaluation of assignments, additional repertoire for in-class analysis and assignments, sample syllabi, and other useful information is also available. Please email [email protected] for more information.
A Geometry of Music
Author : Dmitri Tymoczko
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 36,5 MB
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0195336674
Book Description
In this groundbreaking book, Tymoczko uses contemporary geometry to provide a new framework for thinking about music, one that emphasizes the commonalities among styles from Medieval polyphony to contemporary jazz.
Hearing Harmony
Author : Christopher Doll
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 13,42 MB
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 0472053523
Book Description
An original, listener-based approach to harmony for popular music from the rock era of the 1950s to the present
How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care)
Author : Ross W. Duffin
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 12,85 MB
Release : 2008-10-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 0393075648
Book Description
"A fascinating and genuinely accessible guide....Educating, enjoyable, and delightfully unscary."—Classical Music What if Bach and Mozart heard richer, more dramatic chords than we hear in music today? What sonorities and moods have we lost in playing music in "equal temperament"—the equal division of the octave into twelve notes that has become our standard tuning method? Thanks to How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony, "we may soon be able to hear for ourselves what Beethoven really meant when he called B minor 'black'" (Wall Street Journal).In this "comprehensive plea for more variety in tuning methods" (Kirkus Reviews), Ross W. Duffin presents "a serious and well-argued case" (Goldberg Magazine) that "should make any contemporary musician think differently about tuning" (Saturday Guardian). Some images in the ebook are not displayed owing to permissions issues.
Harmonic Experience
Author : W. A. Mathieu
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 33,82 MB
Release : 1997-08-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1620554011
Book Description
An exploration of musical harmony from its ancient fundamentals to its most complex modern progressions, addressing how and why it resonates emotionally and spiritually in the individual. W. A. Mathieu, an accomplished author and recording artist, presents a way of learning music that reconnects modern-day musicians with the source from which music was originally generated. As the author states, "The rules of music--including counterpoint and harmony--were not formed in our brains but in the resonance chambers of our bodies." His theory of music reconciles the ancient harmonic system of just intonation with the modern system of twelve-tone temperament. Saying that the way we think music is far from the way we do music, Mathieu explains why certain combinations of sounds are experienced by the listener as harmonious. His prose often resembles the rhythms and cadences of music itself, and his many musical examples allow readers to discover their own musical responses.
Understanding Music
Author : N. Alan Clark
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 17,1 MB
Release : 2015-12-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781940771335
Book Description
Music moves through time; it is not static. In order to appreciate music wemust remember what sounds happened, and anticipate what sounds might comenext. This book takes you on a journey of music from past to present, from the Middle Ages to the Baroque Period to the 20th century and beyond!
Understanding Basic Music Theory
Author : Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Publisher :
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,20 MB
Release : 2018-01-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781680921540
Book Description
The main purpose of the book is to explore basic music theory so thoroughly that the interested student will then be able to easily pick up whatever further theory is wanted. Music history and the physics of sound are included to the extent that they shed light on music theory. The main premise of this course is that a better understanding of where the basics come from will lead to better and faster comprehension of more complex ideas.It also helps to remember, however, that music theory is a bit like grammar. Catherine Schmidt-Hones is a music teacher from Champaign, Illinois and she has been a pioneer in open education since 2004. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois in the Open Online Education program with a focus in Curriculum and Instruction.
Philosophy of Western Music
Author : Andrew Kania
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 20,28 MB
Release : 2020-04-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1351810235
Book Description
This is the first comprehensive book-length introduction to the philosophy of Western music that fully integrates consideration of popular music and hybrid musical forms, especially song. Its author, Andrew Kania, begins by asking whether Bob Dylan should even have been eligible for the Nobel Prize in Literature, given that he is a musician. This motivates a discussion of music as an artistic medium, and what philosophy has to contribute to our thinking about music. Chapters 2-5 investigate the most commonly defended sources of musical value: its emotional power, its form, and specifically musical features (such as pitch, rhythm, and harmony). In chapters 6-9, Kania explores issues arising from different musical practices, particularly work-performance (with a focus on classical music), improvisation (with a focus on jazz), and recording (with a focus on rock and pop). Chapter 10 examines the intersection of music and morality. The book ends with a consideration of what, ultimately, music is. Key Features Uses popular-song examples throughout, but also discusses a range of musical traditions (notably, rock, pop, classical, and jazz) Explains both philosophical and musical terms when they are first introduced Provides publicly accessible Spotify playlists of the musical examples discussed in the book Each chapter begins with an overview and ends with questions for testing comprehension and stimulating further thought, along with suggestions for further reading
