Description

Discover the essential principles of music in an enjoyable manner with FOUNDATIONS OF MUSIC, which includes a CD-ROM! This interactive music textbook provides musical education enhanced by computer assistance, enabling you to progress at your own speed. The CD-ROM features recorded examples, comprehensive content, and a well-structured layout that facilitate the understanding of challenging concepts effortlessly.

Songs / Content

• Preface p. xi
• Use of the Computer p. xviii
• Computer-Assisted Instruction: Contents and Log p. xxiv
• Introduction p. xxxiv
• Sound p. 1
• Pitch and Timbre; The Overtone Series p. 1
• Dynamics p. 3
• Computer Exercises p. 5
• Computer Exercise p. 6
• The Envelope; Articulations p. 6
• Music for Study p. 8
• Computer Exercise p. 11
• Exploring Sound at the Computer p. 11
• The Notational System p. 12
• Music in Western Culture p. 12
• Written Music p. 13
• Music-A temporal Art p. 13
• Notes and Rests p. 14
• Computer Exercise p. 17
• Written Exercises p. 17
• Letter-Names for Pitches p. 20
• Computer Exercise p. 24
• Registers of the Piano p. 24
• Computer Exercise p. 25
• Written Exercises p. 25
• Notation at the Computer p. 26
• Simple Meter p. 28
• Suggested Listening p. 28
• The Beat p. 28
• The Organization of Music into Meters p. 29
• Computer Exercise p. 31
• Written Exercises p. 32
• Rhythm in Performance p. 33
• Computer Exercise p. 34
• Counting Time in Simple Meters p. 34
• Computer Exercise p. 36
• Music for Study p. 36
• Music for Study: Counting with Rests p. 40
• The Use of Beams p. 42
• Written Exercises p. 43
• Computer Exercise p. 46
• Creating Rhythms at the Computer p. 46
• Composing Rhythmic Phrases p. 46
• Scales p. 48
• Half Steps and Whole Steps p. 48
• Computer Exercise p. 49
• Computer Exercise p. 53
• Computer Exercise p. 55
• Written Exercises p. 55
• The Major Scale p. 56
• Computer Exercise p. 59
• Written Exercises p. 60
• Key Signatures for Major Keys p. 63
• Computer Exercise p. 68
• Written Exercises p. 69
• Intervals in the Major Scale p. 71
• Names of the Scale Degrees p. 73
• Music for Study p. 74
• Creative Exercise p. 78
• Compound Meter p. 79
• Suggested Listening p. 79
• Computer Exercise p. 83
• Written Exercises p. 83
• Music for Study: Counting Compound Meter p. 84
• Classification of Meters p. 88
• Written Exercises p. 90
• More on the Use of Beams p. 94
• Written Exercises p. 95
• Written Exercises p. 97
• Establishing Meter Through Accents and Patterns p. 98
• Music for Study p. 98
• Exploring Rhythm and Meter at the Computer p. 104
• Written Exercises p. 107
• Computer Exercise p. 113
• Creating Rhythms at the Computer p. 113
• The Minor Mode p. 114
• Suggested Listening p. 114
• Use of Accidentals in the Minor Mode p. 117
• Computer Exercise p. 118
• Written Exercises p. 118
• Intervals in the Minor Mode p. 121
• Relative and Parallel Minors p. 121
• Computer Exercise p. 123
• Written Exercises p. 124
• Music for Study p. 127
• Modulation p. 131
• The Chromatic Scale p. 132
• Written Exercises p. 133
• Music for Study p. 134
• Creative Exercises p. 137
• Other Scales p. 138
• Modes p. 138
• Suggested Listening p. 142
• Pentatonic Scale p. 144
• Computer Exercise p. 146
• Exploring Other Scales at the Computer p. 146
• Creative Exercises p. 146
• More on Rhythm and Meter p. 147
• Syncopation p. 147
• Exploring Syncopation at the Computer p. 148
• Computer Exercise p. 155
• Rhythm in Jazz and Popular Music p. 155
• Music for Study p. 156
• Composing Rhythmic Phrases p. 159
• Intervals p. 161
• Seconds p. 162
• Exercises p. 162
• Thirds p. 163
• Computer Exercise p. 163
• Written Exercises p. 164
• The Perfect Intervals p. 164
• Written Exercises p. 166
• Sixths and Sevenths p. 167
• Inversion of Intervals p. 167
• Computer Exercise p. 169
• Written Exercises p. 169
• Compound Intervals p. 170
• Computer Exercise p. 171
• Alteration of Intervals p. 171
• Other Properties of Intervals p. 172
• Computer Exercise p. 174
• Written Exercises p. 174
• Music for Study p. 175
• Creative Exercise p. 180
• Chords and Harmony p. 181
• Triads p. 182
• Computer Exercise p. 183
• Written Exercises p. 183
• The Dominant Seventh Chord p. 185
• Computer Exercise p. 185
• Written Exercises p. 186
• Music for Study p. 186
• Texture and Inversions p. 187
• Written Exercises p. 190
• Computer Exercise p. 191
• Written Exercises p. 191
• The Primary Triads p. 193
• Nonchord Tones p. 194
• Exercise p. 197
• Simple forms p. 201
• Phrases and Cadences p. 201
• Music for Study p. 205
• Phrase Relationships p. 206
• Song Forms p. 206
• Examples for the Study of Form p. 207
• Form in Popular Music p. 212
• Harmonizing Melodies p. 214
• Creative Exercises p. 216
• Melodic Composition at the Computer p. 217
• Looking at Music p. 218
• What to Look for in a Score p. 218
• Computer Exercise p. 220
• Exercises for Practice in Reading Music p. 221
• Topics for Enrichment and Further Study p. 240
• World Music and Roots Music p. 241
• Synthetic Scales p. 249
• Computer Exercise p. 255
• Exploring Other Scales at the Computer p. 255
• Other Chords: Seventh Chords p. 255
• Computer Exercise p. 256
• Other Chords: Borrowed Chords p. 256
• Exercises p. 258
• Other Chords: Sixth Chords p. 259
• Written Exercises p. 261
• Looking at Music p. 263
• Creative Exercises p. 265
• Standard Chord Progressions p. 270
• Roman Numeral Chord Designations p. 273
• Glossary p. 275
• Indexes p. 279