Description
Book SynopsisWritten as a music theory text that not only addresses the important fundamental syntax of music in the classical sense but also relates this syntax to current practices and styles, this book should be particularly well-suited to musicians focusing on aspects of the music business and of popular culture.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Chapter 2 1. A Reveiw of Fundamentals Chapter 3 2. Rhythm Chapter 4 3. Scales, Keys, and Modes Chapter 5 4. Intervals Chapter 6 5. Triads Chapter 7 6. Seventh Chords Chapter 8 7. Voice Leading and Four-Part Writing Chapter 9 8. Harmonic Progression Chapter 10 9. Nonharmonic Tones Chapter 11 10. Melody Chapter 12 11. Musical Structure Chapter 13 12. Secondary Dominants and Dominant Sevenths Chapter 14 13. Functions of Diminished Chords Chapter 15 14. Borrowed Functions: Movmments and Regions Chapter 16 15. The Neapolitian Chord Chapter 17 16. German, French, and Italian Augmented Sixth Chords Chapter 18 17. Upper-Partial Chords: Ninths, Elevenths, and Thirteenths Chapter 19 18. Stepwise, Mediant, and Tritone Relationships Chapter 20 19. Modulation Chapter 21 20. Secundal, Quartal, and Quintal Harmony Part 22 Appendices Part 23 Glossary Part 24 Index
