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A Creative Approach to Music Fundamentals (with CD-ROM and Keyboard Booklet)

ISBN: 9780495090939 | 049509093X
Edition: 9th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 1/10/2006

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SummaryTable of Contents
This market-leading book for the Fundamentals of Music course addresses students' differing abilities. Internationally renowned composer William Duckworth covers the fundamentals in 14 concise main chapters that are supplemented by 11 enrichment appendices. These offer extended coverage for teachers or students who desire additional instruction. With a practical focus on developing skills, Duckworth presents many clear examples that show students the basics. Because students can best learn the fundamentals by using them, written and aural exerc... MORE
Prefacexv
Introductionxix
The Elements of Musicxix
The Characteristics of Musical Soundxx
Musical Talent, Musical Knowledgexxi
A Theory of Music... MORExxii
How to Practicexxii
The Basics of Music
1(30)
Rhythm
1(8)
Pulse
2(1)
Meter
3(1)
Measures
4(1)
Note Values
4(4)
Rests
8(1)
Pitch
9(6)
The Staff
9(1)
Noteheads
9(2)
Clefs
11(4)
The Keyboard
15(4)
The White Keys
16(1)
The Black Keys
17(1)
Musical Distances
18(1)
Accidentals
19(1)
Practicing Revisited
20(1)
Focus
21(2)
Practice Materials
23(8)
Rhythm I: Simple Meter
31(12)
Dotted Notes
31(1)
Time Signatures
32(1)
Simple Meter
32(1)
A Counting Method for Simple Meters
33(3)
The Basic Pulse
33(1)
Divisions of the Pulse
34(2)
Common Time and Alla Breve
36(1)
Tempo
36(2)
Focus
38(1)
Practice Materials
39(4)
Focus on Skills I
43(36)
Rhythm II: Compound Meter
47(14)
Compound Meter
47(3)
A Counting Method for Compound Meters
50(3)
The Primary Pulse
50(1)
Divisions of the Pulse
50(3)
Ties
53(1)
Syncopation
54(1)
Repeat Signs
54(3)
Focus
57(2)
Practice Materials
59(2)
Pitch
61(18)
Enharmonic Pitches
62(1)
Ledger Lines
63(1)
The Octave Sign
64(1)
Octave Identification
65(1)
Stems
66(1)
Dynamics
67(1)
How to Read a Musical Map
68(2)
Rhythm Revisited: Pulse and Beat
70(1)
Focus
71(2)
Practice Materials
73(6)
Focus on Skills II
79(68)
Major Scales
83(22)
Scales as Interval Patterns
83(1)
Elements of the Major Scale
84(6)
Naming Scale Degrees
90(1)
Ear Training
91(1)
Rhythm Revisited: Beams
92(3)
Focus
95(2)
Practice Materials
97(8)
Major Key Signatures
105(12)
The Key Signature
105(4)
Sharp Keys
106(1)
Flat Keys
107(2)
Enharmonic Keys
109(1)
The Circle of Fifths: Major Keys
109(1)
Rhythm Revisited: Triplets and Duplets
110(1)
A Counting Method for Triplets and Duplets
110(1)
Focus
111(2)
Practice Materials
113(4)
Intervals
117(30)
Interval Identification
117(4)
Interval Size
118(2)
Interval Quality
120(1)
Perfect Intervals
121(2)
Major and Minor Intervals
123(5)
Compound Intervals
128(1)
Harmonic Inversion of Intervals
128(2)
Focus
130(3)
Practice Materials
133(14)
Focus on Skills III
147(66)
Minor Key Signatures
151(14)
Related Keys
151(1)
Minor Key Signatures
152(3)
Parallel Keys
155(1)
The Circle of Fifths: Minor Keys
156(1)
Rhythm Revisited: Conducting Patterns
157(3)
Focus
160(1)
Practice Materials
161(4)
Minor Scales
165(36)
Natural Minor Scale
167(4)
Harmonic Minor Scale
171(3)
Melodic Minor Scale
174(2)
Minor Scales in Actual Music
176(1)
How to Sing Minor Scales
177(4)
Focus
181(2)
Practice Materials
183(18)
Pentatonic and Blues Scales
201(12)
The Pentatonic Scale
201(5)
Major Pentatonic
202(4)
Minor Pentatonic
206(1)
The Blues Scale
206(2)
Rhythm Revisited: Keeping the Beat
208(1)
Focus
208(1)
Practice Materials
209(4)
Focus on Skills IV
213(66)
Triads
217(22)
Basic Structure of Triads
218(1)
Major and Minor Triads
218(2)
Close and Open Positions
220(1)
Augmented and Diminished Triads
221(3)
Triads and Scales
224(1)
Inversions of Triads
225(1)
Labeling Inversions
226(2)
Focus
228(3)
Practice Materials
231(8)
Triads in a Musical Context
239(22)
Labeling Triads
239(5)
Roman Numeral Analysis
239(3)
Chord Symbols
242(1)
Guitar Tablature
243(1)
Seventh Chords
244(3)
Dominant Seventh Chords
245(1)
Diatonic Seventh Chords
246(1)
Inversions of Seventh Chords
246(1)
Recognizing Triads in Actual Music
247(5)
Block Chords
247(1)
Arpeggiations
248(4)
Focus
252(3)
Practice Materials
255(6)
Chord Progressions
261(18)
Tendency Tones
261(2)
The Dominant/Tonic Relationship
263(1)
Cadences
264(6)
The Authentic Cadence
265(1)
The Plagal Cadence
266(1)
The Half Cadence
267(1)
The Deceptive Cadence
267(3)
Simple Chord Progressions
270(5)
Two-Chord Progression
270(2)
Three-Chord Progression
272(1)
12-Bar Blues Progression
273(2)
Focus
275(2)
Practice Materials
277(2)
Focus on Skills V
279(68)
Writing a Song
283(64)
Primary and Secondary Chords
283(1)
Harmonizing a Melody
284(5)
Musical Form
289(6)
Strophic Form (12-Bar Blues)
290(1)
Binary Form (AB)
290(1)
Ternary Form (ABA)
291(2)
32-Bar Song Form (AABA)
293(2)
Focus
295(2)
Appendixes
APPENDIX A. Graded Rhythms for Counting and Performing
297(5)
APPENDIX B. Graded World Rhythms in Two and Three Parts
302(5)
APPENDIX C. Syllables for Sight-Singing Scales and Modes
307(2)
APPENDIX D. Graded Melodies for Sight-Singing and Playing
309(5)
APPENDIX E. Chromatic Scale and Major Scale Fingerings for Keyboard Instruments
314(3)
APPENDIX F. The C Clef
317(4)
APPENDIX G. Other Scales and Modes
321(7)
APPENDIX H. Transposing the Modes
328(5)
APPENDIX I. A Brief Introduction to Timbre
333(4)
APPENDIX J. A Brief Discussion of Acoustics
337(2)
APPENDIX K. Basic Guitar Chords
339(2)
APPENDIX L. Focus on Fundamentals: Installing and Using the CD-ROM
341(6)
Glossary347(5)
Subject Index352(4)
Index to Musical Examples356

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