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Substatially revised,Fundamentals of Music,Fifth Edition, presents a complete introduction to music fundamentals and basic musicianship. The author employs a fresh, student-centered style to introduce and explain traditional topics such as notation, meter, scales, triads, and chords. The text informs, guides, and encourages students with basic theoretical information that is balanced with helpful suggestions for study, copious exercise material, introductory aural skills training, and self-tests with answers. For instructors who include basic musicianship skills in the fundamentals course, the (recorded) ear-training drills and keyboard studies, together with a variety of sight-singing excerpts will provide ample material.

Preface	p. xiii
The Fifth Edition	p. xiv
Using the Text	p. xiv
The Compact Disc	p. xv
Web Site: uppervoices.com	p. xv
Ear-Training Drills	p. xv
Chapter Self Tests	p. xvi
Unit Reviews	p. xvi
Interactive Fundamental Drills	p. xvi
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
1 Notating Rhythm	p. 1
Essential Terms and Symbols	p. 1
Traditional Western Music	p. 1
Notation	p. 2
The Notation of Rhythm	p. 2
Note Values	p. 2
Rests Values	p. 5
Measures	p. 7
Time Signatures	p. 8
+ Calligraphy: Note and Rest Values	p. 9
Smaller Rhythmic Values	p. 11
+ A Step Further: Larger and Smaller Note Values	p. 13
+ Calligraphy: Eighths and Sixteenths	p. 14
The Dot	p. 15
The Tie	p. 15
Flags and Beams	p. 17
Building Skills	p. 19
Creative Projects	p. 23
Notating Pitch	p. 25
Essential Terms and Symbols	p. 25
The Staff	p. 25
The Clef	p. 26
Stem Direction	p. 27
+ Tricks of the Trade: Learning the "ABCs,"	p. 28
Ledger Lines	p. 30
+ Calligraphy: Clefs and Ledger Lines	p. 30
The Octave	p. 31
The Grand Staff	p. 33
+ Musicianship	p. 35
Building Skills	p. 37
Creative Projects	p. 43
The Keyboard	p. 45
Essential Terms and Symbols	p. 45
The Keyboard	p. 46
+ Musicianship	p. 49
Accidentals	p. 51
The Sharp	p. 51
The Flat	p. 52
The Natural Sign	p. 52
+ Musicianship	p. 54
+ Calligraphy: Notating Accidentals	p. 56
Double Sharps and Double Flats	p. 56
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Fundamentals of Music : Rudiments, Musicianship, and Composition

Fundamentals of Music : Rudiments, Musicianship, and Composition

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