Fundamentals of Music: Rudiments, Musicianship, and Composition

Mastering Fundamentals in a Musical Context   Fundamentals of Music provides a clear and comprehensive approach to mastering the language of music. The authors invite students to create composition projects, develop aural skills through listening exercises, and analyze musical examples from various styles and genres.   With two new authors, this text has been thoroughly revised and expanded, yet maintains the intent of its original author Earl Henry.    A better teaching and learning experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience— for you and your students. Here’s how: Improve Critical Thinking — Each of the 13 chapters divide into five main areas allowing students to learn terms and symbols and expand their listening skills. Exercises encourage students to apply concepts to a piece of music at the conclusion of each chapter.    Engage Students — Each chapter concludes with a number of creative exercises and projects allowing students to learn interactively. With the audio CD, students can polish their aural skills using the drills designed specifically to accompany the text. Support Instructors — A full Instructor’s Manual is available for this text. Additional assessment is made available through Exposition Music.        

Table of Contents:
In this Section: 1. Brief Table of Contents 2. Full Table of Contents 1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS   Chapter 1   Notating Rhythm Chapter 2   Notating Pitch Chapter 3   The Keyboard Chapter 4   Simple Meters Chapter 5   Major Scales and Keys Chapter 6   Intervals Chapter 7   Compound Meters Chapter 8   Minor Scales and Keys Chapter 9   Introduction to Form Chapter 10 Triads Chapter 11 Chords and Symbols Chapter 12 Tonality Chapter 13 Harmonization 2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS   Chapter 1 Notating Rhythm Essential Terms and Symbols Traditional Western Music Notation The Notation of Rhythm Note Values Rest Values Measures Time Signatures Calligraphy: Note and Rest Values Smaller Rhythmic Values A Step Further: Larger and Smaller Note Values Calligraphy: Eighths and Sixteenths The Dot The Tie Flags and Beams Building Skills Creative Projects Analysis in Context   Chapter 2 Notating Pitch Essential Terms and Symbols The Staff The Clef Stem Direction Tricks of the Trade: Learning the “ABCs” Ledger Lines Calligraphy: Clefs and Ledger Lines The Octave The Grand Staff Musicianship 2-1 Building Skills Creative Projects Analysis in Context   Chapter 3 The Keyboard Essential Terms and Symbols The Keyboard Octave Designation Musicianship 3-1 Accidentals The Sharp The Flat The Natural Sign Double Sharps and Double Flats Enharmonic Equivalents Diatonic Pitches Diatonic and Chromatic Half Steps Musicianship 3-2 Calligraphy: Notating Accidentals Building Skills Creative Projects Analysis in Context   Chapter 4 Simple Meters Essential Terms and Symbols Metric Accent Triple Meter Duple Meter Quadruple Meter Rest Notation Tricks of the Trade: Using Counting Syllables Musicianship 4-1 Beat Division and Subdivision Meters with an Eighth-Note Beat Alla Breve and Common Time A Step Further: Conducting Syncopation Calligraphy: Beaming Tricks of the Trade: Counting Syllables Equivalent Meters Musicianship 4-2 Building Skills Creative Projects Analysis in Context   Chapter 5 Major Scales and Keys Essential Terms and Symbols The Major Scales Scale Degrees Musicianship 5-1 Transposing Major Scales Musicianship 5-2 Major Keys Key Signature Order of Sharps and Flats Major Key Signatures The Circle of Fifths Tricks of the Trade: Learning Key Signatures Musicianship 5-3 Building Skills Creative Projects Analysis in Context   Chapter 6 Intervals Essential Terms Interval Size Musicianship 6-1 Interval Quality Perfect Intervals Understanding Quality by Major-Scale Comparison Musicianship 6-2 A Step Further: Doubly Augmented and Diminished Intervals Major/Minor Intervals Guidelines for Interval Construction and Identification Musicianship 6-3 Interval Inversion Writing Intervals Below a Given Pitch Building Skills Creative Projects Analysis in Context   Chapter 7 Compound Meters Essential Terms and Symbols Note Values in Compound Meters Compound Time Signatures Beat Subdivision Tricks of the Trade: Meter Signatures Calligraphy: Beaming in Compound Meters Tricks of the Trade: Counting in Compound Meters Musicianship 7-1 Borrowed Division Tricks of the Trade: Counting the Borrowed Division Musicianship 7-2 Building Skills Creative Projects Analysis in Context   Chapter 8 Minor Scales and Keys Essential Terms Major and Minor Modes Minor Scales The Parallel Relationship Minor Key Signatures The Relative Relationship Tricks of the Trade: Parallel Major and Minor Keys Musicianship 8-1 Variations in Minor Natural Minor Harmonic Minor Melodic Minor Musicianship 8-2 Musicianship 8-3 Building Skills Creative Projects Analysis in Context   Chapter 9 Introduction to Form Essential Terms and Symbols Building Phrases Unifying and Extending Phrases Repetition Variation Sequence Contrast The Period Phrase Group Double Period Other Forms Verse and Refrain Thirty-Two Bar Song Form Building Skills Creative Projects Analysis in Context   Chapter 10 Triads Essential Terms Triad Quality Major and Minor Triads Musicianship 10-1 Diminished and Augmented Triads Identifying and Constructing Triads Triads and Stability Musicianship 10-2 Inverted Triads First and Second Inversions Musicianship 10-3 Constructing Triads with Given Third or Fifth Triads with Given Third Triads with Given Fifth Musicianship 10-4 Building Skills Creative Projects Analysis in Context   Chapter 11 Chords and Symbols Essential Terms and Symbols Triad and Chord Identification Doubling Identifying Chords Arpeggiation Musicianship 11-1 Chord Symbols Roman-Numeral Analysis Diatonic Triads in Major Keys Figured-Bass Symbols Musicianship 11-2 Diatonic Triads in Minor Keys Building Skills Creative Projects Analysis in Context   Chapter 12 Tonality Essential Terms Texture Homophony A Step Further: Improvisation Tonality Melodic Tendency Musicianship 12-1 Harmonic Function Tonic, Predominant, and Dominant Functions Harmonic Dissonance Seventh Chords Other Types of Seventh Chords and Symbols Musicianship 12-2 Building Skills Creative Projects Analysis in Context   Chapter 13 Harmonization Essential Terms Harmonization Harmonic Cadences Planning Cadences in a Melody Harmonic Rhythm Planning Harmonic Rhythm in a Harmonization Harmonizing a Melody Nonchord Tones Vocal Ranges Keys and Transposition Planning the Harmony Issues in Jazz and Popular Styles A Step Further: Copyright Musicianship 13-1 Building Skills Creative Projects Analysis in Context   APPENDIXES Appendix A: The Nature of Sound Essential Terms Sound Waves Amplitude and Intensity Timbre and Quality The Harmonic Series Duration and Length Appendix B: Terms and Symbols of Tempo and Expression Essential Terms Tempo Dynamics Expression Short Glossary of Italian Terms Appendix C: The C Clefs Essential Terms Alto and Tenor Clefs Building Skills Appendix D: Answers to Ear Training Exercises Appendix E: Modes and Other Scales The Modes Other Modes and Scales Building Skills Creative Projects    

About the Author :
Susan Piagentini, Ph.D. Northwestern University   Susan Piagentini, Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer, is Coordinator of the first-year core curriculum at Northwestern University where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in music theory, aural skills and music theory pedagogy. In her role as coordinator, she mentors the teaching assistants and instructors that provide instruction in the core courses.   Dr. Piagentini received her B.M. in Instrumental Music Education from Augustana College and her M.M. and Ph.D. in Music Theory from the Northwestern University.  Her Ph.D. research was the first dissertation in Music Cognition at Northwestern, and blended her interests in pedagogy, music cognition, technology, and music theory.   The study documented student-learning strategies in music analysis and resulted in a production system model of consistent strategies exhibited across the participants in the study.   The results continue to inform her teaching, focusing on the varied problem solving paths learners use to unfold the analysis of a musical score.  Her more current research on web-based music theory assessment can be found in TI:ME (Technology Institute for Music Educators) and the Journal of Technology in Music Learning.   Dr. Piagentini received numerous grants and awards to develop online tools to accompany the core courses at Northwestern. Funding from the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence, the Undergraduate Research Grants Committee, and the Alumni Foundation has paved the way to providing an extension of the classroom in the form of online, interactive skill building practice and assessment tools.  She has also received awards in relation to excellence in undergraduate education, including the Northwestern University Faculty Honor Roll, and the Charles Deering McCormick University Distinguished Lecturer Award.   Piagentini is the President of the Great Lakes regional chapter of the College Music Society.  In 2011, she was appointed conference chair for ATMI (Association for Technology in Music Instruction) and as a member of the National Programming Committee for the College Music Society.  Recently Piagentini was appointed to the CMS Advisory Committee for Music Theory.  She is a frequent presenter on the use of technology to enhance learning at national and regional conferences, including the Society for Music Theory, Association for Technology in Music Instruction, Technological Directions in Music Learning, TI:ME, and the College Music Society.       Jennifer S. Snodgrass, Ph.D. Appalachian State University   Jennifer Sterling Snodgrass is currently an associate professor of music theory and director of graduate studies in the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University, teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in music theory, aural skills, and music theory pedagogy. Dr. Snodgrass received her B.M. in vocal performance from Meredith College and her M.M. in music theory from the University of Tennessee. In 2002, Snodgrass earned a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland where her research focused on computer-assisted instruction and pedagogy.   She has received numerous grants and awards in relation to technology and music instruction. In 2006, Snodgrass was awarded the Tablet PC Higher Education Award from the Microsoft Corporation for her integration of the Tablet PC into undergraduate theory courses.  Her research has been published in several journals including the Journal of Technology in Music Learning, The TI:MEs, Music Theory Online, Sacred Music, and the Music Educators Journal. She has also received numerous awards in relation to excellence in undergraduate education, including the National DyKnow Educator of the Month, the Plemmons Leadership Medallion, and the Hayes School of Music Outstanding Teaching Award.   Snodgrass is currently an officer in the Mid-Atlantic chapter of the College Music Society and is a member of research board for TI:ME.  In 2007, she was appointed as the National Conference Chair for ATMI (Association for Technology in Music Instruction) and a member of the National Programming Committee for the College Music Society.  She most recently was appointed to the editorial board for the Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy and is the co-chair of the Web Editorial Board for the JMTP.      Besides her primary interest in music theory and technology, Dr. Snodgrass maintains an active vocal performance agenda.  She is active in solfege workshops and has served as a guest clinician for music educators across the southeast.    Jennifer Snodgrass lives in western North Carolina with her husband, Greg and daughter, Katherine.    

Review :
"What is distinctive and a good feature of the text is the use of review sets, building skills and creative projects in a natural progression throughout each chapter. The use of color to call attention to special topics and exercises helps to keep a level of interest for the student." Robert Chamberlin, Webster University   "It has a good number of exercises that can be assigned from the text without using supplementary materials. The new website with its interactive exercises is a great addition." Celinda Hallbauer, Central Texas College   "It's a straightforward book on fundamentals that has additional information so that a student (whether part of a class or working independently) can learn basics about music and even start understanding tonality and song-writing." Rebecca Jemain, Ithaca College   "The book is well written with detailed, easy to read explanations. It is user-friendly and contains examples from many musical styles." Matthew Schildt, Adams State College