Elements of Music (Subscription)

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. The Fundamentals Text That Emphasizes Music Making   This music fundamentals textbook is for both aspiring music majors and non-majors.  Based on an anthology of works from music literature, it features clear, concise explanations, extensive written exercises, and a variety of suggested in-class activities.    It emphasizes process of making music—emphasizing, at every stage, that music is to be heard and made—not merely seen and learned in the abstract.  All of the key topics are covered: music notation; rhythm; scales; intervals; triads; basic harmonic progressions.   Several supplements are available for this text.  An Audio CD ISBN 0131584197 / 9780131584198  is available including performances of key works analyzed in the text.  The examples are also available in Finale files on MySearchLab so that students can directly work on exercises on their computers.    Teaching and Learning Experience Personalize Learning - MySearchLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. Improve Critical Thinking- Written exercises and assignments both in traditional written and electronic formats reinforce concepts. Engage Students- In-class activities, including singing, dictation, and keyboard exercises are designed to supplement and reinforce the theory lessons.  Support Instructors- Supported by the best instructor resources on the market; MySearchLab and an Instructor’s Manual.   Note: MySearchLab does no come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit www. MySearchLab.com or you can purchase a valuepack of the text + MySearchLab    ISBN 0205858201 / 9780205858200 Elements of Music with MySearchLab, 3/e   Package consists of:    0205239927 / 9780205239924 MySearchLab with Pearson eText --  Access Card 0205007090 / 9780205007097 Elements of Music  

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Pitch Lesson 1: Staff Lesson 2: Keyboard Lesson 3: Treble Clef Lesson 4: Bass Clef Lesson 5: Great Staff   Chapter 2: Rhythm and Meter Lesson 6: Quarter-, half-, and whole-notes in 4/4 meter Lesson 7: Eighth-notes and sixteenth-notes Lesson 8: Dots and ties Lesson 9: Rests Lesson 10: Duple meter (2/4 and 2/2) Lesson 11: Triple meter (3/4) Lesson 12: Compound meter (6/8) Lesson 13: Syncopation   Chapter 3: Major and Minor Scales Lesson 14: Major scale (C-major) Lesson 15: Major scales other than C-major Lesson 16: Major keys and key signatures Lesson 17: Minor scale (A minor) Lesson 18: Minor scales other than A-minor Lesson 19: Minor keys and key signatures Lesson 20: Harmonic and melodic minor   Chapter Four: Intervals Lesson 21: Interval size Lesson 22: Seconds and thirds Lesson 23: Sixths and sevenths Lesson 24: Fourths and fifths, unisons and octaves Lesson 25: Intervals in a major key Lesson 26: Intervals in a minor key   Chapter Five: Triads and seventh chords Lesson 27: Triads Lesson 28: Triads in inversion Lesson 29: Triads in major keys Lesson 30: Triads in minor keys Lesson 31: Seventh chords   Chapter Six: Fundamentals of Harmony Lesson 32: Tonic and dominant Lesson 33: Expanding tonic and dominant Lesson 34: Approaching the dominant Lesson 35: Phrase and cadence Anthology Harold Arlen, “Over the Rainbow” Johann Sebastian Bach, Two Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Volume 1 No. 15 in G-major No. 16 in G-minor   Johann Sebastian Bach, Two chorales from the St. Matthew Passion Ludwig von Beethoven, Symphony No. 5, first movement             Orchestral score             Piano score   Frederic Chopin, Two Preludes from Opus 28             No. 7 in A-major             No. 20 in C-minor   Duke Ellington, “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” W.C. Handy, “St. Louis Blues”   Franz Joseph Haydn, String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 3, third movement (minuet) Quartet score             Piano score   Scott Joplin, “The Entertainer”   Josephine Lang, Song   John Lennon and Paul McCartney, “Yesterday”   Fanny Mendelssohn, Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Op. 11,      third movement   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata in A-major, K. 331, first movement, theme and variations 1, 3, and 6           Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Dove sono” from The Marriage of Figaro   Matos Rodriguez, “La Cumparsita”   Franz Schubert, Two Songs             “Death and the Maiden”             “Wild Rose”   Robert Schumann, Song

About the Author :
Joseph Straus is Distinguished Professor of Music at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.  He taught for many years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Queens College (CUNY).  The author or editor of twelve books and numerous articles, mostly on topics in twentieth-century music, he is a former President of the Society for Music Theory.