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Explorations in Music Theory: Harmony, Musicianship, Improvisation offers an innovative learning approach to music theory, centered on instrumental skills, improvisation, and composition. Providing a comprehensive textbook to support music theory curricula, along with an accompanying workbook, it includes extensive performance-based exercises in each chapter, alongside written theory and analysis. This book teaches harmony as a series of historical practices, each with different advantages and disadvantages. Classes are empowered to critically compare these practices and adopt those that they find most effective. Designed to support multiple learning modalities, and incorporating repertoire from a diverse array of composers, this book offers instructors and students a comprehensive and engaging foundation in music theory. Features of this book include: Modular lessons centered on inquiry-driven pedagogy, offering flexibility Lesson difficulty is marked to allow instructors to easily organize their course A wide variety of exercises and practice tasks incorporated throughout the chapters Improvisation Labs allow students to practice concepts through improvisation Historical Minutes introduce students to historical theorists and enable them to understand music theory as a living practice Composer Spotlights highlight the stories of composers whose work is featured in the chapter, bringing forward underrepresented composers Explore Online features provide additional exercises and coverage of advanced topics through an accompanying online resource A flexible, modular organization allows the book to be used in a variety of course structures, accommodating a wide variety of schools. Enhancing improvisation and composition skills, introducing historical perspectives, incorporating diverse repertoire, and enabling students to better connect theory concepts with practical applications, this text provides a new and effective way to teach harmony.

Table of Contents:
Part I: Fundamentals 1. Music Notation 2. Rhythm and Meter 3. Major Scales 4. Minor Scales 5. Intervals 6. Triads 7. Seventh Chords 8. Non-Chord Tones 9. Root-Position Triads 10. First-Inversion Triads 11. Putting Together Unit I Part II: Diatonic Harmony 12. Composing with V7 13. Non-Dominant Sevenths 14. viio7 and viiø7 15. 6/4 Chords 16. Microform 17. Applied Chords 18. Diatonic Modulation 19. Small Forms 20. Putting Together Unit II Part III: Chromaticism 21. Diatonic Sequences 22. Mixture 23. The Neapolitan 24. Topic Theory 25. Augmented Sixths 26. Chromatic Chords 27. Chromatic Modulation 28. Chromatic Progressions 29. Putting Together Unit III Part IV: Advanced Harmony 30. Rondo and Composite Forms 31. Sonata-Allegro Form 32. Concerto Forms 33. The Cadenza 34. Fugue Part V: Advanced Topics 35. Modes and Collections 36. Free Atonality and Serialism 37. Centricity and Neoclassicism 38. Jazz Improvisation 39. Three 20th-Century Composers 40. Putting Together Units IV and V


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781040149331
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1040149332
  • Publisher Date: 16 Dec 2024
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: Harmony, Musicianship, Improvisation


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