Music in Theory & Practice Volume 1 (10e)

This best-selling text gives music majors and minors a solid foundation in the theory of music. It strengthens their musical intuition, builds technical skills, and helps them gain interpretive insights. The goal of the text is to instruct readers on the practical application of knowledge. The analytical techniques presented are carefully designed to be clear, uncomplicated, and readily applicable to any repertoire.

The two-volume format ensures exhaustive coverage and maximum support for students and faculty alike. Volume I serves as a general introduction to music theory while Volume II offers a survey of the theoretical underpinnings of musical styles and forms from Gregorian Chant through the present day. The supplemental instructor's materials provide clear-cut solutions to assignment materials. Music in Theory and Practice is a well-rounded textbook that integrates the various components of musical structure and makes them accessible to students at the undergraduate level.

Contents

• Preface
• Introduction: The Materials of Music: Sound and Time
• Part A: The Fundamentals of Music
• 1 Notation
• 2 Scales, Tonality, Key, Modes
• 3 Intervals and Transposition
• 4 Chords
• Part B: The Structural Elements of Music
• 5 Cadences and Nonharmonic Tones
• 6 Melodic Organization
• 7 Texture and Textural Reduction
• 8 Species Counterpoint
• 9 Voice Leading in Four-Part Chorale Writing
• 10 Harmonic Progression and Harmonic Rhythm
• 11 The Dominant Seventh Chord
• 12 The Leading-Tone Seventh Chords
• 13 Nondominant Seventh Chords
• 14 Secondary Dominants and Leading-Tone Chords
• 15 Modulation
• 16 Two-Part (Binary) Form
• 17 Three-Part (Ternary) Form
• Appendix A Summary of Part-Writing Practices
• Appendix B Macro Analysis Symbols
• Appendix C Popular Music Chord Symbols
• Appendix D Expression Marks
• Appendix E Instrument Ranges, Transpositions, and Foreign Names
• Appendix F History
• Credits
• Indexes
• Musical Examples Subject Index