Foundations of Music: A Step-by-Step Approach to Music Theory - Softcover

Victor J. Soto

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692210911 ISBN 13: 9780692210918

Publisher: VJS ELEARNING DESIGNS, LLC, 2014

Synopsis

Foundations of Music is an intensive course in the fundamentals of music. You may have purchased this textbook as part of a music theory course, to work on your own in preparation for college music theory, or perhaps to brush up your skills after a numbers of years away from musical study. As you begin to think about how music is structured, you should consider one very important aspect of your musical education: music theory. Your understanding of music theory is an essential element in your training, whether you specialize as a performing artist, a music technician, a music teacher, a music composer or in any other music-related field. Whatever your interest, a grasp of the fundamental concepts as they relate to harmony, melody, rhythm, form and structure is necessary. This textbook has been designed to help you prepare for a successful experience in college as music major or minor. It is a self-help tool for learning the fundamentals of music formatted as an interactive course that requires a great bit of reading and reasoning. The chapters are presented in a logical sequence to ensure a significant progress toward the following goals: 1. Be able to write, identify and recognize musical notation symbols of traditional western music. 2. Learn to read and/or improve your skills in music reading. 3. Gain an understanding of the language used by musicians to describe and perform musical scores. 4. Be able to recognize and notate pitch, write major and minor scales and write and identify the quality of triads. 5. Determine the key of a melody, identify

Edition details

• Publisher: VJS ELEARNING DESIGNS, LLC
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0692210911
• ISBN 13: 9780692210918
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 225