Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 144 pages
- Published by: Schirmer
- Edition: 1st Edition September 16, 1996
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0155026623
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0155026629
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Book Dimensions:
10.7 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
- Weighs: 10.4 ounces
Product Description
This concise handbook offers comprehensive coverage of main topics in music theory. Instructors can elaborate on the material as appropriate to their course, while students can learn and review technical information without having to digest lengthy analyses and explanations. Unbiased and flexible, this book can be used as a primary or reference text. Topics include species and tonal counterpoint, instrumental ranges and transpositions, and a glossary of forms. Each major section ends with suggestions for analysis and further reading.
Reader Reviews
Ms Merryman gives a concise, clear, and yet broad intro to music theory of the common practice period (i.e. no atonal works, no Gregorian chant). Illustrated by examples and underscored with keyboard exercises that help to hear what she's writing about, this book explained many things I intuitively understood with a refreshing clarity. Then, for those who want to dig deeper, there are helpful references at the end of each chapter. I read it as a borrowed book from a library - now I'm buying it.
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