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Cengage Advantage Books: A Creative Approach to Music Fundamentals, 1st Edition

Cengage Advantage Books: A Creative Approach to Music Fundamentals, 1st Edition

William Duckworth - Bucknell University

ISBN-10: 049555572X  ISBN-13: 9780495555728

320 Pages   Paperbound

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION.
1. The Basics of Music.
2. Rhythm I: Simple Meter.
FOCUS ON SKILLS I.
3. Rhythm II: Compound Meter.
4. Pitch.
FOCUS ON SKILLS II.
5. Major Scales.
6. Major Key Signatures.
7. Intervals.
FOCUS ON SKILLS III.
8. Minor Key Signatures.
9. Minor Scales.
10. The Pentatonic and Blues Scales.
FOCUS ON SKILLS IV.
11. Triads.
12. Triads in a Musical Context.
13. Chord Progressions.
14. Writing a Song.
Appendix A: Graded Rhythms for Counting and Performing.
Appendix B: Graded World Rhythms in Two and Three Parts.
Appendix C: Syllables for Sight-Singing Scales and Modes.
Appendix D: Graded Melodies for Sight-Singing and Playing.
Appendix E: Chromatic Scale and Major-Scale Fingerings for Keyboard Instruments.
Appendix F: The C Clef.
Appendix G: Other Scales and Modes.
Appendix H: Transposing the Modes.
Appendix I: A Brief Introduction to Timbre.
Appendix J: A Brief Discussion of Acoustics.
Appendix K: Basic Guitar Chords.