Synopses & Reviews
Offering an integrated approach to skills development, this text addresses the complete two-year curriculum of musicianship for music majors.
About the Author
Bruce Benward has been widely regarded as one of the most gifted music theory pedagogues since his textbooks first appeared in the 1960s, and has exerted a wide influence on the teaching of music theory both through his writings and through the generation of teachers that he taught. He recently retired from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.Maureen Carr teaches at The Pennsylvania State University. Her forthcoming book on the music of Igor Stravinsky will be published by the University of Nebraska Press.
Table of Contents
Unit I SS Rhythm: One-, Two-, and Three-Beat Values ET Rhythm: Rhythmic Dictation Including Half-Beat Values SS Diatonic Models for Interval Study SS Melodic Fragments for Interval Singing ET Models and Embellishments: Short Melodic Structures SS Melodies: M2, m2 ET Melodic Dictation: Scalewise (Conjunct Diatonic) Melodies SS Melodies (Major): P5, P4, M3, m3 within the Tonic Triad, and M2, m2 ET Intervals: m2, M2, m3, M3 SS Ensemble Excerpts -- Two-Voices: M2, m2 ET Chord Identification: Major and Minor Triads ET Harmonic Function: I and V Triads Unit II SS Rhythm: Practicing Compound Meter ET Rhythmic Dictation: Duple and Triple Subdivisions of the Beat SS Diatonic Models for Interval Study SS Melodic Fragments for Interval Singing: P5, P4, M3, m3, M2, m2 ET Models and Embellishments: Short Melodic Structures SS Melodies: P5, P4, M3, m3 within the Tonic Triad, and M2, m2, P8 ET Scales: Major Scale and Three Forms of the Minor Scale SS Melodies (Major): P5, P4, M3, m3 within the Tonic Triad and M2, m2 ET Scale Degrees: Single Notes SS Ensemble Excerpts -- Two-Voices: P5, P4, M3, m3 within the Tonic Triad, and M2, m2 ET Chord Identification: Major, Minor and Diminished Triads ET Harmonic Function: I, IV, and V Triads Unit III SS Rhythm: Concentration on Half-Beat Values ET Rhythmic Dictation: Rhythmic Figures Including Half-Beat Values SS Diatonic Models for Interval Study SS Melodic Fragments for Interval Singing ET Models and Embellishments: Simple Melodic Structures SS Melodies (Major): P5, P4, M3, m3 within the Tonic Triad and M2, m2 ET Melodic Dictations: Dictation Employing m2, M2, m3, M3 SS Melodies (Minor) ET New Intervals: P5 and P4 SS Ensemble Excerpts -- Two Voices: P5, P4, M3, m3 within the Tonic Triad ET Chord Identification: Triad Factors in the Soprano ET Harmonic Function: I, ii, and V Triads Unit IV SS Rhythm: Concentration on Easier Quarter-Beat Values ET Rhythmic Dictation: Half-Beat Values in Syncopation SS Diatonic Models for Interval Study SS Melodic Fragments for Interval Singing ET Models and Embellishments: Descending 3rds in Two Voices SS Melodies (Major and Minor): P5, P4, M3, m3, M2, m2 ET Melodic Dictation: Using m2, M2, m3, M3, P4, P5 SS Melodies (Major and Minor): P5, P4, M3, m3, M2, m2 ET Interval Review: Intervals Studied to Date -- m2, M2, m3, M3, P4, P5 SS Ensemble Excerpts -- Two Voices: P5, P4, M3, m3, M2, m2 ET Chord Identification: Major and Minor Triad Positions ET Harmonic Function: Distinguishing among the I, ii, IV, and V Triads Unit V SS Rhythm: Introduction of the Triplet ET Rhythmic Dictation: Introduction of Quarter-Beat Values SS Diatonic Models for Interval Study SS Melodic Fragments for Interval Singing ET Models and Embellishments: Descending 6ths in Two Voices SS Melodies (Folk Songs): P5, P4, M3, m3, M2, m2 ET Melodic Dictation: Scalewise Passages and Arpeggiations of I and V SS Melodies: P5, P4, M3, m3, M2, m2 ET Scale Degrees: 2-Note Groups SS Ensemble Excerpts: Two-Voices: P5, P4, M3, m3 ET Chord Identification: Triad Positions ET Harmonic Function: I(i), ii(ii0), IV(iv), and V Triads and Inversions Unit VI SS Rhythm: More Difficult Quarter-Beat Values ET Rhythmic Dictation: Quarter-Beat Values SS Diatonic Models for Interval Study SS Melodic Fragments for Interval Singing ET Models and Embellishments: 5-6 Patterns in Two Voices SS Melodies for Review and Practice in Singing at Performance Tempo ET Melodic Dictation: Melodies Outlining the I, IV, V (and vii06) Triads SS Melodies for Careful Study and Preparation ET New Intervals: m6 and M6 SS Ensemble Excerpts for Review--Two Voices with one Excerpt in Four Voices ET Triad Factor Identification: Factors in the Soprano and Bass Voice ET Harmonic Function: I, ii, Iv, V, and vi Triads Unit VII SS Rhythm: Review of Previous Rhythms with Emphasis on the Triplet ET Rhythmic Dictation: Beat Units Divided into Triplets SS Diatonic Models for Interval Study SS Melodic Fragments for Interval Singing ET Models and Embellishments: 7-3 Patterns in Two Voices SS Melodies for Review and Practice in Singing at Performance Tempo ET Melodic Dictation: Intervals of a 7th SS Melodies for Careful Study and Preparation ET Scale Degrees: 3-Note Groups SS Ensemble Excerpts--Two and Three Voices ET Nonharmonic Tones: Introduction ET Harmonic Function: I(i), ii(ii0), iii(III, III+) , IV(iv), V, and vi(VI) Triads and Inversions Unit VIII SS Rhythm: Further Practice of Quarter-Beat Values ET Rhythm Dictation: Quarter-Beat Values SS Diatonic Models for Interval Study SS Melodic Fragments for Interval Singing ET Models and Embellishments: Cadence Formulas in Two-Voices SS Melodies for Review and Practice in Singing at Performance Tempo ET Melodic Dictation: Two-Phrase Melodies SS Melodies for Careful Study and Preparation ET New Intervals: m7 and M7 SS Ensemble Excerpts: Two, Three, and Four Voices ET Harmonic Dicta-tion: I(i), ii, IV(iv), and V Triads in Four-Part Chorale Phrases ET Harmonic Function: Diatonic Triads (Major Mode) Unit IX SS Rhythm: Subdivisions of the Beat ET Rhythmic Dictation: Compound Meters with Quarter-Beat Values SS Diatonic and Chromatic Models for Interval Study SS Melodic Fragments for Interval Singing ET Models and Embellishments: Chord Progression with Melodic Embellishments SS Melodies for Practice in Speed Singing ET Melodic Dictation: Melodies with Larger Leaps SS Melodies for Careful Study and Preparation: Chromatic Alterations, Modulating, and Nonmodulating ET New Interval: The Tritone SS Ensemble Excerpts: Two, Three, and Four Voices ET Harmonic Dicta-tion: The I(i), ii(ii0), IV(iv) and V Triads in Four-Part Chorale Phrases ET Harmonic Function: Dominant 7th Chord and Inversions Unit X SS Rhythm: Triplets and Mixed Meters ET Rhythmic Dictation: Triple and Triplet Subdivisions SS Diatonic and Chromatic Models for Interval Study SS Melodic Fragments for Interval Study ET Models and Embellishments: I-V-I Progression with Diatonic Melodic Embellishments SS Melodies for Review and Practice in Singing at Performance Tempo ET Melodic Dictation: Short Melodies from Music Literature SS Melodies for Careful Study and Preparation: Chromatic ET Intervals: All Intervals Played Harmonically Ensemble Excerpts: Two, Three, and Four Voices ET Harmonic Dictation: I(i), ii, IV(iv), V, vi(VI), and vii0 Triads ET Harmonic Function: Nondominant 7th Chords Unit XI SS Rhythm: The Quartolet in Compound Meter and the Triplet in Simple MeterET Rhythmic Dictation: The Quartolet SS Diatonic and Chromatic Models for Interval Study SS Melodic Fragments for Interval Singing ET Models and Embellishments: 7th-Chord Patterns in Three Voices SS Melodies (Pentatonic) to be Sung at Performance Tempo ET Melodic Dictation: Modulation to Closely Related Keys SS Melodies for Careful Study and Review: Chromatic Alterations, Modulating, and Nonmodulating ET Harmonic Intervals SS Ensemble Excerpts: Two, Three, and Four Voices ET Harmonic Dictation: Dominant 7th Chord in Four-Part Chorale Phrases ET Harmonic Function: Secondary Dominants of V and ii