Synopses & Reviews
This best-selling text gives majors a solid foundation in the theory of music - generally and throughout history. It strengthens their musical intuition, builds technical skills, and helps them gain interpretive insights.
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.
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.
Table of Contents
Preface Introduction Part A: The Fundamentals of Music 1 Notation2 Scales, Tonality, Key, Modes3 Intervals and Transposition4 ChordsPart B: The Structural Elements of Music 5 Cadences and Nonharmonic Tones6 Melodic Organization7 Texture and Textural Reduction8 Voice Leading in Two Voices9 Voice Leading in Four Voices10 Harmonic Progression and Harmonic Rhythm11 The Dominant Seventh Chord12 The Leading-Tone Seventh Chords13 Nondominant Seventh Chords14 Modulation15 Secondary Dominants and Leading-Tone Chords16 Two-Part (Binary) Form17 Three-Part (Ternary) FormAppendix A Macro AnalysisAppendix B HistoryAppendix C Popular Music Chord SymbolsAppendix D Expression MarksAppendix E Instrument Ranges, Transposition, and Foreign NamesAppendix F Composers and WorksGlossary Index