Basic Materials in Music Theory

Features + Benefits

NEW-Additions and Revisions to the three Appendices.

    ~Appendix A: Music Theory Summary

    ~Appendix B: Piano Styles. Familiarizes students with various piano styles and facilitates their creative work.

    ~Appendix C: Orchestration Chart. Provides students with a study aid and facilitates creative work.

NEW-Additions and revisions to the selected exercises.

    ~Offers students help with reviewing and reinforcing concepts from the new edition.

NEW-Additions and revisions to the supplementary assignments and activities.

    ~Gives students the opportunity to review concepts from the new edition in class with their professor or outside of class. Answers are provided in the instructor's manual.

NEW-CD icon-Appears in context with ear-training exercises in the text to indicate that there is a demonstrative sample of the music under study on the CD-ROM which accompanies the Eleventh Edition.

~Helps students learn by reading, doing, and hearing-enhancing their study with a fully integrated, more powerful experience in and out of the classroom, beyond the borders of their printed text.

 A comprehensive Bibliography.

~Gives students a helpful, up-to-date reference of supplemental reading material without disrupting the flow of the text discussion.

Clarification of vocabulary and terminology included throughout the text.

  ~Teaches students the vocabulary used by musicians to communicate about their art, and defines the basic properties and functions of music.

 Sample recording CD tips.

 ~Suggests to students how ear training tips should sound or be practiced.

 Programed instruction.

~Allows students to work at their own pace, and keeps them engaged so that they can master, quickly and thoroughly, the core of knowledge that is essential for the serious study of music. Allows instructors the option of expanding their course to include creative writing, style study, or other optional units of study.

 A full range of in-text pedagogy-e.g. supplementary assignments at the end of each chapter, mastery frames and summaries that allow students to evaluate their readiness to continue, a glossary of musical terms, ear-training tips, chapter introductions, learning objectives, discussion questions, and a bibliography. 

~Provides students with a text that is completely self-instructional, freeing instructors to use their class time in more creative ways.

 Perforated pages-At the end of each chapter allow for easy removal of text pages.

 ~Enables instructors to easily correct students' exercises taken directly on their text pages.