| ISBN |
9781442235281 (pbk.) |
| Description |
x, 198 pages : 1 illustration ; 23 cm |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Chapter 1. Melody Is Pure but Not So Simple -- Chapter 2. Harmony, Unlike Melody, Is Pure Only in Theory -- Chapter 3. Our Usual Musical Menu Is Melody with Subsidiary Accompaniment -- Chapter 4. Counterpoint Is a Harmonious Marriage of Independent Melodies -- Chapter 5. Texture -- Chapter 6. Special Mixtures of Texture -- Chapter 7. East Is East Is Melody; West Is West Is Harmony -- Chapter 8. The Universal Patterns of Melody: Melody Types -- Chapter 9. Of the Earth, Earthy: Folk Music and its Role in Composition -- Chapter 10. Improvisation Forever -- Chapter 11. Melody and Harmony in Notation -- Chapter 12. Canon, Free Imitation, Fugue: A Path to Musical Meaning -- Chapter 13. Free Imitation: Canon with a Grain of Salt -- Chapter 14. Fugue: The Whole Contrapuntal Bag of Tricks -- Chapter 15. Harmony, the Governing Principle -- Chapter 16. Music in Architecture -- Chapter 17. Music in Astronomy -- Chapter 18. Vibration, the New Paradigm -- Chapter 19. The Harmonic Series -- Chapter 20. Mapping the New Tonal Territory -- Chapter 21. Tonality Is Still Here -- Notes -- Suggested Further Reading -- About the Author. |
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Music theory.
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Music theory -- History.
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Harmony
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Tonality
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Melody
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