Title: SchenkerGUIDE : a brief handbook and website for Schenkerian analysis /
Authors: Pankhurst, Tom.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Schenkerian analysis.
Abstract: "SchenkerGUIDE is an accessible overview of Heinrich Schenker's complex but fascinating approach to the analysis of tonal music. It builds on the widely used website www.SchenkerGUIDE.com. which has been offering straightforward explanations of Schenkerian analysis to undergraduate students since 2001. Divided into four parts, SchenkerGUIDE offers a step-by-step method to help students tackle Schenkerian analysis."--Jacket.
Contents: Part I: An overview of Schenkerian analysis. An introduction to the concepts of Schenkerian analysis ; An overview of the basics ; Larger scale structures -- Part II: Getting started on an analysis. A four-stage method ; Presenting a Schenkerian analysis -- Part III: Analysis in practice. Schenkerian analysis and form ; Playing with register ; Parallelisms and dramatic structure ; Beyond Schenker : the breakdown of tonal hierarchy -- Part IV: Exercises.