Fundamentals of music
Subtitle: rudiments, musicianship, and composition
By: Earl Henry
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780132448260
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: The fifth edition; title: Using the text; title: The compact disc; title: Web site :  uppervoices.com; title: Ear-training drills; title: Chapter self tests; title: Unit reviews; title: Interactive fundamental drills; title: Acknowledgments; title: 1. Notating rhythm; title: Essential terms and symbols; title: Traditional western music; title: Notation; title: The notation of rhythm; title: Note values; title: Rests values; title: Measures; title: Time signatures; title: Calligraphy : note and rest values; title: Smaller rhythmic values; title: A step further : larger and smaller note values; title: Calligraphy : eighths and sixteenths; title: The dot; title: The tie; title: Flags and beams; title: Building skills; title: Creative projects; title: 2. Notating pitch; title: Essential terms and symbols; title: The staff; title: The clef; title: Stem direction; title: Tricks of the trade : learning the "ABCs"; title: Ledger lines; title: Calligraphy : clefs and ledger lines; title: The octave; title: The grand staff; title: Musicianship 2-1; title: Building skills; title: Creative projects; title: 3. The keyboard; title: Essential terms and symbols; title: The keyboard; title: Musicianship 3-1; title: Accidentals; title: The sharp; title: The flat; title: The natural sign; title: Musicianship 3-2; title: Calligraphy : notating accidentals; title: Double sharps and double flats; title: Enharmonic equivalents; title: Octave designation; title: Building skills; title: Creative projects; title: 4. Simple meters; title: Essential terms and symbols; title: Metric accent; title: Triple meter; title: Duple meter; title: Quadruple meter; title: Rest notation; title: Tricks of the trade : using counting syllables; title: Musicianship 4-1; title: Beat division and subdivision; title: Meters with an eighth-note beat; title: Alla breve and common time; title: A step further : conducting; title: Syncopation; title: Calligraphy : beaming; title: Tricks of the trade : counting syllables; title: Transcription and arrangement; title: Musicianship 4-2; title: Building skills; title: Creative projects; title: 5. Major scales and keys; title: Essential terms and symbols; title: The major scale; title: Scale degrees; title: Diatonic pitches; title: Diatonic and chromatic half steps; title: Major and minor modes; title: Musicianship 5-1; title: Transposing major scales; title: Musicianship 5-2; title: Major keys; title: Key signature; title: Order of sharps and flats; title: Major key signatures; title: The circle of fifths; title: Tricks of the trade : learning key signatures; title: Musicianship 5-3; title: Building skills; title: Creative projects; title: 6. Intervals; title: Essential terms; title: Interval type; title: Musicianship 6-1; title: Interval quality; title: Perfect intervals; title: Understanding quality by major-scale comparison; title: Musicianship 6-2; title: A step further : doubly augmented and diminished intervals; title: Major/minor intervals; title: Guidelines for interval construction and identification; title: Musicianship 6-3; title: Interval inversion; title: Writing intervals below a given pitch; title: Building skills; title: Creative projects; title: 7. Compound meters; title: Essential terms and symbols; title: Note values in compound meters; title: Compound time signatures; title: Beat subdivision; title: Tricks of the trade : compound meter signatures; title: Calligraphy : beaming in compound meters; title: Tricks of the trade : counting in compound meters; title: Musicianship 7-1; title: Borrowed division; title: Tricks of the trade : counting the borrowed division; title: Musicianship 7-2; title: Building skills; title: Creative projects; title: 8. Minor scales and keys; title: Essential terms; title: Minor scales; title: Minor key signatures; title: Musicianship 8-1; title: Variations in minor; title: Natural (pure) minor; title: Harmonic minor; title: Melodic minor; title: Musicianship 8-2; title: Key relationships; title: The parallel relationship; title: The relative relationship; title: Tricks of the trade : parallel major and minor keys; title: Musicianship 8-3; title: Building skills; title: Creative projects; title: 9. Modes and other scales; title: Essential terms; title: The modes; title: Major and minor modes; title: Transposing modes; title: Transposition and recognition through key signature; title: Other modes and scales; title: Pentatonic scale; title: Minor pentatonic and blues scales; title: Whole-tone scale; title: Locrian mode; title: Chromatic scale; title: Musicianship 9-1; title: Building skills; title: Creative projects; title: 10. Introduction to form; title: Essential terms and symbols; title: Building phrases; title: Unifying and extending phrases; title: Repetition; title: Variation; title: Sequence; title: Contrast; title: The period; title: Phrase group; title: Double period; title: Other forms; title: Verse and refrain; title: Thirty-two bar song form; title: Building skills; title: Creative projects; title: 11. Triads; title: Essential terms; title: Triad quality; title: Major and minor triads; title: Musicianship 11-1; title: Diminished and augmented triads; title: Identifying and constructing triads; title: Triads and stability; title: Musicianship 11-2; title: Inverted triads; title: First and second inversions; title: Musicianship 11-3; title: Constructing triads with given third or fifth; title: Triads with given third; title: Triads with given fifth; title: Musicianship 11-4; title: Building skills; title: Creative projects; title: 12. Chords and symbols; title: Essential terms and symbols; title: Triad and chord identification; title: Doubling; title: Identifying chords; title: Arpeggiation; title: Musicianship 12-1; title: Chord symbols; title: Roman-numeral analysis; title: Diatonic triads in major keys; title: Arabic-numeral labels; title: Musicianship 12-2; title: Diatonic triads in minor keys; title: Building skills; title: Creative projects; title: 13. Tonality; title: Essential terms; title: Texture; title: Homophony; title: A Step further : improvisation; title: Tonality; title: Melodic tendency; title: Musicianship 13-1; title: Harmonic function; title: Tonic, predominant, and dominant functions; title: Harmonic dissonance; title: Seventh chords; title: Seventh chords and symbols; title: Musicianship 13-2; title: Building skills; title: Creative projects; title: 14. Harmonization; title: Essential terms; title: Harmonization; title: Harmonic cadences; title: Planning cadences in a melody; title: Harmonic rhythm; title: Planning harmonic rhythm in a harmonization; title: Harmonizing a melody; title: Nonchord tones; title: Vocal ranges; title: Keys and transposition; title: Planning the harmony; title: Issues in jazz and popular styles; title: A step further : copyright; title: Musicianship 14-1; title: Building skills; title: Creative projects; title: Appendixes; title: Appendix A. The nature of sound; title: Essential terms; title: Sound waves; title: Amplitude and intensity; title: Timbre and quality; title: The harmonic series; title: Duration and length; title: Appendix B. Terms and symbols of tempo and expression; title: Essential terms; title: Tempo; title: Dynamics; title: Expression; title: Short glossary of Italian terms; title: Appendix C. The C clefs; title: Essential terms; title: Alto and tenor clefs; title: Soprano and mezzo-soprano clefs; title: Building Skills; title: Answers to aural drills self tests; title: Glossary of terms and symbols; title: Index.