Techniques and materials of music : from the common practice period through the twentieth century / Thomas Benjamin, Michael Horvit, Robert Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benjamin, Thomas.

Contributor:

Horvit, Michael M.

Nelson, Robert, 1941-

Benjamin, Thomas.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music theory.

Composition (Music).

Physical Description:

xii, 294 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Other Title:

Techniques & materials of music

Place of Publication:

Australia ; Belmont, CA : Thomson/Schirmer, [2003]

Summary:

Designed to serve as a primary text for the first two years of college music theory, TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS OF MUSIC covers all the basics of composition -- including harmony, melody, and musical form. The authors present essential materials of common-practice music and an overview of 20th century techniques. Numerous hands-on exercises promote students' memorization and retention of key concepts. And the text's concise outline format, which has been enhanced for this edition, allows instructors maximum flexibility in choosing which materials, concepts, and techniques to emphasize in their course.

Contents:

1 The Great Staff and Piano Keyboard 3

2 Accidentals 4

3 Intervals 6

4 Major and Minor Scales 13

5 Key Signatures 15

6 Triads 17

7 Meter and Rhythm 19

Part II Diatonic Materials

1 Triads in Root Position 33

2 The Tonic Triad in Root Position 37

3 Connection of Tonic and Dominant Triads in Root Position 40

4 The Dominant Seventh Chord in Root Position 45

5 Connection of Tonic and Subdominant Triads in Root Position 52

6 Connection of Subdominant and Dominant Triads in Root Position 53

7 Cadences Employing the Tonic, Subdominant, and Dominant Triads in Root Position 56

8 The Cadential Tonic Six-Four Chord 59

9 Tonic, Subdominant, and Dominant Triads in First Inversion 63

10 The Supertonic Triad 72

11 Inversions of the Dominant Seventh Chord 78

12 Linear (Embellishing) Six-Four and Other Chords 85

13 Submediant and Mediant Triads in Root Position and First Inversion 89

14 The Leading Tone Triad 95

15 Variant Qualities of Triads 99

16 The Sequence 107

17 The Supertonic Seventh Chord 112

18 The Leading Tone Seventh Chord 117

19 Other Diatonic Seventh Chords 123

Part III Chromatic Materials

1 Secondary (Applied, Borrowed) Dominants 129

2 Modulation 136

3 Linear (Embellishing) Diminished Seventh Chords 143

4 The Neapolitan Triad 149

5 Augmented Sixth Chords 154

6 Modulation by Other Means 161

7 Ninth Chords 165

Part IV Twentieth-Century Materials

1 Twentieth-Century Techniques: General Comments 171

2 Further Comments for Analysis 173

3 Rhythmic and Metric Devices 177

4 Tertian Harmony 181

5 The Diatonic (Church) Modes 186

6 Pandiatonicism 189

7 Exotic (Artificial, Synthetic) Scales 192

8 Quartal and Secondal Harmony 196

9 Polyharmony and Polytonality 199

10 Intervals in Twentieth-Century Music 203

11 Twelve-Tone Serialism 208

12 Additional Contemporary Procedures 214

Part V Reference Materials

1 Musical Calligraphy 219

2 The Harmonic Series 221

3 Nonharmonic (Nonchord) Tones 222

4 Relative and Linear Motion 224

5 Guidelines for Voice Leading in Strict Four-Part Writing 225

6 Guidelines for Doubling in Strict Four-Part Writing 227

7 Checklist for Part-Writing 228

8 Chord Functions in Tonal Music 229

9 Figured-Bass Symbols 232

10 Procedure for Harmonizing a Figured Bass 234

11 Procedure for Harmonizing a Melody 236

12 Models for Expansion and Elaboration 240

13 Cadence and Phrase Structure 242

14 Typical Phrase Variants 243

15 The Motive 245

16 The Sequence 251

17 Textures 255

18 An Introduction to Tonal Melody 259

19 An Introduction to Tonal Counterpoint 264

20 Form 272

21 Checklist for Analysis 279

22 Composition Checklist 284

23 Instrumental Ranges and Transpositions 286.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Techniques and materials of tonal music. 5th ed. 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-290) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Related Work:

Benjamin, Thomas. Techniques and materials of tonal music.

ISBN:

0534517595

OCLC:

50282530