Fundamentals, Function, and Form Theory and Analysis of Tonal Western Art Music / Andre Mount.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mount , Andre, author.

Contributor:

Open Textbook Library, distributor.

Series:

Open textbook library.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanities--Textbooks.

Humanities.

Arts--Textbooks.

Arts.

Genre:

Textbooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Distribution:

Minneapolis, MN Open Textbook Library.

Place of Publication:

Geneseo, NY Milne Open Textbooks [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Fundamentals, Function, and Form by Andre Mount-with editorial and pedagogical input from Lee Rothfarb-provides its readers with a comprehensive study of the theory and analysis of tonal Western art music. Mount begins by building a strong foundation in the understanding of rhythm, meter, and pitch as well as the notational conventions associated with each. From there, he guides the reader through an exploration of polyphony-the simultaneous sounding of multiple independent melodies-and an increasingly rich array of different sonorites that grow out of this practice. The book culminates with a discussion of musical form, engaging with artistic works in their entirety by considering the interaction of harmonic and thematic elements, but also such other musical dimensions as rhythm, meter, texture, and expression. Along the way, Mount supplements the text with over eight hundred musical examples which, in the online version of the text, include embedded audio files for immediate aural reinforcement of theoretical concepts. Most of these examples are drawn from the literature, including nearly 200 excerpts by women and other underrepresented groups. The reader is also given the opportunity to check their understanding of the text with interactive exercises at every step of the way. Fundamentals, Function, and Form was written with the undergraduate music student in mind, but self-guided readers would also be rewarded with a deep understanding of this musical tradition.

Contents:

I. Fundamentals

1. Introduction to Rhythm and Meter

2. Beat Division

3. Simple Meters

4. Compound Meters

5. Pitch

6. Major Scales

7. Minor Scales

8. Major Keys and Key Signatures

9. Minor Keys and Key Signatures

10. The Circle of Fifths

II. Diatonic Polyphony and Functional Harmony

11. Intervals

12. Basic Two-Voice Interval Progressions

13. Triads

14. Three- and Four-Voice Progressions

15. Nonharmonic Tones

16. Minor Scale Variants

17. The vii° Chord

18. Seventh Chords

19. The Dominant Seventh Chord

20. Fully-diminished Seventh Chords

21. Figured Bass

22. Phrases, Cadences, and Harmonic Function

23. Auxiliary Sonorities

24. The Pre-Dominant Function

25. Diatonic Descending-fifth Sequences

26. Other Diatonic Sequences

III. Modulation and Chromatic Harmony

27. Applied Chords

28. Modulation

29. Mixture

30. Advanced Mixture

31. The Neapolitan Chord

32. Augmented Sixth Sonorities

33. Chromatic Pre-Dominants

34. Other Chromatic Harmonies

IV. Form

35. Sentences and Periods

36. Binary Form

37. Ternary and Rondo Forms

38. Sonata Form

Notes:

Description based on online resource

ISBN:

9781942341994