Fundamentals of Music Theory / Nikki Moran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moran, Nikki, author.

Edwards, Michael, author.

Worth, Richard, author.

Moir, Zack, author.

Kitchen, John, author.

Contributor:

Open Textbook Library, distributor.

Series:

Open textbook library.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humanities--Textbooks.

Humanities.

Arts--Textbooks.

Arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Distribution:

Minneapolis, MN : Open Textbook Library

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : University of Edinburgh, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This open e-book is the result of a project funded by a University of Edinburgh Student Experience Grant, Open e-Textbooks for access to music education. The project was a collaboration between Open Educational Resources Service, and staff and student interns from the Reid School of Music. As a proof-of-concept endeavour, the project aimed to explore how effectively we could convert existing course content into convenient and reusable open formats suitable for use by staff and students both within and beyond the University. The resulting e-book presents open licensed educational materials that deal with the building blocks of musical stave (sometimes known as staff) notation, a language designed to communicate about musical ideas which is in use around the world. The resources in this e-book include video lectures and their transcripts, as well as supporting text explanations, examples and illustrations. The materials introduce topics such as the organisation of discrete pitches into scales and intervals, and temporal organisation of musical sounds as duration, in rhythm and metre. These rudiments are presented through an introduction to the elements of five-line stave notation, and through critical discussion of the advantages and limitations served by notational systems in the representation and analysis of musical sounds. This serves as the basis of further explanations, to illustrate musical concepts including key, time signature, harmonisation, cadence and modulation. We anticipate that subsequent versions of this e-book will update and develop the contents and presentation of the materials, following the success of this student-led collaboration.

Contents:

Preface

Topic 0 Music theory in critical and global context

Topic 1 Musical notes, scales, and the rudiments of notation

Topic 2 Tonal music language - concepts and theory

Topic 3 Musical Time and Rhythm

Topic 4 More on Chords

Topic 5 Music theory code-breaking reference guide

Topic 6 Chord functions in practice

Notes:

Description based on print resource

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access