Music Theory For Non-music Majors

Music Theory for Non-Music Majorsis designed for the student who wishes to gain a thorough understanding of the basic principles of music theory, but who is not immediately interested in making a career out of music. Chapters 1-4 cover the basic elements of notation, major and minor scales, scale degrees, simple meter, and melodic intervals. Chapter 5 applies the materials of the first four chapters to analyzing and composing melodies. Chapters 6 and 7 address triads, seventh chords, compound meter, and some basic principles of music notation. Chapter 8 applies the materials of the entire text to analyzing and composing songs that consist of a melody with a simple harmonic accompaniment. Because learning is best accomplished by doing, each chapter contains numerous carefully graduated exercises that follow concise text with clear musical examples, notes, and diagrams. In Chapters 5 and 8, the two pivotal chapters of the book, the exercises challenge students' imaginations in addition to their grasp of the information. New to the third edition: Extra pieces for analysis in Chapters 5 and 8 Simple exercises in ear training--with introductory text--for the aural identification of scales, intervals, triads, and seventh chords (Chapters 2, 4, 6 and 7) At the author's websitehttp://mailer.fsu.edu/~pspencer Interactive exercises associated with the contents of Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 Interactive exercises in ear training (Chapters 2, 4, 6, and 7) All the pieces in the text, designed for analysis, in both video and audio formats including a variety of different instrumental soundsSpencer, Peter is the author of 'Music Theory For Non-music Majors', published 2004 under ISBN 9780131487550 and ISBN 0131487558.