Fundamentals, Function, and Form

by Andre Mount & Lee Rothfarb

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This text provides readers with a comprehensive study of the theory and analysis of tonal Western art music. Author Andre 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.

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Publisher
The State University of New York at Potsdam
Subjects
Humanities, Music
Licence
CC BY-NC 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Fundamentals
  7. 1.1: Introduction to Rhythm and Meter
  8. 1.2: Beat Division
  9. 1.3: Simple Meters
  10. 1.4: Compound Meters
  11. 1.5: Pitch
  12. 1.6: Major Scales
  13. 1.7: Minor Scales
  14. 1.8: Major Keys and Key Signatures
  15. 1.9: Minor Keys and Key Signatures
  16. 1.10: The Circle of Fifths
  17. 2: Diatonic Polyphony and Functional Harmony
  18. 2.1: Intervals
  19. 2.2: Basic Two-Voice Interval Progressions
  20. 2.3: Triads
  21. 2.4: Three- and Four-Voice Progressions
  22. 2.5: Nonharmonic Tones
  23. 2.6: Minor Scale Variants
  24. 2.7: The vii° Chord
  25. 2.8: Seventh Chords
  26. 2.9: The Dominant Seventh Chord
  27. 2.10: Fully-diminished Seventh Chords
  28. 2.11: Figured Bass
  29. 2.12: Phrases, Cadences, and Harmonic Function
  30. 2.13: Auxiliary Sonorities
  31. 2.14: The Pre-Dominant Function
  32. 2.15: Diatonic Descending-fifth Sequences
  33. 2.16: Other Diatonic Sequences
  34. 3: Modulation and Chromatic Harmony
  35. 3.1: Applied Chords
  36. 3.2: Modulation
  37. 3.3: Mixture
  38. 3.4: Advanced Mixture
  39. 3.5: The Neapolitan Chord
  40. 3.6: Augmented Sixth Sonorities
  41. 3.7: Chromatic Pre-Dominants
  42. 3.8: Other Chromatic Harmonies
  43. 4: Form
  44. 4.1: Sentences and Periods
  45. 4.2: Binary Form
  46. 4.3: Ternary and Rondo Forms
  47. 4.4: Sonata Form
  48. Back Matter
  49. Index
  50. Glossary
  51. Detailed Licensing
  52. Detailed Licensing