The shaping of musical elements

Sinopse

"To be knowledgeable about music theory, a person needs information, a body of concepts and facts that are essential to the understanding of musical structure, and judgment, the ability to make intelligent choices in a variety of musical stituations. Information can be learned, but judgment can only be developed. It comes with experience in the application of information in a variety of situations, by comparing differing solutions to a problem, and by arriving at decisions based on informed study. The theoretical material covered in this text conforms to the body of information usually included in the first year of music theory: diatonic harmony, borrowed chords, secondary dominants, and leading-tone chords; melodic analysis and musical forms, from the phrase to the binary and ternary forms and comparable structures; and textral analysis with an emphasis on two-voice music..."--preface, volume 1. "...The early chapters on polyphony emphasize Baroque models (though Classic and Romantic examples have been included where possible), then the chapters on chromatic harmony and the larger forms emphasize the Classic and Romantic eras, and in the final chapters the focus shifts to the Impressionists and composers of the twentieth century...integrating analysis is presented...The elements of an integrating analysis are, in order: pitch, and rhythm (conceived in broad terms), followed by melody, harmony, texture, timbre, and dynamics...After these areas have been examined in more or less depth, the analysis focuses on two synthesizing considerations: form and tension..."--preface, volume 2.