This handy guide has been expanded and adapted to cover all facets of music to meet the changing needs of today's musician. All of the latest musical terms, musical instruments, and performers have been added to this edition. Laura Kuhn is director of the John Cage Trust, assisted in the compilation of the eighth edition of "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians" and the fifth edition of "Music Since 1900."
Preface vii Introduction ix Elements of Notation ix Notes and Rests ix The Staff x The Clefs x The Scales xi Chromatic Signs xiii The Intervals xiii Diatonic Intervals of the Major Scale xiii All Standard Intervals and Their Inversions xiv The Keys xv Chords xvi Time Signatures xvii Rules for Pronouncing German, French, and Italian xviii Comparative Table of Tempo Marks xxi Musical Terms 1 Noteworthy Musicians 265