The Music Theory Handbook

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Author: Marjorie Merryman

ISBN-10: 0155026623

ISBN-13: 9780155026629

Category: Music Theory & Composition

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This concise handbook offers comprehensive coverage of main topics in music theory. Instructors can elaborate on the material as appropriate to their course, while students can learn and review technical information without having to digest lengthy analyses and explanations. Unbiased and flexible, this book can be used as a primary or reference text. Topics include species and tonal counterpoint, instrumental ranges and transpositions, and a glossary of forms. Each major section ends with suggestions for analysis and further reading.

I. Fundamentals. II. Two Part Species Counterpoint. III. (delete). IV. Tonal Counterpoint. V. Phrasing, Structure, and a Glossary of Forms. VI. Instrumentation: Names, Ranges, Transposition. VII. Keyboard Progressions.