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Years of classroom experience and a thoughtful reappraisal of the skills needed in today's musical world are reflected this unique project that merges traditional topics such as part writing (pared and prioritized in light of current practice) and harmony (diatonic, chromatic, neotonal and atonal) with less traditional topics such as counterpoint and musical process, and with non-traditional topics such as popular-based song writing and harmonic principles in jazz and the blues.

Features:


Employs creative musical example couplings and innovative pedagogy to make abstract concepts concrete

Introduces music theory concepts through music that is familiar to students (including popular, jazz, TV, and film-score samples)

Features a conversational tone that employs occasional touches of humor along with analogies that enlighten the reader

Includes unique coverage of Jazz harmony, the blues, and song writing--distinctly American and contemporaneous topics that are increasingly important for today's students

Offers a CD-ROM containing all of the 350-plus musical examples from the textbook packaged free with every new copy of the text, as well as a workbook and additional audio examples available for separate purchase