From Sound to Symbol: Fundamentals of Music

by Philip Tacka and Micheal Houlahan

Designed for a one-semester musical fundamentals course, From Sound to Symbol: Fundamentals of Music clearly covers all essential topics, but with a unique, "sound-to-symbol" approach that explores concepts through the sound of music before explaining how symbols are used to represent that sound. Reversing the pedagogical perspective of traditional music theory texts, the authors work from the premise that students should first intuitively comprehend...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195327705
• ISBN13: 9780195327700
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.7" x 8.4"