Introducing Music (Pelican)

By Ottó Károlyi

Book Overview

This introductory handbook sets out to extend enjoyment and appreciation by providing the basic tools for an understanding of music. It includes sounds and symbols, harmony and counterpoint, musical forms, instruments and voices and scores and score-reading.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140135200
• ISBN13: 9780140135206
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Thorough overview of traditional Western music.

Otto Karolyi has written a thorough and interesting overview of the field of traditional Western music. A novice might find it difficult to grasp the contents completely without a teacher's assistance, but any serious student of music will find it a great introduction to the subject. It is a good read for anyone interested in Western music. I find it very helpful as a review when helping college students prepare for certification tests in music education or for the GRE specialty test in music. It covers a broad range of issues at a deep enough level to make it a perfect review, or introductory, resource. It would also be an excellent study guide for anyone taking college level placement or exemption tests in music theory.