The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Tonal Theory, Analysis, and Listening, 3rd Edition

By Steven G. Laitz

Book Overview

Beginning with music fundamentals, this text covers all the topics necessary for a thorough understanding of undergraduate music theory by focusing on music in context. The text links each of the tasks that comprise a tonal theory curriculum, explicitly connecting written theory (writing and analysis), skills (singing, playing, and dictation), and music-making outside the theory class.

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
* Presents an outstanding quality, quantity, and diversity of exercises geared toward real music and real music situations
* Explores not only standard four-voice harmony, but also other musical domains including melody, counterpoint, and a multitude of textures; the result is a text with applicability and relevance to all musicians
* Includes almost 4,500 musical examples from the common-practice repertoire in the text and workbooks, more than 90 percent of which are on the CDs included with the text and workbooks--nearly twenty hours of music on MP3 files (all music is performed, recorded, and engineered at Eastman)

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199742782
• ISBN13: 9780199742783
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 896 Pages
• Weight: 4.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 1.5" x 10.1"