Workbook for Explorations in Music Theory: Harmony, Musicianship, Improvisation
Explorations in Music Theory: Harmony, Musicianship, Improvisation offers an innovative learning approach to music theory, centered on instrumental skills, improvisation, and composition. Providing a comprehensive textbook to support music theory curricula, along with an accompanying workbook, it includes extensive performance-based exercises in each chapter, alongside written theory and analysis. This book teaches harmony as a series of historical practices, each with different advantages and disadvantages. Classes are empowered to critically compare these practices and adopt those that they find most effective. Designed to support multiple learning modalities, and incorporating repertoire from a diverse array of composers, this book offers instructors and students a comprehensive and engaging foundation in music theory.

Features of this book include:

● Modular lessons centered on inquiry-driven pedagogy, offering flexibility

● Lesson difficulty is marked to allow instructors to easily organize their course

● A wide variety of exercises and practice tasks incorporated throughout the chapters

Improvisation Labs allow students to practice concepts through improvisation

Historical Minutes introduce students to historical theorists and enable them to understand music theory as a living practice

Composer Spotlights highlight the stories of composers whose work is featured in the chapter, bringing forward underrepresented composers

● Explore Online features provide additional exercises and coverage of advanced topics through an accompanying online resource

A flexible, modular organization allows the book to be used in a variety of course structures, accommodating a wide variety of schools. Enhancing improvisation and composition skills, introducing historical perspectives, incorporating diverse repertoire, and enabling students to better connect theory concepts with practical applications, this text provides a new and effective way to teach harmony.

This accompanying workbook offers exercises to accompany each chapter in the book. Divided into warmup and homework sections, the exercises in the workbook provide additional practice with the skills addressed in the textbook through a range of approaches, including writing, composition, and identification.

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Workbook for Explorations in Music Theory: Harmony, Musicianship, Improvisation
Explorations in Music Theory: Harmony, Musicianship, Improvisation offers an innovative learning approach to music theory, centered on instrumental skills, improvisation, and composition. Providing a comprehensive textbook to support music theory curricula, along with an accompanying workbook, it includes extensive performance-based exercises in each chapter, alongside written theory and analysis. This book teaches harmony as a series of historical practices, each with different advantages and disadvantages. Classes are empowered to critically compare these practices and adopt those that they find most effective. Designed to support multiple learning modalities, and incorporating repertoire from a diverse array of composers, this book offers instructors and students a comprehensive and engaging foundation in music theory.

Features of this book include:

● Modular lessons centered on inquiry-driven pedagogy, offering flexibility

● Lesson difficulty is marked to allow instructors to easily organize their course

● A wide variety of exercises and practice tasks incorporated throughout the chapters

Improvisation Labs allow students to practice concepts through improvisation

Historical Minutes introduce students to historical theorists and enable them to understand music theory as a living practice

Composer Spotlights highlight the stories of composers whose work is featured in the chapter, bringing forward underrepresented composers

● Explore Online features provide additional exercises and coverage of advanced topics through an accompanying online resource

A flexible, modular organization allows the book to be used in a variety of course structures, accommodating a wide variety of schools. Enhancing improvisation and composition skills, introducing historical perspectives, incorporating diverse repertoire, and enabling students to better connect theory concepts with practical applications, this text provides a new and effective way to teach harmony.

This accompanying workbook offers exercises to accompany each chapter in the book. Divided into warmup and homework sections, the exercises in the workbook provide additional practice with the skills addressed in the textbook through a range of approaches, including writing, composition, and identification.

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Workbook for Explorations in Music Theory: Harmony, Musicianship, Improvisation

Workbook for Explorations in Music Theory: Harmony, Musicianship, Improvisation

Workbook for Explorations in Music Theory: Harmony, Musicianship, Improvisation

Workbook for Explorations in Music Theory: Harmony, Musicianship, Improvisation

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Explorations in Music Theory: Harmony, Musicianship, Improvisation offers an innovative learning approach to music theory, centered on instrumental skills, improvisation, and composition. Providing a comprehensive textbook to support music theory curricula, along with an accompanying workbook, it includes extensive performance-based exercises in each chapter, alongside written theory and analysis. This book teaches harmony as a series of historical practices, each with different advantages and disadvantages. Classes are empowered to critically compare these practices and adopt those that they find most effective. Designed to support multiple learning modalities, and incorporating repertoire from a diverse array of composers, this book offers instructors and students a comprehensive and engaging foundation in music theory.

Features of this book include:

● Modular lessons centered on inquiry-driven pedagogy, offering flexibility

● Lesson difficulty is marked to allow instructors to easily organize their course

● A wide variety of exercises and practice tasks incorporated throughout the chapters

Improvisation Labs allow students to practice concepts through improvisation

Historical Minutes introduce students to historical theorists and enable them to understand music theory as a living practice

Composer Spotlights highlight the stories of composers whose work is featured in the chapter, bringing forward underrepresented composers

● Explore Online features provide additional exercises and coverage of advanced topics through an accompanying online resource

A flexible, modular organization allows the book to be used in a variety of course structures, accommodating a wide variety of schools. Enhancing improvisation and composition skills, introducing historical perspectives, incorporating diverse repertoire, and enabling students to better connect theory concepts with practical applications, this text provides a new and effective way to teach harmony.

This accompanying workbook offers exercises to accompany each chapter in the book. Divided into warmup and homework sections, the exercises in the workbook provide additional practice with the skills addressed in the textbook through a range of approaches, including writing, composition, and identification.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781032853994
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 12/16/2024
Pages: 594
Product dimensions: 8.25(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dariusz Terefenko is Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media and Affiliate Professor of Music Theory at Eastman School of Music, where he teaches courses in jazz and music theory. He is the author of Jazz Theory: From Basic to Advanced Study and Jazz Theory Workbook.

Benjamin Wadsworth is Professor of Music Theory at Kennesaw State University, where he oversees the Music Theory area.

Table of Contents

Part One: Fundamentals

1. WorkbookMusic Notation

2. WorkbookRhythm and Meter

3. WorkbookMajor Scales

4. WorkbookMinor Scales

5. WorkbookIntervals

6. WorkbookTriads

7. WorkbookSeventh Chords

8. WorkbookNon-Chord Tones

9. WorkbookRoot-Position Triads

10. WorkbookFirst-Inversion Triads

Part Two: Diatonic Harmony

12. WorkbookComposing with V7

13. WorkbookNon-Dominant Sevenths

14. Workbookviio7 and viiø7

15. Workbook6/4 Chords

16. WorkbookMicroform

17. WorkbookApplied Chords

18. WorkbookDiatonic Modulation

19. WorkbookSmall Forms

Part Three: Chromaticism

21. WorkbookDiatonic Sequences

22. WorkbookMixtures

23. WorkbookThe Neapolitan

24. WorkbookTopic Theory

25. WorkbookAugmented Sixths

26. WorkbookChromatic Chords

27. WorkbookChromatic Modulation

28. WorkbookChromatic Progressions

Part Four: Advanced Harmony

30. WorkbookRondo and Composite Forms

31. WorkbookSonata-Allegro Form

32. WorkbookConcerto Forms

33. WorkbookThe Cadenza

34. WorkbookFugue

Part Five: Advanced Topics

35. WorkbookModes and Collections

36. WorkbookFree Atonality and Serialism

37. WorkbookCentricity and Neoclassicism

38. WorkbookJazz Improvisation

39. WorkbookThree 20th-Century Composers

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