E. Eugene Helm

Melody, Harmony, Tonality

A Book for Connoisseurs and Amateurs

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The full range of Western music is explored through 21 concise chapters on such topics as melody, harmony, counterpoint, texture, melody types, improvisation, music notation, free imitation, canon and fugue, vibration and its relation to harmony, tonality, and the place of music in architecture and astronomy. Intended for amateurs and professionals, concert-goers and conductors, Helm offers in down-to-earth language an explanation of the foundations of our Western music heritage, deepening our understanding and the listening experience of it for all.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780810886391
• ISBN-10: 0810886391
• Artikelnr.: 36196352

Autorenporträt

By E. Eugene Helm

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter 1: Melody is Pure but Not So Simple Chapter 2: Harmony,
Unlike Melody, is Pure Only in Theory Chapter 3: Our Usual Musical Menu is
Melody with Subsidiary Accompaniment Chapter 4: Counterpoint is a
Harmonious Marriage of Independent Melodies Chapter 5: Texture Chapter 6:
Special Mixtures of Texture Chapter 7: East is East is Melody; West is West
is Harmony Chapter 8: The Universal Patterns of Melody: Melody Types
Chapter 9: Of the Earth, Earthy: Folk Music and its Role in Composition
Chapter 10: Improvisation Forever Chapter 11: The Big Difference: Music
Notation Chapter 12: Canon, Free Imitation, Fugue: A Path to Musical
Meaning Chapter 13: Free Imitation: Canon with a Grain of Salt Chapter 14:
Fugue: The Whole Contrapuntal Bag of Tricks Chapter 15: Harmony, the
Governing Principle Chapter 16: Music in Architecture Chapter 17: Music in
Astronomy Chapter 18: Vibration, the New Paradigm Chapter 19: The Harmonic
Series Chapter 20: Mapping the New Tonal Territory Chapter 21: Tonality is
Still Here Notes Suggest Further Reading About the Author