Principles of Music

Résumé du livre

"New to this Edition • Dashboard for Principles of Music combines an interactive eBook, video lectures, audio examples, exclusive additional lessons, auto-graded assessment material, and more in a simple, informative, and mobile-friendly format. A Dashboard access card is included with all new copies of the spiral-bound and loose leaf text. • Integrated Music Theory Skill Builder modules provide hundreds of exercises in an interactive environment where students can practice and master core concepts that they need for success in Music Fundamentals • An improved two-color design makes navigating the text easier and allows more space for students to complete their work • A new four-part organization now structures content into four multi-lesson units to better reflect the typical one-semester syllabus • Improved assignments give more practice for basic concepts, including twelve additional sets of written exercises • Expanded exercises in "Explore" sections build aural and performance skills, including ear-training, sight-singing, improvisation, and composition • A wider variety of musical styles features music from the art-music tradition along with more examples of folk music from various cultures and Western popular music • A new final lesson guides students through the songwriting process, allowing them to create their own compositions • Three advanced lessons, available only on Dashboard, exploring further aspects of rhythm and meter."--Résumé du site web de l'éditeur.