George Heussenstamm, composer of more than 85 published works and author of The Norton Manual of Music Notation , taught college-level theory for several decades. Unable to find what he considered a suitable text, he wrote his own, honing it through practical classroom experience. It is now published for the first time as Hal Leonard Harmony and Theory . This book is designed for anyone wishing to expand their knowledge of music theory, whether beginner or more advanced. The first two chapters deal with music fundamentals, and may be skipped by those with music reading experience. Each chapter contains many examples that clearly illustrate the concepts presented. Written exercises at the end of each chapter allow the reader to test and apply their knowledge. Topics include: basic music-reading instruction - triads in root position - triads in inversion - cadences - non-harmonic tones - the dominant seventh chord - other seventh chords - and more. / Formation Musicale

What's the best way to learn concepts? Through experience! How about a great way to memorize facts? By singing! This ingenious collection demonstrates fundamental musical concepts while clever lyrics define them. Dynamics, articulations, tempo markings, treble and bass clef note names, rests, fermatas, and more - it's all about music! Mark includes creative lessons (often games) and suggests related listening (usually masterworks) for every song in the book. So fun, kids won't realize they're learning. So fundamental, curriculum planning is a cinch! Recommended for grades 2-6. / Formation Musicale

Revised Edition 2006This book should be seen as a method to help the artist to develop his or her own way when trying to improvise chromatically. Through the concepts and examples offered, the improvisor should be able to use this material alongside already familiar tonal ideas. Specifically, the book serves as a guide for organizing chromaticism into a coherent musical statement meant to satisfy both the intellectual and emotional needs of artistic creation.The reader will be introduced to more than one way of conceiving chromatic lines and harmonies. There is nothing theoretically complex or new in the text, it is the organization of the material as well as many musical examples and transcriptions (Bach, Scriabin, Coltrane, Shorter, Hancock, Beirach, Liebman a.o.) which should serve to inspire musicians to expand their usual diatonic vocabulary.This book also provides insight into the style of playing that David Liebman is known for. In addition the book contains 100 assorted solo lines and 100 chord voicings.

Par WINTERSON JULIA / HARRIS PAUL. Rock and Pop Theory: the essential guide offers musicians of all ages and levels a practical and relevant guide to music theory today. With a special focus on popular music, this indispensable guide: - introduces key musical concepts such as pitch, tempo, rhythm, harmony, scales, instruments, musical forms and structure - outlines the conventions governing music notation, applying these specifically to rock and pop music - provides interesting facts and real music examples to contextualise music theory - offers practical tips on how to identify intervals, make up melodies and rhythms, set words to music and much more - includes an introduction and 'theory in practice' notes by renowned educationalist Paul Harris - contains quick-reference tools including an appendix, list of further repertoire examples, table of instruments, periods of music history, table of scales and modes and summary keys and time signatures./ Méthode / Formation Musicale

La première partie de ce livre contient une entretien avec Tirstan Murail et trois essais sur les travaux musicaux de Claude Vivier (Lonely child, 1980), de Gérard Grisey (Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil, 1997-98), et de Tristan Murail (Le Lac, 2001) par Bob Gilmore, Jean-Luc Hervé et Rozalie Hirs. Les auteurs fournissent des analyses détaillées de ces oeuvres, se concentrant sur les techniques basées sur la fréquence ainsi que les processus compositionnels utilisés par les compositeurs. La deuxième partie du livre trouve son origine chez OpenMusic and Contemporary Compositional Techniques, une séries de conférences et ateliers animées par Rozalie Hirs et professeurs invités Tristan Murail, Mikhail Malt, Benjamin Thigpen, Marco Stroppa et Niels Bogaards au Conservatorium van Amsterdam pendant l'année d'universitaire de 2005 - 06. Cette série a été créee par le Nieuw Ensemble et son directeur artistique, Joël Bons, dans le cadre du Componistenpracticum annuel, qui allie la théorie et la pratique d'une manière unique au monde. Le Nieuw Ensemble et le directeur Lucas Vis ont répété et interprété des nouveaux oeuvres écrits par un groupe international d'étudiants de composition du fourgon Amsterdam de Conservatorium van Amsterdam et le conservatoire royale néerlandais. Les étudiants ont documenté leur processus créatif et se trouvent dans les sept essais inclus dans ce volume. Un essai conséquent sur des concepts compositionnelles de Tristan Murail et des techniques basées sur la fréquence trouve son origine dans la série de conférence donnée par Rozalie Hirs. Il fournit la discussion la plus détaillée du travail de Murail disponible aujourd'hui en anglais. / Livre

Par PEDRO D.DE. La Teoría completa de la Música en esta nueva edición revisada, ha mantenido intactas todas aquellas cuestiones teórico-practicas que son inamovibles, al tiempo que conserva por su probada eficacia, su estructura temática, lo que la convierte tanto en una obra de consulta como en una obra capaz de ser estructurada y adaptada tanto al currículo de Conservatorios como al de las Escuelas de música, sean éstas regladas o no. Tampoco se ha olvidado al aficionado autodidacta, por lo que el lenguaje empleado procura ser directo, sin ambigüedades ni retóricas que dificulten su entendimiento. Como toda obra viva y en constante evolución también se ha procurado revisar aquellos conceptos, definiciones, ejemplos, etc., susceptibles de modificación, al tiempo que se han ampliado, incorporado y en algún caso modificado materias y apartados que así lo requerían. Este libro aspira a cumplir el propósito que lo inspiró, es decir, facilitar los medios teóricos suficientes (dentro del limitado espacio de una obra de estas características), que justifican y corroboran el fenómeno musical. Dionisio de Pedro: Licenciado en Piano, Musicología y Composición. Obtiene el Premio Conservatorio y el Premio 'Matrimonio Luque” en la especialidad de Armonía, así como el Premio de Honor en la especialidad de Contrapunto y Fuga. Su labor docente se ha desarrollado en Madrid en los Conservatorios: Superior y Profesional 'Amaniel” desempeñando los cargos de Director de los Centros Elementales dependientes del RCSM y Jefe de Estudios y Director del Conservatorio Profesional 'Amaniel”. Títulos publicados con esta editorial: Teoría Completa de la Música, Manual de Formas Musicales, Manual de Ornamentación Barroca y la colección para piano fácil: Selección de Clásicos y El Arca de Noé. Bajo la 'marca” Ibáñez-Cursá ha publicado colecciones que son referentes en el estudio del Lenguaje Musical: Cuadernos de Teoría, Cuadernos de Lenguaje, Cuadernos de Audición, Canta con los clásicos y Cuadernos de Vacaciones./ Méthode / Formation Musicale

Avec ce 6e volume de L'Ouverture à la musique, nous poursuivons notre approche pédagogique au coeur de laquelle l'idée d'une base auditive sensorielle est un préalable indispensable. Tout en poursuivant le développement des paramètres rythmique et mélodique dans la suite des volumes précédents, nous insistons ici sur la maîtrise des gammes, des modulations, du système tonal en général, mais aussi des modes naturels et autres échelles, sans oublier le développement de la perception des degrés les plus importants par le ressenti des quatre cadences principales. Une oeuvre, Peer Gynt d'Edvard Grieg, sert de fil conducteur à cet ouvrage ; tout au long des chapitres, de nombreux extraits sont ainsi intégrés à la progression. Fruit de notre expérience, de l'étude des courants pédagogiques et d'une recherche de répertoires tant variés qu'appropriés, L'Ouverture à la musique volume 6 propose au professeur et à l'élève, enfant ou adulte, de continuer son apprentissage musical en se plongeant dans la matière sonore, en goûtant au plaisir de la découverte et de l'expérimentation, tout en devenant de plus en plus autonome et créatif. Benoît Menut, Pierre Chépélov

Workbook With More Exercises on Theory of Music Grade 3 gives pupils additional exercises and support in preparation for their theory examinations. The exercises are designed to help meet the new syllabus requirements of the ABRSM. Written by Guy C. Cremnitz, an ABRSM examiner since the 1980?s. / Exams, Methods and Tutors / Théorie / Tout Instrument

Music notation is a language that has been developing for thousands of years- even the manner in which we read music today has been around for several centuries. In learning to read music, we encounter basic symbols for pitch, duration, and timing. As we advance, we learn about dynamics, expression, timbre, and even special effects. How to Read Music will introduce you to the basics, then provide more advanced information. As a final reward for all your hard work, you´ll get a chance to play excerpts from three classic piano pieces. Topics include: pitch - rhythm - meter - special words and symbols - plus classical piano pieces by Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven. / Formation Musicale

Par BERKMAN DAVID. The definitive book on how to create beautiful jazz harmonies for any melody. Starting from the most basic harmonic situations and progressing to contemporary jazz harmony, this book is a serious study of the fundamentals of jazz harmony. It will help you to uncover the best choices for chords to accompany any melody, to better understand and create the \'right\' chord progressions to standard tunes, to re-harmonize songs freely in the manner of great jazz artists like Hank Jones, Thelonious Monk, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Brad Mehldau, Herbie Hancock, Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, Thad Jones, Joe Pass, Jim Hall and John Scofield. Topics covered include: basic functional harmony, diatonic substitutes, secondary dominants, passing chords, diminished harmony, tritone substitutes, non-functional approaches to harmonizing melodies including quartal harmony, color chords, harmonizing basslines, pedals, slash chords, unavailable tensions and more. Includes 2 CDs of the author playing many of the written examples in the 206-page book. / Methods and Tutors / Théorie / Tout Instrument

Par BRYANT ANN. This book is ideal for primary teachers with little or no experience of teaching music. It will also offer fresh ideas and inspiration to the most experienced music specialists. Teaching Key Stage 1 contains an entire scheme of work for pupils in Year 1 and Year 2, with a CD of performance and accompaniment tracks and photocopiable resources. The scheme has been devised by Ann Bryant to offer guidance for those with no formal musical training and build the confidence of all primary level teachers. The lesson plans are completely flexible and can accommodate mixed age and mixed ability groups, making them perfect for schools with more than one intake. Any teacher will benefit from Ann?s broad experience and imaginative ideas and children will have fun singing the fun, original songs that have been incorporated into this structured and accessible set of lesson plans. Following Ann Bryant?s training at the Royal College of music and her postgraduate course in Dalcroze Eurythmics, she has taught music movement and Drama to young people both here in the U.K and in Europe. For the last fifteen years Ann has specialised in Foundation and Key Stage 1, developing a unique and dynamic style of teaching. Author of the award-winning Teaching Key Stage 1 Music (best New Music Product - Music Industry Associations Awards 2002), she has also established a highly successful career as a children?s author. / Methods and Tutors / Solfège/Formation Musicale / Tout Instrument

The Ramon Ricker Improvisation Series. Par RICKER RAMON. A new Play along system for learning to play jazz. Each set contains a book with transposed parts for all instruments and a play along CD with Ray playing many of the book examples on his saxophone. Volume one is for the absolute beginning jazz student who knows his/her major scales. Subjects covered in this book include: VOCABULARY: Intervals, Roman Numerals, Scales, Modes, Diatonic Seventh Chords, Major, Minor, Dominant, and Suspended Chords, Chord/Scale Relationships, The Blues Progression, Using Pentatonic Scales with Blues, Pentatonic Chord/Scale Relationships, The II-V-I Progression, Rhythm Changes, The Circle of Fifths, and The Circle of Fourths, and Steps for Playing on Changes. STYLE: Swing Eighth Notes, Use of the Metronome, Scale Practice, and Scat-Singing Solos. EAR TRAINING: Specific examples and suggestions with recorded tracks for practice. REPERTOIRE: A suggested basic repertoire. This improvisation method is more than just another play-along. It is a series of books and CDs that progress step by step, offering concrete suggestions and advise that shows you how and what to practice. Drawing on twenty-five years of teachingexperience at the Eastman School of Music, Ramon Ricker uses text, recorded demonstrations by him and his students, and practice and play-along tracks that present the material in a clear and concise manner. Most of the play-along tracks feature the rhythm section of the 1980 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band with Harold Danko on piano, Rufus Reid on bass and the late, great Mel Lewis on drums. Since they performed and recorded together consistently over aperiod of several years, they played as a unit - a true jazz rhythm section. The recordings were brought up to meet todays higher CD standards and served as an inspiration for Ramon Ricker to write three entirely new books. In addition, new demonstration, ear training, and play-along tracks were added. / Niveau : Débutant / Jazz / Recueil / Tout Instrument