Music theory through musical theatre : putting it together / / John Franceschina

• Autore: Franceschina John Charles <1947->
• Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (465 p.)
• Disciplina: 782.1/11
• Soggetto topico: Musical theater - Instruction and study; Music theory
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Music Theory through Musical TheatrePutting It Together; Copyright; Contents; For Teachers; For Students; Part One THE LEAD SHEET; 1 Basic Concepts for Reading, Writing, and Appreciating Music; Pitch, Staff, Clef, and Ledger Lines; Recognizing Pitches on the Piano Keyboard; Accidentals: Sharps, Flats, and Naturals; Double Sharps and Double Flats; Notes and Rhythm; Augmentation and Diminution; Dots and Ties; Rests; Meter and Time Signature; Simple Time Signatures; Other Simple Time Signatures; Compound Time Signatures; Infrequently Used Time Signatures; Tuplets; Beaming; Syncopation ; Musical Terms and SymbolsPickup Measures; Repeat Signs; Tempo Marks; Articulations; Dynamics; Expression Marks; 2 Major and Minor Scales; Major Scales; Key Signatures; Identifying Major Scales; Sight-Singing; Minor Scales; Writing Minor Scales; Identifying Minor Scales; Names of Scale Degrees; The Circle of Fifths; The Harmonic Minor Scale; The Melodic Minor Scale; Singing Minor Scales; The Major-Minor Scale (Mode Mixture); Modal Shifts; Performing Major and Minor Scales; 3 Modes and Other Scales; Modes; "Minor" Modes; Writing and Singing the "Minor" Modes; The Locrian Mode; "Major" Modes ; Writing and Singing the "Major" ModesOther Scales: Pentatonic, Whole-Tone, and Chromatic; 4 Intervals; Perfect Intervals; Identifying the Qualitative Nature of Intervals; Major Intervals; Minor Intervals; Diminished Intervals; Augmented Intervals; The Tritone; Harmonic Intervals; Inversions of Intervals; Compound Intervals; Consonance and Dissonance; Review Quiz; Unit Test 1; Part Two THE ARRANGEMENT; 5 Triads, Seventh Chords, and Nonharmonic Tones; Harmony with Chords; Chord Tones; Inversions of Chords; Singing Chords; Seventh Chords; Seventh Chord Inversions; Singing Seventh Chords ; Nonchord TonesNeighbor Tones; Passing Tones; Suspensions and Retardations; The Appoggiatura; Escape Tones; The Anticipation; Changing Tones; Pedal Tones; Free Tones; 6 Chord Progressions and Sixth Chords; Numbering Chords in Major Scales with Roman Numerals; Numbering Chords in Minor Scales with Roman Numerals; Numbering Diatonic Seventh Chords with Roman Numerals; Diatonic Chord Accompaniments; Alternating Bass; Chord Functionality; Harmonic Movement; Sight-Reading and Transposition; Major and Minor Sixth Chords; Review Quiz; Unit Test 2; 7 Singing Counterpoint 1; Counterpoint and Polyphony ; Species CounterpointFirst Species Counterpoint; Dramatic Use of First Species Counterpoint; Second Species Counterpoint; Dramatic Use of Second Species Counterpoint; 8 Singing Counterpoint 2; Third Species Counterpoint; Dramatic Use of Third Species Counterpoint; Fourth Species Counterpoint; Dramatic Use of Fourth Species Counterpoint; Fifth Species Counterpoint; Dramatic Use of Fifth Species Counterpoint; Fugue; Review Quiz; Unit Test 3; 9 Chromatically Altered Chords; Secondary Dominants; Secondary Functions of the Leading Tone Chord; Common Tone Diminished Chords; Passing Diminished Chords ; Neapolitan and Augmented Sixth Chords
• Sommario/riassunto: Music Theory through Musical Theatre takes a new and powerful approach to music theory. Written specifically for students in music theatre programs, it offers music theory by way of musical theatre. Not a traditional music theory text, Music Theory through Musical Theatre tackles the theoretical foundations of musical theatre and musical theatre literature with an emphasis on what students will need to master in preparation for a professional career as a performer. Veteran music theatre musician John Franceschina brings his years of experience to bear in a book that offers musical theatre educ
• Titolo autorizzato: Music theory through musical theatre
• ISBN: 0-19-999958-9; 0-19-999957-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812453903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II