Sound Reasoning

“Sound Reasoning” is a web-based, introductory music appreciation course. It offers a new approach to music appreciation for adults, focusing on style-independent concepts. While the course concentrates primarily on Western classical and modern music, the concepts that are introduced apply to music...

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Main Authors: Brandt, Anthony (Author), McClure, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] OpenStax CNX [2011]
Series:Open textbook library.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Sound Reasoning: A New Way to Listen
  • 2. How Music Makes Sense
  • 3. Listening Gallery: How Music Makes Sense
  • 4. Musical Emphasis
  • 5. Listening Gallery: Musical Emphasis
  • 6. Musical Form
  • 7. Listening Gallery: Musical Form
  • 8. Expository and Developmental
  • 9. Listening Gallery: Expository and Developmental
  • 10. Overall Destiny
  • 11. Listening Gallery: Overall Destiny
  • 12. Time's Effect on the Material
  • 13. Listening Gallery: Time's Effect
  • 14. Summary: A Quick Guide for Listening
  • 15. Making Music Modern
  • 16. Listening Gallery: Making Music Modern
  • 17. Conclusion: What is Music Trying to Express?
  • 18. Part II: Hearing Harmony
  • 19. Part III: The Language of Transformation