Fundamentals, Function, and Form Theory and Analysis of Tonal Western Art Music

Fundamentals, Function, and Form by Andre Mount—with editorial and pedagogical input from Lee Rothfarb—provides its readers with a comprehensive study of the theory and analysis of tonal Western art music. Mount begins by building a strong foundation in the understanding of rhythm, meter, and pitch...

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Main Author: Mount , Andre (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Geneseo, NY Milne Open Textbooks [2020]
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Fundamentals
  • 1. Introduction to Rhythm and Meter
  • 2. Beat Division
  • 3. Simple Meters
  • 4. Compound Meters
  • 5. Pitch
  • 6. Major Scales
  • 7. Minor Scales
  • 8. Major Keys and Key Signatures
  • 9. Minor Keys and Key Signatures
  • 10. The Circle of Fifths
  • II. Diatonic Polyphony and Functional Harmony
  • 11. Intervals
  • 12. Basic Two-Voice Interval Progressions
  • 13. Triads
  • 14. Three- and Four-Voice Progressions
  • 15. Nonharmonic Tones
  • 16. Minor Scale Variants
  • 17. The vii° Chord
  • 18. Seventh Chords
  • 19. The Dominant Seventh Chord
  • 20. Fully-diminished Seventh Chords
  • 21. Figured Bass
  • 22. Phrases, Cadences, and Harmonic Function
  • 23. Auxiliary Sonorities
  • 24. The Pre-Dominant Function
  • 25. Diatonic Descending-fifth Sequences
  • 26. Other Diatonic Sequences
  • III. Modulation and Chromatic Harmony
  • 27. Applied Chords
  • 28. Modulation
  • 29. Mixture
  • 30. Advanced Mixture
  • 31. The Neapolitan Chord
  • 32. Augmented Sixth Sonorities
  • 33. Chromatic Pre-Dominants
  • 34. Other Chromatic Harmonies
  • IV. Form
  • 35. Sentences and Periods
  • 36. Binary Form
  • 37. Ternary and Rondo Forms
  • 38. Sonata Form