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Fundamentals, Function, and Form
This text provides readers with a comprehensive study of the theory and analysis of tonal Western art music. Author Andre Mount begins by building a strong foundation in the understanding of rhythm, meter, and pitch as well as the notational conventions associated with each. From there, he guides the reader through an exploration of polyphony—the simultaneous sounding of multiple independent melodies—and an increasingly rich array of different sonorites that grow out of this practice.
- Author
- Andre Mount & Lee Rothfarb
- Publisher
- The State University of New York at Potsdam
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC
- Language
- EN
Contents· 42 sections
- 01: Fundamentals
- 1.01: Introduction to Rhythm and Meter
- 1.02: Beat Division
- 1.03: Simple Meters
- 1.04: Compound Meters
- 1.05: Pitch
- 1.06: Major Scales
- 1.07: Minor Scales
- 1.08: Major Keys and Key Signatures
- 1.09: Minor Keys and Key Signatures
- 1.10: The Circle of Fifths
- 02: Diatonic Polyphony and Functional Harmony
- 2.01: Intervals
- 2.02: Basic Two-Voice Interval Progressions
- 2.03: Triads
- 2.04: Three- and Four-Voice Progressions
- 2.05: Nonharmonic Tones
- 2.06: Minor Scale Variants
- 2.07: The vii Chord
- 2.08: Seventh Chords
- 2.09: The Dominant Seventh Chord
- 2.10: Fully-diminished Seventh Chords
- 2.11: Figured Bass
- 2.12: Phrases Cadences and Harmonic Function
- 2.13: Auxiliary Sonorities
- 2.14: The Pre-Dominant Function
- 2.15: Diatonic Descending-fifth Sequences
- 2.16: Other Diatonic Sequences
- 03: Modulation and Chromatic Harmony
- 3.01: Applied Chords
- 3.02: Modulation
- 3.03: Mixture
- 3.04: Advanced Mixture
- 3.05: The Neapolitan Chord
- 3.06: Augmented Sixth Sonorities
- 3.07: Chromatic Pre-Dominants
- 3.08: Other Chromatic Harmonies
- 04: Form
- 4.01: Sentences and Periods
- 4.02: Binary Form
- 4.03: Ternary and Rondo Forms
- 4.04: Sonata Form