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Sound Reasoning

The text 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 of any style or era. The goal of “Sound Reasoning” is to equip you with questions that you may ask of any piece of music, thereby creating a richer and more comprehensive understanding of music both familiar and unfamiliar.

MusicHumanities
Author
Anthony Brandt & Robert McClure
Publisher
LibreTexts
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY
Language
EN
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Contents· 62 sections
  1. 01: Part I - Sound Reasoning
  2. 1.01: Sound Reasoning- A New Way to Listen
  3. 1.02: How Music Makes Sense
  4. 1.03: Listening Gallery- How Music Makes Sense
  5. 1.04: Musical Emphasis
  6. 1.05: Listening Gallery- Musical Emphasis
  7. 1.06: Musical Form
  8. 1.07: Listening Gallery- Musical Form
  9. 1.08: Expository and Developmental
  10. 1.09: Listening Gallery- Expository and Developmental
  11. 1.10: Overall Destiny
  12. 1.11: Listening Gallery- Overall Destiny
  13. 1.12: Time's Effect on the Material
  14. 1.13: Listening Gallery- Time's Effect
  15. 1.14: Summary- A Quick Guide for Listening
  16. 1.15: Making Music Modern
  17. 1.16: Listening Gallery- Making Music Modern
  18. 1.17: Conclusion- What is Music Trying to Express
  19. 02: Part II- Hearing Harmony
  20. 2.01: Hearing Harmony- What is Harmony
  21. 2.02: Harmony in Western Music
  22. 2.03: Expressing Harmony
  23. 2.04: Listening Gallery- Expressing Harmony
  24. 2.05: Harmonic Rhythm
  25. 2.06: Listening Gallery- Harmonic Rhythm
  26. 2.07: Cadences
  27. 2.08: Listening Gallery- Cadences
  28. 2.09: The Tonic
  29. 2.10: Circular and Linear Progressions
  30. 2.11: Listening Gallery- Circular and Linear Progressions
  31. 2.12: The Major-minor Contrast
  32. 2.13: Modes and Scales
  33. 2.14: Hearing the Mode
  34. 2.15: Listening Gallery- Hearing the Mode
  35. 2.16: Tonic Mode and Key
  36. 2.17: Listening Gallery- Tonic Mode and Key
  37. 2.18: Music Within a Key
  38. 2.19: Listening Gallery- Music Within a Key
  39. 2.20: Postponed Closure
  40. 2.21: Listening Gallery- Postponing Closure
  41. 2.22: Chromaticism
  42. 2.23: Listening Gallery- Chromaticism
  43. 2.24: Dissonance
  44. 2.25: Leaving the Key
  45. 2.26: Harmonic Distance
  46. 2.27: Modulation
  47. 2.28: Harmonic Goals
  48. 2.29: The Return to the Tonic
  49. 2.30: Final Closure
  50. 2.31: Listening Gallery- Final Closure
  51. 2.32: Reharmonizing a Melody
  52. 2.33: Listening Gallery- Reharmonizing a Melody
  53. 2.34: Conclusion
  54. 03: Part III- The Language of Transformation
  55. 3.01: The Language of Transformation
  56. 3.02: Musical Identity
  57. 3.03: Maintaining Identity
  58. 3.04: Building on Identity
  59. 3.5 Building on Identity through Fragmentary Repetition
  60. 3.6 Listening Gallery: Building on Identity
  61. 3.7 Speaking the Language of Transformation
  62. 3.8 How Identity Shapes Form