It's a pretty book, but most of my students seem to welcome further explication of the music theory elements than that which the text provides.Management Stephen P. Joseph Machlis's classic, original Music Appreciation text has been updated and "enhanced" with bits of current academic obsessions such as environmentalism, stirred in like big lumpy raisins.Īlso added in are lots and lots of snazzy photographs and illustrations, which break up all those intellectually taxing blocks of text. It's a pretty book, but most of my students seem to welcome further explication of the music theory elements than that wh I've been teaching from this textbook since 2009. Also added in are lots and lots of snazzy photographs and illustrations, which break up all those intellectually taxing blocks of text. Joseph Machlis's classic, original Music Appreciation text has been updated and "enhanced" with bits of current academic obsessions such as environmentalism, stirred in like big lumpy raisins. I've been teaching from this textbook since 2009. This book is highly recommended for the lay and academic music appreciater alike!. The accompanying CDs provide the reader with support to the music discussed in the text. The reader will also come to realize a time-line for Western music history filled with enough information that serves as a starting point for learning further information. The reader looking for a deeper knowledge of "classical" music will at once learn basic analytical terminology (without delving deep into music theory) as well as gain knowledge of the major western (and a few non-western) musical instruments. The accompanying CDs This informative text is as entertaining as it is educational. This informative text is as entertaining as it is educational. The Queen of musical instruments is properly identified and explained, and the theological hints included with the description of melody is helpful to understanding the mysterious yet rather universal human reception to hearing melody.more The book is not going to explore the Nyquist Theorem, but it will describe how waveforms relate to pitch and so forth, so it points you in the general direction of Nyquist or similar path finding for the interested party's further investigation. For audio engineers, this book is essential for having a more broad understanding of how music creation occurs and translated into reproducible forms. What this book worked well for me was in those select areas of specialized music interest, I was able to better understand how a given area developed through history and became formalized. The book is not going to explore the Nyquist Theorem, but it will describe how waveforms relate to pitch and The best conceptual music theory introduction book. The best conceptual music theory introduction book. Clara Schumann and so many other musical women deserved more attention!. The only woman cited in this chronological analyses ( from eighteenth to nineteenth century) was Clara Schumann, a prodigious pianist ( but even though she was there, the life story of her husband had a principal spot in the book). But, at the same time, you can see that all this artistic history is marked by male composers. Through this reading you can fly from one musical period to another in a really enjoyable way. The only woman cited in this chronological analyses ( from eighteenth to nineteenth century) was Clara Schumann, a prodigious pianist ( but even though she was there, the life story of her husband had a principal spot i Very interesting book about the basic elements of western music.Melody, rhythm, scale. Very interesting book about the basic elements of western music.Melody, rhythm, scale.
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