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Taylor & Francis Comprehensive Aural Skills A Flexible Approach To Rhythm Melody And Harmony by Justin Merritt
Comprehensive Aural Skills is a complete suite of material for both performance and dictation, covering the wide range of sight singing and ear training skills required for undergraduate courses of study. It provides a series of instructional modules on rhythm, melody, and harmony, and blends musical examples from the common-practice repertory with original examples composed to specifically address particular skills and concepts. Each module includes material for classroom performance, self-directed study, and homework assignments.Features A complete suite of aural skills material: Comprehensive Aural Skills is a combined sight singing and ear training textbook, audio, and companion website package. Fully modular, customizable organization: Instructors can choose freely from the set of exercises in the book and supplemental material on the companion website to appropriately tailor the curriculum based on their students' needs. Engaging and idiomatic musical examples: Examples are selected and composed specifically for the didactic context of an aural skills classroom. Dictation exercises for practice and assignment: Practice exercises include an answer key so students can work independently and receive immediate feedback, while homework assignments are given without a key. Audio examples for dictation: The website hosts live recordings of acoustic instruments performed by professional musicians for each dictation exercise and homework assignment. Supplemental materials for instructors: A wealth of material for class use and assignment can be found on the companion website. Teachers' guide: The guide includes answers for every homework assignment, brief commentary on each module's content, tips for integrating written theory, and strategies on how to effectively teach new concepts and skills. This updated second edition includes the following:Revised rhythm and harmony module structure, now introducing foundational concepts more gradually.Additional examples from the repertory in the harmony and melody modules.New and improved recordings on the companion website. Part 1: RhythmModule 1 : Introduction to Simple MetersModule 2 : Simple Meters, ContinuedModule 3 : Rests and TiesModule 4 : Syncopation in Simple MetersModule 5 : Introduction to Compound MetersModule 6 : Compound Meters, ContinuedModule 7 : Syncopation in Compound MetersModule 8 : Triplets, Duplets, and HemiolaModule 9 : Compound Meters, Advanced Beat PatternsModule 10 : Asymmetrical and Mixed MetersPart 2: MelodyModule 1 : Steps within the Major ScaleModule 2 : Steps within the Minor ScaleModule 3 : Leaps within the Tonic Triad (Major and Minor)Module 4 : Leaps within the Dominant (Seventh) and vii DegreesModule 5 : Further Diatonic LeapsModule 6 : Stepwise Chromatic TonesModule 7 : Motion to The DominantModule 8 : Leaps To and from Chromatic TonesModule 9 : Modulation to Closely Related KeysModule 10 : Advanced ChromaticismModule 11 : Modulation to Distantly Related KeysModule 12 : Pentatonic and Diatonic ModesModule 13 : Other ModesModule 14 : Sets and 12-Tone RowsPart 3: HarmonyModule 1 : I(i) and V (^1 and ^5 in the Bass)Module 2 : IV(iv), ii6( Degrees6), and ii (^4 and ^2 in the Bass)Module 3 : I(i)6, vii Degrees6, and V6 (^3, ^2, and ^7 in the Bass)Module 4 : V7 and the Cadential 6/4 (^5 in the Bass)Module 5 : Inversions of V7 and The Passing 6/4 (^4, ^2, and ^7 in the Bass)Module 6 : vii Degrees7 and its Inversions and the Pedal 6/4Module 7 : IV(iv)6, vi(VI), and iii(III) (^6, and ^3 in the Bass)Module 8 : Pre-dominant Seventh Chords-ii(o)7 and IV(iv)7Module 9 : Applied Dominants 1-V7/V, vii Degrees7/V, and V7/IIIModule 10 : Applied Dominants 2-V7/IV(iv) and vii Degrees7/ivModule 11 : Applied Dominants 3-V7/ii, vii Degrees7/ii, V7/vi(VI), and vii Degrees7/viModule 12 : Modulation to Closely Related KeysModule 13 : Modal MixtureModule 14 : The Neapolitan (bII)Module 15 : Augmented 6th ChordsModule 16 : Modulations Using vii Degrees7 and the ct Degrees7Glossary of Musical Terms; Solmization SystemsDicatation KeysPart 1 RhythmPart 2 MelodyPart 3 Harmony