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Music Fundamentals

A Balanced Approach
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Music Fundamentals: A Balanced Approach, Third Edition by Sumy Takesue offers a thorough introduction to music theory, blending a textbook and workbook with an interactive website. Designed for beginners, it patiently guides readers through the essentials of reading music, covering a diverse range of styles from Elvis Presley to Beethoven and Filipino ballads. The updated edition includes extra vocabulary and review exercises, guitar tablature, and a redesigned format for easier use, alongside an enhanced, mobile-friendly companion website.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for students and self-learners with little or no prior knowledge of music theory who seek a balanced and accessible approach to understanding musical structure across classical, popular, and world music genres.

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Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Music Fundamentals: A Balanced Approach, Third Edition combines a textbook and integrated workbook with an interactive website for those who want to learn the basics of reading music. Intended for students with little or no prior knowledge of music theory, it offers a patient approach to understanding and mastering the building blocks of musical practice and structure. Musical examples range from Elvis Presley songs to Filipino ballads to Beethoven symphonies, offering a balanced mixture of global, classical, and popular music.

The new edition includes:

  • Additional vocabulary features and review exercises
  • Additional musical selections and 1-, 2-, or 3-hand rhythmic exercises
  • The addition of guitar tablature
  • A revised text design that more clearly designates the different types of exercises and makes the Workbook pages easier to write on
  • An improved companion website with added mobile functionality

The author’s balanced approach to beginning music theory engages student interest while demonstrating how music theory concepts apply not only to the Western classical canon but also to popular and world music. With the beginner student in mind, Music Fundamentals: A Balanced Approach, Third Edition is a comprehensive text for understanding the foundations of music theory.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138654419

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 October 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 3rd edition

Illustration: 1900 Line drawings, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 1461g

Pages: 512

About the Author

Sumy Takesue is an Instructor at Santa Monica College, teaching theory and class piano. She has taught at the University of Hawai’i (Hilo) and the University of Southern California.

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