Loose Leaf for Music in Theory and Practice, Volume 1 [Loose-leaf]

This best-selling program gives music majors and minors a solid foundation in the theory of music.Music in Theory and Practice10e strengthens musical intuition, builds technical skills, and helps gain interpretive insights. The goal of the content is to instruct readers on the practical application of knowledge. The analytical techniques presented are carefully designed to be clear, uncomplicated, and readily applicable to any repertoire. 
The two-volume format ensures exhaustive coverage and maximum support for students and faculty alike. Volume I serves as a general introduction to music theory while Volume II offers a survey of the theoretical underpinnings of musical styles and forms from Gregorian Chant through the present day. The supplemental instructor's materials provide clear-cut solutions to assignment materials.Music in Theory and Practiceis a well-rounded program that integrates the various components of musical structure and makes them accessible to students at the undergraduate level.
Resources available from the Connect Online Learning Center include printable versions of the Instructors Manuals and Workbook Solutions Manuals, audio files, assignment templates compatible with Finale? Music Notation software, supplementary drill assignments, testing materials, and recordings. Audio files available for this edition ofMusic in Theory and Practiceare identified throughout the texts and workbooks with the k graphic.  
Preface
Introduction: The Materials of Music: Sound and Time
Part A: The Fundamentals of Music
1 Notation
2 Scales, Tonality, Key, Modes
3 Intervals and Transposition
4 Chords
Part B: The Structural Elements of Music
5 Cadences and Nonharmonic Tones
6 Melodic Organization
7 Texture and Textural Reduction
8 Species Counterpoint
9 Voice Leading in Four-Part Chorale Writing
10 Harmonic Progression and Harmonic Rhythm
11 The Dominant Seventh Chord
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