Solfege, Ear Training, Rhythm, Dictation, and Music Theory : A Comprehensive Course [With CD-ROM]

Preface by Mel Powell ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1(6) Summation of Lesson Plans 7(12) PART ONE: The Tonal System 19(168) PART TWO: The Chromatic System 187(30) PART THREE: The Modal System 217(76) Section A: Pentatonic Scales (Modes) 219(13) Section B: Medieval Modes 232(34) Section C: Modern and Contemporary Modes 266(27) Whole-Tone Scale 266(6) Messiaen's Modes 272(21) PART FOUR: The Atonal System 293(44) "Free" Atonality 295(8) Serial Music 303(15) Aleatory Music 318(19) ADDENDUM: Exercises in the "C" Clefs 337(42) I. Alto Clef 339(8) II. Tenor Clef 347(8) III. Change of Clefs 355(24) Musical Examples 379(34) CD Dictations 413(20) Bibliography 433(2) Index to Musical Examples 435(4) Subject Index 439