Music Fundamentals

Description

Music Fundamentals is the first in a series of three books that present the concepts and practices of music theory for the undergraduate music major. This book is designed for the first-year college music student and presents topics clearly and succinctly with exercises incorporated throughout the text. Assignments are provided on our Resources page so that they may be easily printed and completed outside of class.

Features

• Spiral bound allows the book to sit on a music stand or piano music rack.
• Every chapter includes in-class exercises as well as end-of-chapter assignments
• Appendices provide extensive application of theory concepts to the piano keyboard
• Designed for easy application in one-semester course.

Upon completion of Music Fundamentals, students may wish to continue their studies using Practical Music Theory, Parts 1 and 2 by the same author.  This series of three books provides a complete study of music theory at the undergraduate level.

About the Author

Originally from west-central Indiana, Adrian College Professor of Music Pete Ford has taught college music theory courses for many years in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan.  From this experience he has distilled many musical concepts down to a practical compendium of what 4-year college students need to know in their first two years of music theory instruction.  Professor Ford’s musical background includes composition of commercial jingles, and he freelances in rock bands and as a jazz pianist.  He has composed for choir, for string quartet, and also for solo piano.  Ford’s musical publications include “Ulterior Motives” for saxophone quartet (Ludwig Masters) and “Four Pieces from Two Millennia for Piano” (Musical Resources).