Music Theory and Composition Books

The Answering Voice opens our ears and voices to a new way of understanding counterpoint. Drawing on her fifty years of composing and teaching, Alice Parker envisions a theory or composition class where

Use counterpoint to make your music more engaging and creative. Counterpoint - the relationship between musical voices - is among the core principles for writing music, and it has been central to the study

Everything we do is music contains more than 50 fun, hands-on and thought-provoking activities, each taking a work by John Cage as a starting point and exploring the links between music, dance,

Perfect for undergraduate and graduate jazz composition and arranging courses, as well as seasoned professionals, Jazz Composition and Arranging in the Digital Age is a comprehensive and practical

The goal of Modal Jazz Composition & Harmony, Volume 1 by Ron Miller is to show the student the means to develop latent creative abilities by offering the unfettered environment of the chromatic-modal

Adopted by high school and college music theory programs everywhere, this text is a complete examination of all aspects of modern arranging and composing. It provides students with a logical, progressive,

In thirteen easily digestible chapters, this helpful resource highlights the most useful and practical music theory topics that educators, conductors, composers, and performers actually encounter in their

In this examination of serial writing for the contemporary composer, Delamont explains the basics of a 12-tone row, then follows with practical techniques used in the melodic, contrapuntal and harmonic

In addition to numerous writing and analyzing exercises together with solution models, the exercise book also contains a wealth of helpful hints.

The material ranges stylistically from the Baroque,

One of the great classical orchestrators provides fundamentals of tonal resonance, progression of parts, voice and orchestra, tutti effects and much more. 330 pgs. of musical excerpts. 489 pgs. 6 1/2 x

This books offers a practical, fully multimedia curriculum designed to teach basic musical concepts through the creative process of music composition. Music educator Barbara Freedman presents

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