Where did the major scale come from? Why does most traditional
non-Western music not share Western principles of harmony? What
does the inner structure of a canon have to do with religious
belief? Why, in historical terms, is J.S. Bach's music regarded as
a perfect combination of melody and harmony? Why do clocks in
church towers strike dominant-tonic-dominant-tonic? What do
cathedrals have to do with monochords? How can the harmonic series
be demonstrated with a rope tied to a doorknob, and how can it be
heard by standing next to an electric fan? Why are the free ocean
waves in Debussy's La Mer, the turbulent river waves in Smetana's
Moldau, and the fountain ripples in Ravel's Jeux d'Eau pushed at
times into four-bar phrases? Why is the metric system inherently
unsuitable for organizing music and poetry? In what way does
Plato's Timaeus resemble the prelude to Wagner's Das Rheingold?
Just how does Beethoven's work perfectly illustrate fully
functional tonality, and why were long-range works based on this
type of tonality impossible before the introduction of equal
temperament? In this new century, what promising materials are
available to composers in the wake of harmonic experimentation and,
some would argue, exhaustion? The answers to these seemingly
complicated questions are not the sole province of music professors
or orchestra conductors. In fact, as E. Eugene Helm demonstrates in
Melody, Harmony, Tonality: An Introduction, they can just as easily
be explained to amateurs, and their answers are important if we are
to understand how Western music works. The full range of Western
music is explored through 21 concise chapters on such topics as
melody, harmony, counterpoint, texture, melody types,
improvisation, music notation, free imitation, canon and fugue,
vibration and its relation to harmony, tonality, and the place of
music in architecture and astronomy. Intended for amateurs and
professionals, concert-goers and conductors, Helm offers in
down-to-earth language an explanation of the foundations of our
Western music heritage, deepening our understanding and the
listening experience of it for all. Melody, Harmony Tonality: An
Introduction is the paperback edition of Melody, Harmony,Tonality:
A Book for Connoisseurs and Amateurs.
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