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Melody, Harmony, Tonality - A Book for Connoisseurs and Amateurs (Hardcover)
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Melody, Harmony, Tonality - A Book for Connoisseurs and Amateurs (Hardcover)
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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, 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."
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