Theory for Todays Musician Workbook by Ralph Turek PAPERBACK 9781032519913

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Theory for Today's Musician WorkbookAuthor(s): Ralph Turek, Daniel McCarthy\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032519913, 978-1032519913\nSynopsis\nTheory for Todays Musician, Fourth Edition, recasts the scope of the traditional music theory course to meet the demands of the professional music world, in a style that speaks directly and engagingly to todays music student. It uses classical, folk, popular, and jazz repertoires with clear explanations that link music theory to musical applications. The authors help prepare students by not only exploring how music theory works in art music, but how it functions within modern music, and why this knowledge will help them become better composers, music teachers, performers, and recording engineers.\n\nThis broadly comprehensive text merges traditional topics such as part-writing and harmony (diatonic, chromatic, neo-tonal, and atonal), through literature-based analysis t.