{"product_id":"music-fundamentals-a-balanced-approach-9780415621960","title":"Music Fundamentals: A Balanced Approach","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMusic Fundamentals: A Balanced Approach\u003c\/strong\u003e by Takesue, Sumy. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780415621960.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMusic Fundamentals: A Balanced Approach, Second Edition comprises a textbook\/workbook and interactive website designed for those who want to learn the basics of reading music. Intended for students with little or no prior knowledge of music theory, it offers a patient approach for reading, writing and even performing music. Musical examples range from Elvis Presley songs to Beethoven symphonies, from rhythmically challenging African songs and syncopated Brazilian choro melodies, to humorous Filipino ballads and Schubert lieder. The website includes graded quizzes and numerous skill training exercises.\nBy reinforcing musical concepts with numerous written examples, offering a more balanced mixture of global, classical, and popular music, and encouraging practice through an online, interactive tutorial, Music Fundamentals: A Balanced Approach, Second Edition is a comprehensive textbook for building musical foundations.\nSecond Edition Features:\nModular structure allows instructors to reorganize chapters.\n\nA variety of exercises help the student transform knowledge into practice:\n\nListen and sing exercises for ear training\n\nKeyboard drills to be played on a real keyboard or piano, or the keyboard insert provided in the inside cover\n\nClapping and counting exercises to ingrain a cerebral understand, but also a visceral feeling for pulse and rhythm\n\nWorkbook review exercises at the end of each module facilitate progress to the next module.\n\n\"Cultural Notes\" discuss musical genres or place musical examples in a broader social context to give an enriched approach to music learning.\n\nOnline tutorials assist with ear training and general concepts, and streaming of audio examples help to connect the study of theory to real music-making.\n\nThe website features student interactive tutorials, and an Instructor Manual supplements teaching with a wealth of classroom exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986644594741,"sku":"ByrdShop_0415621968","price":60.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780415621960_ad6b05c6-0eea-4b07-8ff6-831af8d4eb7b.jpg?v=1778882047","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/music-fundamentals-a-balanced-approach-9780415621960","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}