Elements of Music

by Joseph N. Straus

Book Overview

Elements of Music covers the traditional fundamental topics in tonal music theory: pitch notation in bass and treble clefs; rhythm and meter; major and minor scales; intervals; triads and seventh... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0205007090
• ISBN13: 9780205007097
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Arguably the best textbook for the course it's designed for.

Elements of Music by Joseph Straus is arguably the best textbook currently available for the course it is designed for (i.e. Music Fundamentals for music majors as a pre-theory review course, as well as for non-music majors). It covers topics in a comprehensive progressive manner - pitch recognition, rhythm and meter, scales, intervals, triads and 7th chords, introduction to 4-part harmony and music organizations - and at the same time leaves the instructor and students a great degree of flexibility. The 2nd edition varies little from the 1st, but the improvements are noticeable and welcomed: larger font sizes, rearranged music examples in certain exercises (in accordance with the level of difficulty), and the addition of a self test at the end of each chapter.