He appraises the psychological wellsprings of music using the insights of linguistics, semiotics and psychoanalysis. Citing evidence from Barthes, Nietzsche, Bakhtin, Max Weber and Schoenberg, Michael Chanan explores the communal roots of the musical tradition and the effects of notation on creative and performing practice. There is also a glossary of terms and symbols.Musica Practica is a historical investigation into the social practice of Western music which advances an alternative approach to that of established musicology. The answer key is in the back of the book. It teaches, minor scales, natural/harmonic/melodic scales, minor triads, augmented/diminished triads, minor chord progressions and more. Some of this I don't have much of a clue as to what it is and some I do. (I've only played the piano for 7 months so.) It covers key signatures, circle of fifths, 3/8 & 6/8 time, and lots of stuff on perfect/major/minor intervals and scale degree names and v7 chords. I've just started the second section "book" and it's where I'm starting to learn. Personally, I use to play some woodwind instruments and I sing so the basics are under me and felt it was a good review, but basic.
They cover the basics like note names, values, basic time signatures, rest values, ties, slurs, dynamic markings, tempo marks, repeats (D.C., D.S., Coda and Fine). The first section goes nicely alone with the Alfred All In One method book I'm using. The first section "book" will be nothing but review if you have previous musical experience or have played the piano for a year. It is 3 books combined and comes with 2 CD's as each section has some ear training that goes alone with it. I very much like it as it started with what amounts to a review for me and I'm now up to where I'm learning something new.
I'm going through the Alfred book you showed in your 2nd post. If anyone has any suggestions, I would really appreciate it! I want something that will be applicable to both classical and popular/non-classical music. But this book seems to be a little bit too classically oriented. I don't know if I'd actually start with book 1, maybe book 2. So far, I am just reading through it (the beginning is a lot of review, which is fine.) I want something that actually has exercises in the book, since I think that will be better reinforcement than just reading. I went through a basic music theory textbook when I first started to play piano, but that was about 10 years ago, so I need to review some things, and also I have a different understanding of music now than I did then, so it seems like a good time to revisit theory. I know this topic comes up periodically, and I tried to do a search, but PW's search abilities are not one of its strong points! So I hope people don't mind a rehash of this topic (or directing me to a thread?)
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