Dr. Kiss Katalin: A Practical Approach to Viennese Classical Music

Description

The book concentrates on the practical aspects of studying music theory, form, and harmony. This means that all musical concepts become practical knowledge and are integrated into skills that a cultured musician needs (score reading, writing, singing orplaying, composing, memorizing, transposing, arranging, analyzing, and so on). The book consists of ten units grouped into three levels of difficulty: Basic (units 1 to 5), Intermediate (units 6 to 8), and Advanced (units 9 and 10). The structure of eachunit is identical:
1. Listening and Analysis
Analysis of selected compositions based on the following considerations: the structure of melody, rhythm, harmony, tonality, instrumentation, and form.
2. Theory and Practice
Learning theoretical conceptsfrom masterpieces, and applying them to singing, playing, transposing, piano reduction writing, improvising, composing, and analyzing.
3. Keyboard Harmony
Creative activities such as: writing and realizing figured basses; melodies