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Title: Scales, Intervals, Keys, Triads, Rhythm, and Meter: A Programmed Course in Elementary Music Theory, With an Introduction to Partwriting (Norton Programmed Texts in Music Theory) by John Clough, Joyce Conley, Boge Claire ISBN: 0-393-97369-7 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $53.25 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Still the best programmed music theory text
Comment: The latest edition of this book has lost much of the classical simplicity and directness that made the previous editions so successful. Ugly icons crowd the page, statements are watered down, but still the text is far clearer than the other popular programmed text by Harder & Steinke. A student considering entering a conservatory or music school would be well prepared having worked through this book.
I'm dissapointed to see Norton's changes, and the increase in price, but I still recommend this text--it still is the best self-instruction program out there.
Rating: 4
Summary: A very good book
Comment: I bought this book to brush up on my theory before returning to school for a 2nd undergrad degree in music, and I think it's helpful for three reasons. First, I've made it through the first 4 parts with relative ease, but I've also picked up enough tidbits of information to make it really useful. (I always knew how to play a major triad but never thought of the fact that it's made up of two 3rds, a major under a minor, or that a minor chord is a minor under a major.) Second, it is forcing me to memorize things like key signatures for minor keys, which I used to figure out by thinking of the relative major key. (That takes enough extra time to make it awkward at an audition.) Finally, it is a workbook, so you are expected to write the answers right in the book. It helps me to remember when I have to take the time to write the answer down, rather than just thinking of it. I haven't complete the entire book yet, but I know I'm just getting into the things I don't know!
All in all it is helping me to combine my practical performance knowledge with the reasons "why". I'm sure that understanding will lead to better performances.
Rating: 1
Summary: a mess
Comment: I can't understand why publishers can't leave well enough alone. I loved the first edition of this book. I found each successive edition more expensive and less useful. But this is finally the end; I can no longer require my students to purchase it or even recommend that they use it. In its current form it is bloated with unnecessary information, poorly organized, and, from a scholarly point of view, very much suspect. I am disappointed, frustrated, and upset.
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Title: Basic Harmonic Progressions: A Self-Instruction Program (Norton Programed Texts in Music Theory.) by John L. Clough, Joyce Conley ISBN: 0393953726 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: December, 1985 List Price(USD): $50.45 |
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Title: Harmonic Materials in Tonal Music: A Programed Course, Part II (9th Edition) by Greg A. Steinke ISBN: 013033197X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $73.00 |
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Title: Programmed Rudiments of Music (2nd Edition) by Robert W. Ottman, Frank D. Mainous ISBN: 0131380427 Publisher: Pearson Education POD Pub. Date: 06 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $83.00 |
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Title: Studying Rhythm (2nd Edition) by Anne C. Hall ISBN: 0136145205 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 20 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $42.00 |
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Title: A New Approach to Sight Singing by Sol Berkowitz, Gabriel Fontrier, Leo Kraft ISBN: 0393969088 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $62.50 |
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