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Foundations of Diatonic Theory: A Mathematically Based Approach to Music Fundamentals Details
Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 780
EAN: 9780810862135
ISBN: 0810862131
Label: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Manufacturer: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 194
Publication Date: 2008-08-28
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Studio: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
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Customer Rating:Summary: Diatonic set theory: a little math-lots of potential answers
Comment: Part of the Mathematics Across the Curriculum series, Foundations of Diatonic Theory IS mathematically based, but only requires basic math skills. While it claims to serve as a intro or basic music theory text, the first few chapters do not introduce interval names and thus require prior knowledge. On the other hand, it introduces relatively little mathematical skills such as greatest common divisor and coprime, avoiding modulo 12.
This instructional text is based on the latest papers in diatonic set theory. For people who took a music theory intro class and left with more questions than they began, this book is likely what they want. Why major and minor? Why the modes? Why the diatonic scale? Why the diatonic triads and seventh chords? The book leads readers through the discovery of properties of these collections which help explain their general, and some specific, uses and qualities.
Editorial Review for Foundations of Diatonic Theory: A Mathematically Based Approach to Music Fundamentals:
This introductory, undergraduate-level textbook provides an easy entry point into the challenging field of diatonic set theory. After introducing mathematical concepts that relate directly to music theory, the text concentrates on these mathematical relationships, and uses pedagogical exercises and instructions to establish a strong link between introductory pedagogy and recent scholarship in music theory, relating concepts in diatonic set theory directly to the study of music fundamentals.