Hindemith, Paul - Elementary training for musicians
search
  • Hindemith, Paul - Elementary training for musicians

Hindemith, Paul - Elementary training for musicians

Catalogue No: ED11331
Product FormatBook
ComposerHindemith, Paul
£25.50
Typically dispatched in 5-7 working days
Pages238
ISBN9780901938169 (0901938165)
UPC073999959277
Originally published in the 1940s, Paul Hindemith's remarkable textbooks are still the outstanding works of their kind. In contrast to many musical textbooks written by academic musicians, these were produced by a man who could play every instrument of the orchestra, could compose a satisfying piece for almost every kind of ensemble, and who was one of the most stimulating teachers of his day. It is therefore not surprising that nearly forty years later these books should remain essential reading for the student and the professional musician.

Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Quarter-notes, half-notes, and whole-notes (and rests)
  3. High, medium, and low tones
  4. 2/4 and 4/4 meters
  5. G-clef, and tones f', g', a', b'
  6. Eighth-notes and sixteenth-notes
  7. Tones e' and c'
  8. 3/4 meter, dotted half-notes, ties
  9. Tones d' and c'; octave; ledger lines; one- and two-lined octaves
  10. Slurs; syllable division; up-beats; dynamic accents
  11. Dotted quarter- and eighth-notes (and rests)
  12. Small octave; major scale; # and natural; diatonic and chromatic half-tones; key signatures
  13. Time-signatures of simple meters having the denominators 1, 2, 8, and 16; indications for slow and moderate tempi; brevis and dotted whole-notes
  14. Three- and four-lined octaves; b
  15. Double-dotted notes (and rests); thirty-second- and sixty-fourth-notes; indications for fast tempi
  16. Bass clef; great octave; intervals; perfect fifth and fourth; inversions
  17. Metric accents; meter and rhythm; cundoctors' patterns for beating time; syncopation; compound meters
  18. Contra octrave and sub-contra octave; major and minor thirds and sixths; transposition
  19. Triplets and other divisions by factors not implied in the time-signatures
  20. Major and minor seconds and sevenths
  21. Indications for changing tempi
  22. Meters with signatures having the numerators 5, 7, etc. and corresponding patterns for beating time
  23. Alto clef; augmented and diminished intervals; prime or unson; x and bb; enharmonic transcription; circle of fifths, circle of fourths
  24. Indications of dynamics and expressions
  25. Musical Form
  26. Tenor clef; intervals exceeding the octave; doubly diminshed or augmented intervals; minor scale (all forms); Church Modes; relative major and minor; signatures of minor keys
  27. Abbreviations; rests longer than one measure; ornaments; marks of articulation; chromatic scale
  28. Preface to Part Two
  29. Dictations (incl. discussion of "absolute pitch")
  30. Index
ED11331