Music Theory Fundamentals

Author: Huang Bengu
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: The "Fundamentals of Music Theory" is aimed at students of higher art colleges, music candidates, primary and secondary school music teachers, as well as music enthusiasts with a certain musical foundation. The book not only emphasizes the systematic and scientific nature of music theory but also strives to highlight its national and practical aspects. In the chapter on "Modes," it focuses on explaining the five-tone national modes of China and their expressive characteristics. In the chapter on "Key Transitions," it introduces the "Tone with the Same Palace" and "Transposition with the Same Palace" in Chinese folk music. In the chapter on "Intervals and Chords in Modes," it adds the content of "Non-third-degree chord structures in national modes" compared to similar books. Additionally, the book uses a large number of folk songs and composition-style songs with strong national characteristics as examples.