Students today have grown up in the age of digital technology. As a result; they process information in radically different ways than preceding generations. They like their information fast and consider visual images as important as textual content. In Tonal Counterpoint for the 21st-Century Musician; Teresa Davidian finally provides students a textbook that is quick; direct; and visualmdash;a direct reflection of the age in which they live. This book is easy to understand; comprehensive; and distinctly modern in its approach to the study of counterpoint. Written in a style that is clear; simple; and informal writing style; Davidian artfully mixes the history of counterpoint with an outline of its structure; placing musical examples from J. S. Bach side by side with those from The Beatles to illustrate the universality and currency of counterpoint in music analysis and composition.Designed as a single-semester introduction; Tonal Counterpoint brings the study of counterpoint into the present by:Making ample use of diagrams and flow chartsIncluding helpful step-by-step prompt sheets for analyzing inventions and fuguesPlacing just as much emphasis on the composition as on the analysis of counterpointOffering a broad array of musical examples; including the work of women composers; American songwriters; current students; and pop music composersThroughout; Davidian explains how the techniques of 18th-century contrapoint still readily apply to how music is composed today. Tonal Counterpoint for the 21st-Century Musician is ideal for students in the fields of music theory; composition; music history; and performance.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A scholarly look at the shamanic aesthetic as it embraced Pre-Columbian art form Middle America to the Andes.By Larry RobertsBesides a scholarly study of shamanism as it applies to Mesoamericam and Andean art; one gets inside the visionary revelations that manifests in the spiritualists mind. You are introduced to a cultural phenomenon that most shy from because the subject embraces an incredible revelation; that hallucinogens and ritual art are one. Anthropology is just beginning to except illuminated art as societal marker. Great book Ms. Stone; looking forward to your next publication.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent book; poor designBy HannahA really excellent; scholarly art book. Very well-researched; ample examples.My only problem with the book has to do with whoever was responsible for page layouts. The author references numerous works of art on each page; but those works almost always appear in other chapters; making it difficult to visually reference what the author is discussing. The side margins of the book are quite large and it would have been possible to reproduce thumbnails of the artwork referenced right beside the text that references it. Chapter numbers are also not included in footers; so it is hard to find fig. 7.3 when one is in chapter 2. As it is; one must commit to a LOT of hunting to reference each piece of art being discussed.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerThe book that changed how I "see" reality.
