An ABC of Music (Oxford Paperback Reference) |
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Imogen Holst
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Pages: 204 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0193171031
Pub: Oxford Paperbacks
Pub date: 1963-03-26
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 144333
Reader Reviews:
recommended (5/18 people found this helpful)
This is a gloss that moves very quickly from elementary notation to dodecaphony. It is moderately pleasant to read and fairly clear for the novice. But beware: It is British, so it speaks of crotchets and quavers, rather than of quarter notes and eighth notes. It discusses dissonance in terms of Helmholtz's discredited beat theory.
Also recommended (very much): PENTATONIC SCALES FOR THE JAZZ-ROCK KEYBOARDIST by Jeff Burns.
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