Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony
13 May 2016
MASTER TEACHERS
Through decades of teaching experience, Poundie Burstein and Joe Straus have discovered that giving students time to master core concepts is more important than surveying every detail of tonal practice. They've applied that experience in writing Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony, a text that gives students time to focus on what they need to learn. Joe and Poundie are joined by media authors Anna Gawboy and Inessa Bazayev, who have developed online tools that enhance student preparation and make class time more efficient.
UNPRECEDENTED CONCISION
At only 380 pages, Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony is the first truly concise music theory text. Every chapter consists of just a few pages and isolates a key part-writing issue. Common student errors are anticipated—examples of mistakes, and how to avoid them, are scattered throughout the text—and brief musical examples are carefully curated to illustrate each concept.
GROUNDBREAKING PEDAGOGY
Know It? Show It! online pedagogy helps students work through each chapter. First, video tutorials help students hear the harmonies discussed in the text and demonstrate voice-leading procedures needed to complete assignments. Then, formative assessment activities invite students to quiz to learn. Students answer questions until they've demonstrated mastery of a skill guided by robust feedback that helps them understand mistakes. Finally, the hundreds of workbook exercises can be completed either online or in print.
ULTIMATE FLEXIBILITY
Short, modular chapters accommodate a wide variety of teaching and learning approaches. Chapters can be skipped or reordered to reflect different ways of organising the theory sequence, and for those who want more, additional resources are available online—including Closer Look features exploring selected topics in greater depth, expanded musical examples, and a database of additional teaching examples for every topic discussed in the text.
Through decades of teaching experience, Poundie Burstein and Joe Straus have discovered that giving students time to master core concepts is more important than surveying every detail of tonal practice. They've applied that experience in writing Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony, a text that gives students time to focus on what they need to learn. Joe and Poundie are joined by media authors Anna Gawboy and Inessa Bazayev, who have developed online tools that enhance student preparation and make class time more efficient.
UNPRECEDENTED CONCISION
At only 380 pages, Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony is the first truly concise music theory text. Every chapter consists of just a few pages and isolates a key part-writing issue. Common student errors are anticipated—examples of mistakes, and how to avoid them, are scattered throughout the text—and brief musical examples are carefully curated to illustrate each concept.
GROUNDBREAKING PEDAGOGY
Know It? Show It! online pedagogy helps students work through each chapter. First, video tutorials help students hear the harmonies discussed in the text and demonstrate voice-leading procedures needed to complete assignments. Then, formative assessment activities invite students to quiz to learn. Students answer questions until they've demonstrated mastery of a skill guided by robust feedback that helps them understand mistakes. Finally, the hundreds of workbook exercises can be completed either online or in print.
ULTIMATE FLEXIBILITY
Short, modular chapters accommodate a wide variety of teaching and learning approaches. Chapters can be skipped or reordered to reflect different ways of organising the theory sequence, and for those who want more, additional resources are available online—including Closer Look features exploring selected topics in greater depth, expanded musical examples, and a database of additional teaching examples for every topic discussed in the text.