Introduction to Musical Concepts

• Multiple Choice Questions
• Note Tester
• Time Signature Tester (with 4, 8 or 16 as bottom numbers)
• Dynamics Terms Matching Columns
• Tempo Terms Matching Columns
• Full Intelligent Listening Checklist (PDF file. Requires Acrobat Reader)
• Practice Checklist
• Three sites where you can get material for your take-home essay:
  • All Music Guide
  • Grove Music Online (accessible from campus computers only)
  • MusicWeb Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Reading material for the final is found in the following parts of the textbook. Check your class notes for the specific units to be covered:

• Part 1. Elements of Music - sections on Harmony,Texture and Timbre
• Part 5. More Materials of Form
• Part 6 . Eighteenth-Century Classicism
• Part 7. The Nineteenth Century
• Part 8. The Twentieth Century

For further study, you can review the sections of the Online Tutor connected to the reading material assigned in class.

Also take a look at Music History 102 at the Internet Public Library. On that page you'll find some audio examples and summaries of each era we're studying.

If you have any questions about any of the material, e-mail me [JM]