Developing Musical Intuitions: A Project-Based Introduction to Making and Understanding Music: Pack Book

Developing Musical Intuitions is for all readers interested in discovering their own musical intuitions. Ideal for use in courses in introductory music, music fundamentals, and elements-based appreciation courses, it can also be used in departmental music labs as a supplement to courses in music theory and music education. This unique, project-based package helps readers become active and engaged music makers--listeners, performers, and creators--by paying attention to what they already know and how they come to know it. Impromptu: Users can discover their own musical knowledge and build on it with the help of Impromptu, a groundbreaking software program packaged and integrated with the text. This interactive software package enables students to work with musical elements in a hands-on way, discovering for themselves the building blocks of musical structure, form, and design. Making music out of theory, this program helps users move from being musical hearers to becoming musical thinkers. Featuring a user-friendly environment with engaging graphics, Impromtu enables students to: * Build on their own musical knowledge, using the basic elements they intuitively know * Learn strategies for creating music * Use building blocks of music that move them beyond the hurdle of music notation * Work on projects that develop their understanding of melodic structure and form, rhythm and meter, pitch, and harmony, and how they combine to make music * Learn firsthand how the basic elements of music work in real musical masterworks The complete package for Developing Musical Intuitions includes the text, Impromptu software installer on CD-ROM for Macintosh, an Impromptu User's Guide, and an audio CD of brief listening examples coordinated with the text and software.Read More