Music Fundamentals Guide

The following study resources are recommended for students entering the UNCG School of Music as freshmen.

Textbooks by Publisher

Links are provided to publishers' web sites where you can get more information and contact a sales representative.
Most books can also be ordered from an online bookstore such as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, or Borders.

W. W. Norton publications

John Clough, Joyce Conley, and Claire Boge. Scales, Intervals, Keys, Triads, Rhythm and Meter: A Programmed Course in Elementary Music Theory, with an Introduction to Partwriting. 3rd edition (includes a free audio CD), 1999. ISBN: 0-393-97369-7

Tom Manoff. The Music Kit, 4th edition, 2001

Regular Version, ISBN: 0-393-97402-2 paper (Workbook & Rhythm Reader/Scorebook), audio CD.
Computer-Assisted Instruction Version, by Tom Manoff and Peter Hesterman
ISBN: 0-393-97403-0 / paper (Workbook & Rhythm Reader/Scorebook), audio CD and dual-platform CD-ROM in Macintosh and Windows formats

Pearson Prentice-Hall publications

(ISBN numbers are available on Pearson Prentice-Hall's Music Fundamentals web page)

Paul O. Harder and Greg A. Steinke. Basic Materials in Music Theory: A Programmed Course. 11th edition. 2006.

Earl Henry. Fundamentals of Music, 4th edition, 2004.

Robert Ottman and Frank Mainous. Rudiments of Music, 4th edition, 2004.

Joseph N. Straus. Elements of Music. 2003. ISBN: 0-13-043341-2

Schirmer Cengage Learning

David A. Damschroder. Foundations of Music and Musicianship, with CD-ROM, 3rd edition, 2006.
ISBN: 0-534-59552-9

William Duckworth. A Creative Approach to Music Fundamentals. 9th edition, 2007.

Text with Focus on Fundamentals CD-ROM (no additional cost) ISBN: 0-495-09093-X

Text without Focus on Fundamentals CD-ROM. ISBN: 0-495-09513-3

Theodore A. Lynn. Introductory Musicianship: A Workbook, 7th edition, 2007. ISBN: 0-495-09094-8

Robert Nelson and Carl J. Christensen. Foundations of Music, with CD-ROM, 6th edition, 2006.
ISBN: 0-534-59556-1

McGraw-Hill publications

Bruce Benward, Barbara S. Jackson, and Bruce R. Jackson. Practical Beginning Theory: A Fundamentals Worktext, 8th edition. 2000. ISBN: 0-697-34397-9

J. Timothy Kolosick and Allen Simon. Explorations: A New Approach to Music Fundamentals, 2nd edition, 1998. ISBN: 1-55934-698-1

Gary C. White. Music First! An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Music and Music Reading, 5th edition. 2007. ISBN: 007327500X

Web Sites

Concertino Publications

Correspondence Courses in Music Theory

G Major Music Theory

This site was designed by a noted teacher of AP Music Theory.

Gary Ewer's Easy Music Theory

This is a marketing site for a CD-ROM. Links to free lessons are provided at the bottom of the page. Students can print out hard copies of quizzes and answer sheets for each topic.

Music Theory Online
This site charges a $139 fee for 70 beginning music theory lessons. An instructor monitors students' progress and provides help.

Music Theory Resources

Ricci Adams' musicTheory.net

Theory on the Web

Teoria - Music Theory Web

The Virtual Music Class Room

University of Miami Online Music Fundamentals Course
This course requires an enrollment fee of $200 and a CD-ROM that costs $89.

Ear Training Software

Practica Musica 5 - Ars Nova Music Software
(includes Windows on Music, a music fundamentals textbook)

MacGAMUT