Sonic Design: Practice and Problems
Sonic Design introduces an innovative formulation of music theory and teaching that is rooted in the scientific analysis of sound and communications. It defines central concepts and categories appropriate not merely to a single period or culture, but rather to a broad sweep of musical composition- ranging from ancient China and India to the living composers of Europe and America, forming a framework for understanding the entire art of sound.Following in the wake of the path-breaking success of the text, Cogan and Escot now offer Sonic Design: Practice and Problems. Conceived as a kit for students, Sonic Design: Practice and Problems provides a complete set of analytical and compositional problems relating to the comprehensive, global approach to music theory first developed in the text. The materials and suggestions allow students to "create their own book- a journal of compositional and analytical explorations recording from day-to-day their experience in understanding and creating music."
The authors pattern the workbook in the same thorough, flexible format as the text, making the two a perfect package. Yet the workbook boasts the totality to stand alone. Both the text and the workbook contain four topic chapters: Musical Space, Musical Language, Time and Rhythm, and The Color of Sound. This makes flexible applications possible to suit a variety of emphases and needs in the learning and teaching of music. The extensive analytical and composing problems in each chapter are preceded by Preliminaries which provide the essential technical basis for the problems.
Adaptable to freshman basic theory through graduate level theory, including advanced analysis and composition courses, the kit offers experience in music theory, analysis and composition in every parameter, and a rich diversity of historical and cultural contexts.