A unique and challenging collection of octave displacement etudes based on the twelve-tone sets of composers such as Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Babbitt, Carter,

The main purpose of the book is to explore basic music theory so thoroughly that the interested student will then be able to easily pick up whatever further the

Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale focuses on perceptions of consonance and dissonance, and how these are dependent on timbre. This also relates to musical scale:

Thomas D. Rossing String instruments are found in almost all musical cultures. Bowed string instruments form the backbone of symphony orchestras, and they are u

An unprecedented exploration of Stravinsky's use of the piano as the genesis of all his music - Russian, neoclassical and serial.