The Foundations of Music

Contents

• Preface
• 1. The reduction of instrumental tones to a single series of pure tones
• 2. Analytic description and theory of the series of pure tones
• 3. Degrees and theory of consonance and dissonance (fusion)
• 4. The relations of fusion to beats, partials, and difference-tones
• 5. The consonance of successive tones
• 6. The nature of interval
• 7. The musical range of pitch
• 8. Our point of view towards the auditory field
• 9. The relative importance of synthesis and of analysis
• 10. The equivalence of octaves
• 11. Consecutive fifths
• 12. The system of facts regarding consecutives
• 13. The reason for the prohibition of consecutives
• 14. Exceptions to the prohibition of consecutives
• 15. Hidden octaves and fifths, etc.
• 16. A fourth from the bass
• 17. Common chords or concordance
• 18. Melodic motion in relation to degrees of consonance
• 19. Melody (or paraphony) as the primary basis of music
• 20. The factors that modify paraphony
• 21. Retrospect and the outlook for theory
• 22. Synopsis or outlines of instruction
• 23. The objectivity of beauty
• 24. Aesthetics as a pure science
• Works cited
• Index of authors
• Index of subjects.