Table of Contents

Part 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1. Spatial Relations and Musical Structures Chapter 4 2. Interval Patterns and Musical Structures Chapter 5 3. Triads and Seventh Chords and Their Structures Part 6 Conclusion Part 7 For Further Study Part 8 Notes Part 9 Sources Cited Part 10 Index

About the Author

Timothy A. Johnson is Professor of Music Theory at Ithaca College and Chair of Graduate Studies in Music. He is the author of Baseball and the Music of Charles Ives: A Proving Ground (Scarecrow Press, 2004).

Reviews

Not only does Foundations of Diatonic Theory accomplish its stated goals, but it does so in such a masterful way, and with such a refreshing approach, that after reading it, any course on music fundamentals, music and mathematics, or diatonic set theory taught without its perspective would feel incomplete.
*GAMUT: Online Journal of the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic*

Because of its innovative approach, Foundations of Diatonic Theory will come as a breath of fresh air for those who decide to incorporate it into fundamentals courses. It would also provide courses on music and mathematics, and on diatonic set theory, with a way of getting into the material that encourages students to think critically—a most desirable quality in a text, as critical thinking should be demanded of the student by any graduate or upper-division undergraduate course. If Johnson’s Montessori-style approach is contagious among the next generation of textbook authors, the benefits to theory students and instructors alike could be enormous.
*GAMUT: Online Journal of the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic*