Basic Music Tutorial This book is really good. I am using it. It has a very complete content. This book is a textbook for music majors in normal colleges and universities. It is a combination of basic theoretical knowledge (music theory). ) and basic skill training (sight-singing and ear training) are combined to teach a basic music course. At the same time, it can also be used as a teaching material for amateur classes in art academies, education and further training colleges, secondary teachers, kindergarten teachers, cultural centers, as well as a self-study reference book for primary and secondary school music teachers and music lovers.

This book is a sub-volume of "Basic Music Course Tutorial", and is closely coordinated with the other two sub-volumes: "Ear Training Volume" and "Sight-Singing Volume". The content of this book includes notation methods, basic knowledge (note length, pitch, beat, rhythm, speed, dynamics, intervals, major and minor modes, national modes, chords, tonal changes, ornamentation, melody, texture, etc.) In addition to this part, some new chapters have been added based on years of teaching experience. For example, this book emphasizes the "dynamic level" to cultivate a sense of rhythm and the "timbre" (such as natural color, artistic color, chroma difference, etc.) to improve the sense of pitch, as well as the "modal rhythm" to analyze national modes. The theory is combined with practice. In the explanation of the principles of music elements, more examples of musical works are provided, which avoids the boringness of simply learning theory, increases learning interest, and consolidates basic knowledge. On the one hand, this is for the needs of sight-singing and ear-training lessons, and on the other hand, it is also for students to lay a solid theoretical foundation and clear obstacles and reduce difficulties for learning other courses in the future. Media Recommendation Preface

"Basic Music Science" is a basic music course that combines basic theoretical knowledge (music theory) and basic skill training (sight-singing and ear training). It is extremely important for every music major student. However, some students, because they are not very clear about the teaching purpose of this course, think that this course is just about learning to read and notate music. This is a misunderstanding of regarding teaching means as the purpose of teaching.

After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, our country has never published a basic music textbook that integrates music theory, sight-singing, and ear training and is suitable for music majors in normal colleges and universities. In 1992, the Basic Music Education Branch of the Chinese Musicians Association, which was established during the Fifth National Music Education Reform Seminar held in Jinan, formed a teaching textbook compilation committee at the request of teachers, and began to compile a teaching textbook including music theory, visual music, etc. "Basic Music Tutorial" is divided into three volumes: singing and ear training (music hearing training).

This textbook series first embodies the new concept of basic music teaching purposes: 1. Improve music quality. 2. Develop musical memory. 3. Cultivate creative awareness. I agree with these three aspects. 1. Improving music quality is not just technical training. It should cultivate music appreciation while training music perception, so as to improve the ability to understand music works. This is the main thing. 2. Developing music memory is very important for every music worker. Without a good musical memory, no matter what major you pursue (playing music, singing, writing, composing music), it will be difficult to do anything. Legend has it that Mozart and Luo Hei, a singer from the Tang Dynasty in my country, have amazing memories. Although they have their own talent factors, it is inseparable from the fact that they have already stored a large amount of musical information in their brains during the learning process. According to scientists, the human brain can store 46 million pieces of information. The average person still has 90% of their potential that has not been realized. Therefore, it is very necessary for us to help students develop memory in basic music courses; years of experience have also shown that it is entirely possible. 3. To cultivate creative consciousness, students are first required to develop the habit of independent thinking. Not only must you insist on completing homework alone after class, but you must also be good at summarizing what the teacher said in class, grasping the key points, and raising doubts. In this tutorial, theoretical analysis questions for sight-singing exercises are designed and basic skill training is required with an improvisational nature. These methods are of great benefit to cultivating pioneering talents with creative spirit.

The more than twenty members who participated in the compilation of "Basic Music Science Tutorial" are all experienced teachers who have been teaching on the front line for many years, who have devoted themselves to research, are effective, and have the courage to reform and innovate. In particular, the editor-in-chief, Professor Sun Congyin, has been teaching and researching this subject for nearly 50 years since he started working at the Shanghai China Conservatory of Music in 1946, and has accumulated rich experience.

Basic Music Tutorial is based on inheriting the excellent tradition and giving full play to collective wisdom. It first summarizes our country’s teaching experience, and at the same time refers to new foreign teaching materials and advanced teaching methods, and draws on the scientific research results of our country’s national music theory. , and highlight the normality, proceed from reality and face the basics. Regarding the solfa method that has been debated in our country for decades, this tutorial clearly proposes to focus on the first-key solfa method and also learn the fixed solfa method. This is in line with the reality of my country's normal colleges. The specific teaching methods on how to master these two solfa methods proposed in this tutorial are also very helpful for beginners.

The three volumes of "Basic Music Course Tutorial" take ear training (music hearing training) as the main line of teaching. The teaching of sight-singing and music theory should focus on the eight musical elements in auditory training, allowing students to learn in an eight-repeated spiral. This kind of teaching materials and teaching methods have been fully recognized and widely used abroad. Because it conforms to the objective laws that the human brain requires when learning, from shallow to deep, step by step, repeated consolidation, and continuous improvement.

The compilation of "Basic Music Science Tutorial" has taken a new step in the teaching reform of this subject. I wish everyone will continue to work hard to continuously enrich and improve the content of teaching materials and make greater contributions to the reform of national music education.

At the same time, it can also be used as a teaching material for amateur classes in art academies, education and further training colleges, secondary teachers, kindergarten teachers, cultural centers, as well as a self-study reference book for primary and secondary school music teachers and music lovers.