Apart from singing, music-making and conscious listening, it is mastering elementary music theory – the knowledge of fundamental melodic, harmonic and rhythmic relations – that helps to understand the various forms of music. 'Neue Allgemeine Musiklehre' has made it its business to introduce the learner to the basics and help him/her to acquire the necessary knowledge; in addition, it encourages the advanced learner to repeat the subjects and serves as a work of reference. The extensive material ...

• Vorwort
• Akustische Grundlagen
• Die Notenschrift
• Zeit und Rhythmus
• Melodik und Tonalität
• Harmonik
• Formenlehre
• Instrumentenkunde
• Glossar
• Register