£34.00

"Music Fundamentals for Dance" is currently the only book to explain essential concepts of music and examine these concepts in relation to dance performance, composition and teaching. This valuable reference helps professional choreographers, dance teachers and dancers expand their knowledge of music and understand the relationships between music and dance. It helps dancers understand the various elements of music, such as form and structure, musical time, melody, texture and score reading and how they relate to dance performance and choreography. They will learn music vocabulary for easier communication with other dancers, musicians and conductors. Overviews of musical forms, styles and genres are complemented by an examination of their relation to dance and choreography. Each chapter ends with exercises, activities and projects that offer students a range of active learning experiences to connect music fundamentals to their dance training. Understanding dance as an art form.