How long does it take to read The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis?
Jane Piper Clendinning, Elizabeth West Marvin
The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis by Jane Piper Clendinning, Elizabeth West Marvin takes about 19 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 19 hours 30 minutes
A long haul
First published 2016. 1,064 pages, about 292,600 words.
39 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 32 hours 31 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 19 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 12 hours 12 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Pathbreaking media prepares students for class and homework. The Third Edition features new Know It? Show It! online pedagogy for students to complete as they read each chapter. First, video tutorials illuminate key learning objectives and illustrate problems similar to those in the workbook. Then formative-assessment exercises powered by InQuizitive challenge students with questions--many featuring musical notation--until they demonstrate the skills they'll need to complete workbook assignments. Constructive feedback points struggling students back to the book and tutorials. Finally, workbook assignments can be completed either on paper or online. Real music engages students. The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis places music before theory. Every chapter begins with listening; theory flows from the music. The text and workbook offer a rich repertoire that students know and perform--including classical and popular music--for a range of instruments, and the text offers insights on how to apply theoretical concepts to performance. With this spiral-learning method, students revisit works as they progress through the book. Every time they encounter a composition, their understanding deepens. More accessible than ever. Streamlined, conversational prose offers an inviting introduction to music theory for all students, and chapters on form and twentieth-century music have been reorganized for a smoother pedagogical progression. In-text features such as Key Concepts and Summaries highlight the most important elements for students to retain, while self-grading Try It exercises scattered throughout each chapter offer students ample opportunity to practice as they learn. Flexible and integrated. The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis addresses every topic commonly taught in the undergraduate theory sequence -- from fundamentals to form to twentieth-century theory -- eliminating the need for costly additional texts and offering the option of complete coordination…
Subjects: Music theory, Musical analysis
