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Part I. Theories of scales, tunings, and temperaments: Introduction; 1. Pythagorean scale; 2. Modes and tetrachords of ancient Greece; 3. Church modes and the Guidonian hexachord system; 4. Mean-tone temperament; 5. Equal temperament; 6. Major and minor modes and chromaticism 7. Twentieth-century modes and scales
Part II. Theories of rhythm: Introduction; 8. Ancient rhetoric to modal rhythm; 9. Mensural notation and the Franconian modes; 10. Bar lines and meter signatures; 11. Twentieth-century rhythms
Part III. Theories of polyphony: Introduction; 12. Organum and the medieval motet; 13. Renaissance polyphony; 14. Tonal counterpoint and the Baroque fugue; 15. Counterpoint of J.S. Bach; 16. Textures of the Classical period; 17. Romantic textures; 18. Twentieth-century textures
Epilogue.
Part II. Theories of rhythm: Introduction; 8. Ancient rhetoric to modal rhythm; 9. Mensural notation and the Franconian modes; 10. Bar lines and meter signatures; 11. Twentieth-century rhythms
Part III. Theories of polyphony: Introduction; 12. Organum and the medieval motet; 13. Renaissance polyphony; 14. Tonal counterpoint and the Baroque fugue; 15. Counterpoint of J.S. Bach; 16. Textures of the Classical period; 17. Romantic textures; 18. Twentieth-century textures
Epilogue.