Music Listening Today

Easy to read in one sitting, the concise chapters provide instructors with the flexibility to tailor the course to suit the needs of a wide variety of students.

In addition to its coverage of popular music, the book offers a substantial sample of music from different cultures around the world.

Brief composer biographies offer cultural and social background that enriches the musical selections.

Placed at the beginning of each of the book's eight parts and illustrated with period art, historical timelines enable students to place the chronology of music within its cultural and historical contexts.

Listening Guide headings provide download number and date of work, as well as reminders about such elements as genre and form. Listening Guide timings are easy to follow, and commentary has been made even simpler for students with no musical training.

The Sixth Edition's powerful listening program is cued in the text and integrated carefully in MindTap, which provides students with the listening and practice they need, where they need it.

Each chapter previews content for students with an easily reviewed set of Learning Objectives. In MindTap, each chapter opens with a highly engaging video, introduced by the authors, with questions geared for class discussion.

Each musical selection's Listening Guide provides a simplified set of timings, keyed to the music downloads packaged with the book. MindTap provides this music in three ways: streaming, in the form of an animated Active Listening Guide, and via carefully selected YouTube videos introduced by the authors.

Each musical selection is now accompanied by a Listening Practice Activity in MindTap, which gives students in-depth listening practice with each specific piece.

Each chapter in MindTap concludes with a revised Chapter Quiz including further listening items.