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SchenkerGUIDE is the companion website to the new Routledge handbook of the same name. On this site you will find a summary of the method outlined in the book, an extensive glossary and bibliography, exercises, tips on presentation and other supporting materials for students and educators. The SchenkerGUIDE website, originally launched in 2001, attracts an average of 2500 unique users each month and is recommended by Universities worldwide, including in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Scandinavia, and South America.
I am always pleased to receive feedback both positive and negative, so feel free to email me on tom.pankhurst@schenkerguide.com if you have any thoughts, questions or comments.
If you find any mistakes in the text book, please report them using the Errata page.
information on the handbook
Some institutions using SchenkerGUIDE
Anglia Ruskin University
Arizona State University
Brussels University College for Sciences and Arts
California Baptist University
City University of New York
Colby College, Maine
Conservatorio Superior de Música
Conservatory of Volos
Eastman School of Music
Emory University, Atlanta
Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya
Getxo Music School
Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
HFF Potsdam-Babelsberg
Hope College, Michigan
Indiana University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Ionian University (Corfu)
Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte,
Kalamazoo College, Michigan
Kent State University
Kings College London
Kobe University, Japan
Lee University (Cleveland)
Lipscomb University
Louisiana State University
Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick
Middlesex University
Mount Allison University, Canada
National Chia-Yi University in Taiwan
New Orleans Seminary
Norwegian Academy of Music
Oakland University
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Oxford University
Point Park University
Puerto Rico Music Conservatory
Rhode Island College
Rice University
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Sabanci University (Istanbul)
Sekolah Tinggi Seni Indonesia
Shorter College (Georgia)
St Lawrence College Kingston
Texas A&M University Kingsville
Transilvania University (Brasov)
Trinity International University
Tung Hai University
Universidad Simon Bolivar
University of Alabama
University of Alicante
University of Bristol
Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta
University of Houston Moores School of Music
University of Hull
University of Illinois
University of Macedonia (Thessaloniki)
University of Manchester
University of Massachusets, Amherst
University of Missouri Kansas City
University of Music and Drama Hanover
University of Newcastle
University of North Carolina
University of Northern Colorado
Univversity of Redlands
University of Rochester
Université Paris Sorbonne
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras
University of South Dakota
University of Southern California
University of Sussex
Wellington College
West Texas A&M Universtity
Wilfrid Laurier University
A review of SchenkerGUIDE (from Amazon):
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This book's subtitle, "A brief handbook and website for Schenkerian analysis", is a bit too modest. Although short, it's a very complete and thorough first course in Schenkerian analysis.
One good feature of the book is that Pankhurst describes Schenkerian notation at the same time as introducing the concepts. This means that he needs far fewer words than other writers to say what needs to be said. The examples often speak for themselves, and everything is very clear.
Another excellent feature is the section about how to do a Schenkerian analysis and how to present one in practice. I don't know where else one might find this. The exercises at the end are well graded and there are a few very easy ones on the web site to get you started.
Schenker's theories are controversial and many people find them quite hard to swallow. Some authors either skate over this or else patronise and bully their readers. Here's what Pankhurst says: "Whereas Schenker lived at a time when knowledge tended to be presented as absolute truth, we tend today to view it as somewhat more provisional. The task for a student of Schenker is to be open to understanding music in the way that he suggests, but at the same time keeping critical faculties intact and alert." He returns to this issue several times during the book, always with the same undogmatic good humour.
Normally you'd want to be at least at undergraduate level to tackle Schenker's theories, but this book is so clearly written that I think a good A level student could manage it pretty well. I wish all music theory books were written as well as this.
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The original SchenkerGUIDE website was reviewed by PALATINE, the UK Higher Education Subject Centre for Music:
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Undergraduates invariably find Schenkerian analysis completely new and challenging when they first encounter it. This site by Tom Pankhurst suggests a working method for doing basic Schenkerian analysis and provides details on Schenker's theories and references to literature and further online resources. The site is exemplary in every sense, and is even likely to be popular among students: it has a panic button for students who have exams coming up! The author has a gift for presenting information to the student who needs sensible, concise answers about a topic that is too often shrouded in complexity. But detail is not compromised and the why questions are discussed head-on, by a musicologist who clearly has a deep understanding of the field. The style and structure of the site provide a model for other potential fields of musical and technical learning.
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