Over three years in the making, and tested and proven in the classroom over several years, Materials of Music is a two-year university-level music skills book that takes the reader from the basics to highly sophisticated lessons including melodic principles, four-part harmonization, and modulation. Each chapter concludes with exercises to reinforce the topic. Each topic is explained clearly and consisely, and is accompanied by numerous examples from the standard repertory. The text is completely indexed. In the downloadable .pdf file of the text, each index entry is linked to the body of the text. Included in the appendix is a keyboard diagram, blank manuscript paper, accompaniment patterns, transposing instruments, and a comparative style table.