ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE 1940S, PAUL HINDEMITH'S REMAKABLE TEXTBOOKS ARE STILL THE OUTSTANDING WORKS OF THEIR KIND. IN CONTRAST TO MANY MUSICAL TEXTBOOKS WRITTEN BY ACADEMIC MUSICIANS, THESE WERE PRODUCED BY A MAN WHO COULD PLAY EVERY INSTRUMENT OF THE PREFACE - CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIMPLEST ONE-VOICE MELODIC PATTERNS - BEGINNING OF TWO-VOICE SETTING - ELABORATED MELODY (AUXILIARY OR TETURNING TONES, PASSING TONES) - ELABORATED MELODY (CONTINUATION) - PRINCIPLES OF MELODIC CONSTRUCTION - ELABO