A valuable supplement to traditional etudes, this printed collection of fifteen short studies, along with practical advice, offers students of upper intermediate level and above opportunities to become acquainted with idioms such as pentatonic, octatonic, and whole tone scales; mixed meter, irregular rhythms; quartal, secundal, and polychordal harmonies; twelve-tone music; and other techniques not encountered in pre-20th century music.

Note: There is no double bar at the end of the last Idiom. This is meant to indicate that the music does not necessarily end at this point but could end anywhere...