Schenkerian analysis is one of the most effective methods of analyzing tonal music. Austrian music theorist Heinrich Schenker based his approach on the fundamental principles of harmony and counterpoint to make sense of every musical composition as a unique organic whole. Schenker employed standard musical symbols--such as such as slurs, stems, and beams--to express ideas about a musical composition in schematic form. Graphic Music Analysis presents Schenkerian analysis in a practical approach that will resonate with performing musicians, as well as musicology, theory, and composition students. Graphic Music Analysis guides the reader through the step-by-step process of creating - and thereby understanding - graphic representations of music. It aims to engage students directly in thinking about music and to show how Schenkerian ideas evolve out of considering analytical issues in the works encountered. Structural techniques are thus shown to derive from particular musical situations, so as to help students engage directly with the music, rather than realizing an analytic method for its own sake.