The Complete Idiot''s Guide to Music Theory
Chapter 8:Melodies 97 the C Major triad notes—G and E—on the primary beats of the measure: one and three.) Then we’ll end the ru ...
98 Par t 3:Tunes A four-measure melody in the key of G, which hovers around the third of the scale (B). What you want to avoid i ...
Chapter 8:Melodies Conversely, if you’re writing in F Major and throw a Dinto your melody, that note will sound out of place. A ...
100 Par t 3:Tunes Create Variations You can create additional melodies in your music by varying your motif slightly, such as cha ...
Chapter 8:Melodies 101 A sixteen-measure melody, consisting of four four-measure phrases. Make It Move A good melody doesn’t jus ...
Par t 3:Tunes Obviously, this isn’t a hard-and-fast rule. (And every rule is meant to be broken, anyway!) Think, for example, of ...
Chapter 8:Melodies Chromatic intervals—notes that aren’t in the underlying scale—are very diffi- cult for most singers to sing. ...
Par t 3:Tunes Simplifying a rhythmically complex melody. Stay in Time It’s also possible, especially when you’re first starting ...
Chapter 8:Melodies The half note in measure two creates tension; the next two bars resolve the tension. You then have to relieve ...
Par t 3:Tunes You can achieve this symmetry by mirroring rhythms, or by mirroring tones. Take Dvorˇ ák’s New World Symphony,for ...
Chapter 8:Melodies to master a single melodic line before you start stacking multiple notes on top of each other. That said, aft ...
Par t 3:Tunes You want your music to fit with your words. In the simplest sense, this means arranging the rhythm of the music so ...
Chapter 8:Melodies start with a good grounding in music theory (which is why you’re reading this book!), and then proceed from t ...
Exercise 8-5 Compose an eight-measure melody in the key of G, using the G Major scale, in 4/4 time. Make this a rhythmically liv ...
9 Chords In This Chapter ◆Understanding major, minor, diminished, and augmented triads ◆Extending chords to sevenths, ninths, an ...
112 Par t 3:Tunes Forming a Chord Okay, here’s the formal definition: A chord is a combination of three or more notes played tog ...
Chapter 9:Chords 113 In most cases, the type of chord is determined by the middle note—the third. When the interval between the ...
Par t 3:Tunes Minor Chords The main difference between a major chord and a minor chord is the third. Although a major chord util ...
Chapter 9:Chords 115 There are many different ways to indicate a diminished chord, as shown in the following table: Notation for ...
116 Par t 3:Tunes Chord Extensions Chords can include more than three notes. When you get above the basic triad, the other notes ...
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