The Complete Idiot''s Guide to Music Theory

308 The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Theory, Second Edition

G-sharp minor
harmonic minor scale, 35
melodic minor scale, 37
minor keys, 49
natural minor scale, 33
glissandos, 219
grace notes, 217-218
grand motets, 149
grand staffs, 12-13
grave tempos, 79
Gregorian chants, 150
grouping beats, time signatures,
72-73
guitar tabs, 124
guitars
accompaniment, 174-175
instrumental arrangements, 228

H

half notes, 59-60, 71-72
half step intervals, 18-19, 23-25
half-step modulation, 52
harmonic minor scale, 34-35
harmonic tension (melody), 104-105
harmonics, 21
harmony
counterpoint, 187
note combinations to avoid
big leaps, 198-199
dissonant intervals, 199
parallel movements, 198
swapping notes, 192
voice leading, 192-193
voicing and inversions, 189-191
head arrangements, 148
Hearing and Writing Music:
Professional Training for Today’s
Musician,156, 263
hearing skills (ear training)
chords and chord progressions,
163-164
intervals, 159-160
keys, 163
melodies, 162-163
pitch, 158
rhythms, 162
high-pitched tones, 4
holding notes (fermata), 80-81
home chords, returning to, 130-131
home pitch, memorable melodies,
97-98
hooks, memorable melodies, 99-100

I

imperfect cadences, 133-134

incalzando (dynamic marking), 83

indefinite pitch clefs, 14

instrumental arrangements

characteristics

brass, 229

guitars, 228

keyboards, 229

percussion, 229-230

strings, 227

woodwinds, 228

good and bad concert keys, 232

ranges, 232-236

solos, 147

transposing instruments, 230-232

instruments

melodies, 108

MIDI (musical instrument digi-

tal interface), 253

unpitched, 4

internalizing music, 158

interrupted cadences, 134

interval-based transpositions,

181-182

intervals

Aeolian mode, 42

chromatic, 103

degrees of the scale, 19-25

augmented, 22

compound, 23

half steps, 23-25

major and minor, 21

perfect, 21

dissonant, 199

Dorian Mode, 39

exercises, 25

half steps, 18-19

harmonic minor scale, 34

hearing, 159-160

Ionian mode, 39

Locrian mode, 42

Lydian mode, 40

major scales, 29

melodic minor scale, 36

melodies, 102-103

Mixolydian mode, 41

Mod-12 system, 24

natural minor scale, 32

Phrygian mode, 40

sharps and flats, 17-18

tones, 6

introductions, songs, 146

inversions, chords, 189-191

inverted chords, 122-123

first inversion, 122

root inversion, 122

second inversion, 122

Ionian mode, 38-39

Italian musical terms, 78-79

J–K

jazz band music, 247-248

keyboards

instrumental arrangements, 229

ranges, 236-237

keys, 45

changing, 52-53

circle of fifths, 50

concert, 178

good and bad concert keys, 232

transpositions, 231

exercises, 53

hearing, 163

key signatures

changing keys, 52-53

outside the key notes (acciden-

tal), 51-52

overview, 46

sharps and flats, 48-50

major keys, 46

minor keys, 48-49

outside the key notes (acciden-

tal), 51-52

transposition. Seetransposition

L

larghetto tempo, 79

largo tempo, 79

lead sheets, 168, 242

leading notes, 34

ledger lines (staff), 11

leggiero (dynamic marking), 83

lento tempo, 79

lieders, 149

listening (ear training), 155-164

active listening skills, 157-158

developing hearing skills, 158-164

resources, 156

transcribing music, 156, 164

Locrian mode, 42-43

low-pitched tones, 4