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song parts, 146-147
tempo, 78-80
transcribing, 156, 164
music notation software, 252
Music Notes Music Theory web-
site, 264
Music Theory Web website, 264
musical instrument digital interface.
SeeMIDI, 253
Musictheory.net website, 264
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names, tones
alphabet method, 8
piano keyboard, 9
staff, 9-11
Nashville Number System, 243
natural minor scale, 31-33
natural sign, 18
navigation techniques (songs), 83-87
Coda sign, 85
measure repeat sign, 85
multiple-measure rest sign, 86-87
note repeat, 85-86
repeating sections, 84
Segno sign, 84-85
neighboring tones, 96
New World Symphony
chord progression, 140
melodic techniques, 92-93
ninth chords, 119-120
notation techniques
arpeggiated chords, 219
augmented chords, 115
diminished chords, 115
glissandos, 219
grace notes, 217-218
lyrics, 220-221
major chords, 113
major seventh chords, 117
minor chords, 114
minor seventh chords, 118
music notation software, 252
phrases, 216
slurs, 216
staccato mark, 217
swing, 219-220
tenuto mark, 217
ties, 215-216
trills, 218
turns, 218
writing music, 241-242
noteheads, 60
notes
accented, 82-83
accidentals, 18
chords. Seechords
combinations to avoid
big leaps, 198-199
dissonant intervals, 199
parallel movements, 198
counting, 62
eighth, 69
enharmonic, 18
flags, 61
half, 71-72
holding notes (fermata), 80-81
key. Seekey
natural signs, 18
notation techniques
8va notation, 232
arpeggiated chords, 219
glissandos, 219
grace notes, 217-218
phrases, 216
slurs, 216
staccato mark, 217
swings, 219-220
tenuto mark, 217
ties, 215-216
trills, 218
turns, 218
noteheads, 60
outside the key notes (acciden-
tals), 51-52
pentatonic scales, 99
piano keyboards, 9
quarter, 68-69
repeat notation, 85-86
rests, 62-63
scales
chromatic, 28
diatonic, 31
leading notes, 34
major, 28-30
minor, 31-37
modes, 38-43
overview, 27-28
staffs
clefs, 11-14
naming tones, 9-11
swapping (harmony), 192
transposing, 177-178
values, 58-63
dotted, 63
eighth, 61half, 59-60
quarter, 60
sixteenth, 61
thirty-second, 61
tied, 64
triplets, 64
whole, 59
numbers
degrees of the scale, 19-25
augmented intervals, 22
compound intervals, 23
diminished intervals, 22
half steps, 23-25
major and minor intervals, 21
perfect intervals, 21
tones, 6-7O
octave clefs, 14
online resources, 263
operas, 150
operettas, 150
oratorios, 150
orchestra scores, 252
orchestration, 238
oscilloscopes, 5
out chorus, 147
outside the key notes (accidentals),
51-52P
Pachelbel, Johann, Canon in D
chord progression, 140
melodic techniques, 95
parallel movements, avoiding, 198
parts of a song
bridge, 147
chorus, 146
endings, 147
instrumental solos, 147
introductions, 146
verse, 146
pentatonic scales, 99
percussion
instrumental arrangements,
229-230
ranges, 237
percussion clefs, 14
perdendosi (dynamic marking), 83
perfect intervals, 21
perfect pitch, 6, 159