The Complete Idiot''s Guide to Music Theory

Index 311

performing music, conducting
2/2 time, 260
4/4 time, 259-260
in three, 260-261
practicing, 261-262
preparations, 257-258
rehearsal routines, 258
setting the tempo, 261
phrase-ending chord progression
(cadence)
imperfect cadences, 133-134
interrupted cadences, 134
plagal cadences, 133
V-I progression, 133
phrases, notation techniques, 216
Phrygian mode, 40
pianissimo (dynamic marking), 81
pianississimo (dynamic marking), 81
piano (dynamic marking), 81
pianos
accompaniment, 174-175
keyboards, naming tones, 9
pitch. See alsotone
concert, 178
contour melodies, 101
defining characteristics, 4
fundamentals 21
harmonics, 21
hearing, 158
high-pitched tones, 4
home pitch, 97-98
intervals
degrees of the scale, 19-25
half steps, 18-19
Mod-12 system, 24
sharps and flats, 17-18
low-pitched tones, 4
naming tones, 8-11
numbering tones, 6-7
perfect pitch, 6, 159
pitch memory, 158
scales, 6
scientific pitch notation, 9
tuning forks, 6
unpitched instruments, 4
plagal cadences, 133
plainsongs, 150
play-through, rehearsal routine,
258
power chords, 122
prestissimo tempo, 79
presto tempo, 79
programme music, 150

progressions (chord progressions)

blues progression, 138

chord leading, 131-133

chord substitutions, 206-209

common progressions

circle of fifths, 137

I-ii-IV, 136

I-ii-IV-V, 136

I-IV, 134

I-IV-V, 135

I-IV-V-IV, 135

I-V, 134-135

I-V-vi-IV, 135

I-vi-ii-V, 136

I-vi-ii-V7-ii, 136

I-vi-IV-V, 136

ii-V-I, 137

IV-I-IV-V, 137

creating, 130

exercises, 143

extensions, 203-204

hearing, 163-164

melodies, 106-107, 138-141

Canon in D, 140

“Mary Had a Little Lamb,”

141

“Michael, Row the Boat

Ashore,” 139

Minuet in G,139-140

New World Symphony, 140

phrase-ending chord progres-

sion (cadence)

imperfect cadence, 133-134

interrupted cadence, 134

plagal cadence, 133

V-I progression, 133

returning to the I chord,

130-131

scale-based chords, 127-130

writing tips, 141-142

Q–R

quarter notes, 60, 68-69

rallentando, 80

ranges

instrumental arrangements, 232,

236

melodies, 102

vocal arrangements, 226-227

rehearsal routine

play-through, 258

setup, 258

tuneup, 258

warmup, 258

repeat marks, 84

repetition

measures, 85

melodies, 106

notes, 85-86

sections, 84

resources

books, 263

ear training, 156

melodies, 108-109

online, 263

rests

multiple-measure rest sign,

86-87

resting notes, 62-63

rhythmic accompaniment, 171-173

rhythms

4/4 time, 57

counting notes, 62

hearing, 162

measures, 58

melodies, 91-92, 103-104

note values, 58-64

dotted, 63

eighth, 61

half, 59-60

quarter, 60

rest, 62-63

sixteenth, 61

thirty-second, 61

tied, 64

triplets, 64

whole, 59

rhythmic memory, 162

syncopated, 103

ritardando, 80

ritenuto, 80

root inversions, 122

S

scales (musical scale)

chromatic, 28

creating memorable melodies,

98-99

degrees of the scale, 19-25

augmented, 22

compound, 23