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Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music

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  • 0 The Chapter Everyone Skips Table of Contents

    • Welcome to Basic Music Theory!

    • Why Basic Music Theory?

    • What’s Inside

      • The Icons.

      • Basic Music Theory: Overview

      • How to Use the Special Features

      • Moving On





  • 1 An Ultra-brief History of Musical Notation PART ONE: START ME UP

    • Hear, There, Everywhere

    • Music Performed

    • The Future

    • Moving On



  • 2 Lines, Lines, Everywhere There’s Lines

    • The Staff.

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 2 Study Guide



  • 3 More Lines.

    • No Holds Barred

    • What? More Lines?

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 3 Study Guide



  • 4 The Wind-up and the Pitch

    • Spaced Out and Lined Up

    • The High and the Lowly

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 4 Study Guide

    • Home, Home on the Ranges



  • 5 A Note by Any Other Name Would Sound as Sweet

    • What’s in a Name?

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 5 Study Guide viii



  • Part I Review

    • Whew! You Made It.

    • The Review

    • Moving On



  • 6 Going Over the Clef PART TWO: CLEF NOTES

    • What’s a Clef?

    • The Clefs

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 6 Study Guide



  • 7 No Trouble with Treble

    • Golly G

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 7 Study Guide



  • 8 The Bass of the Clef

    • This Clef is Not a Fish!

    • Nmore Mnemonics

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 8 Study Guide



  • 9 To Fathom the Rhythm Clef

    • No Letters With this Staf. .f

    • Why No Note Names?

    • The One-Line Staff with Rhythm Clef

    • Instruments, not Pitches

    • The 5-Line Staff with Rhythm Clef

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 9 Review



  • Part II Review

    • Whew! You Made It.

    • The Review

    • Moving On



  • 10 Musical Terms INTERLUDE: COMING TO TERMS

    • Musical Terms are Directions

    • Tempo

    • Dynamics.

    • Articulations

    • General Musical Terms.

    • Pete and Repeat

    • Moving On



  • 11 Where’s the Beat? PART THREE: YOU GOT RHYTHM

    • The Beat Goes On

    • The Notes

    • Note Anatomy

    • The Stem

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 11 Review



  • 12 The Sound of Silence

    • Take a Rest

    • The Rests of the Story

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 12 Review



  • 13 Meter.

    • Not the Metric System

    • 4/4 Time

    • 2/4 Time

    • 3/4 Time

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 13 Review



  • 14 Down With the Count

    • Can You Count to 4?

    • Tap Your Foot

    • Quarter Note Count

    • Half Note Count

    • Whole Note Count

    • Count the Rest

    • All Together Now

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 14 Review x



  • 15 New Notes

    • Eighth Notes and Rests

    • Sweet Sixteenth Notes

    • How to Figure out a Tough Rhythm

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 15 Review



  • 16 Seeing Dots

    • You Are Not Seeing Things

    • The Dotted Whole Note

    • The Dotted Half Note.

    • The Dotted Quarter Note

    • Dotted Eighth Note

    • Dotted Rests

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 16 Review



  • 17 Triplets!

    • General Tuplet Information

    • Eighth Note Triplet

    • Sixteenth Note Triplets

    • Quarter Note Triplets

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 17 Review



  • Part III Review

    • Whew! You Made It

    • The Review



  • 18 Don’t Say Practice. INTERLUDE: TO PLAY OR NOT TO PLAY

    • Don’t Say the P Word.

    • Come on Baby, Light my Desire

    • How to Get Better

    • Start a New Habit.

    • Where to Do It

    • How to Do It

    • The Ideal Session

    • Other Ways to Play.

    • Some Instruments



  • 19 Accidentals On Purpose PART FOUR: SEE SHARP OR BE FLAT

    • Accidentals Are No Accident

    • General Accidental Information

    • Flats

    • Sharps

    • Naturals

    • More Accidental Rules

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 19 Review



  • 20 The Piano Keyboard

    • Why Learn the Keyboard?

    • Note Names on the Keyboard

    • Flat Notes on the Keyboard

    • Sharp Notes on the Keyboard

    • Enharmonic Notes

    • Half Steps and Whole Steps

    • The Chromatic Scale

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 20 Review



  • 21 Major Scales.

    • The Major Scale

    • The C Major Scale

    • Octave

    • Scales with Accidentals

    • Major Scales with Many Accidentals

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 21 Review



  • 22 Unlock the Secret of Key Signatures

    • Key Signatures

    • Flat Key Signatures

    • Find the Name of a Flat Key

    • Construct a Flat Key

    • Sharp Key Signatures

    • Find the Name of a Sharp Key

    • Construct a Sharp Key

    • The Key of C

    • The Keys to the Kingdom

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 22 Review



  • Part IV Review xii

    • Whew! You Made It.

    • The Review



  • 23 Intervals PART FIVE: INTERVAL TRAINING

    • Intervals by the Number

    • Interval Quality

    • Altering Perfect Intervals

    • Altering Major Intervals.

    • Finding an Interval

    • A Brief Note on Ear Training

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 23 Review



  • 24 Minor Scales

    • General Minor Scale Info

    • The Natural Minor Scale

    • The Harmonic Minor Scale

    • The Melodic Minor Scale

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 24 Review



  • 25 Scales a la Mode

    • What is a Mode?

    • The Modes

    • Finding Modes in Other Keys

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 25 Review



  • 26 Blues To Bebop and Beyond

    • General Blues Scale Info

    • The Blues Scale

    • Other Crazy Scales

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 26 Review

    • How to Sing the Blues (Not Really)



  • Part V Review.

    • Whew! You Made It.

    • The Review



  • 27 Conducting INTERLUDE: CONDUCTING YOURSELF

    • General Conducting Information.

    • Conducting Patterns

    • The Left Hand

    • Moving On



  • 28 Triads PART SIX: STRIKE A CHORD

    • General Chord Info

    • The Triad

    • Major Triads

    • Minor Triads

    • Diminished Triads

    • Augmented Triads

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 28 Review



  • 29 Chord Extensions

    • General Chord Extension Info

    • Seventh Chords

    • Ninth Chords

    • Other Chords

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 29 Review



  • 30 Chord Inversions

    • More General Chord Info

    • First Inversion

    • Second Inversion.

    • Inverting Seventh Chords

    • How to Find a Chord’s Name

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 30 Review



  • 31 Chord Progressions

    • What is a Chord Progression?.

    • Chord Progression General Guidelines

    • The I IV V^7 I Progression.

    • The ii V^7 I Progression

    • The iii vi ii V^7 I Progression

      • The 12 Bar Blues.

      • Moving On xiv

      • Chapter 31 Review





  • Part VI Review

    • Whew! You Made It.

    • The Review



  • 32 Faster Notes and Double Dots PART SEVEN: MORE OF THE SAME

    • Shorter Notes

    • Double Dotted Notes

    • Moving On

      • Chapter 32 Review





  • 33 Double Flats, Double Sharps

    • Double Your Fun

    • Double Flats

    • Double Sharps

    • A Werd on Spelling Kords

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 33 Review



  • 34 More Meters

    • Beyond 4/4 Time

    • Cut Time, or 2/2 Time

    • 6/8 Time

    • Odd Meters.

    • Moving On

    • Chapter 34 Review



  • Part VII Review

    • Whew! You Made It.

    • The Review



  • 35 What Comes Next.

    • So Much More

    • Theory Ain’t Everything

    • Drop Me An E-mail



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