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block chord accompaniment, 171
blues music, chord progressions,
138
books as resources, 263
bpm (beats per minute), 78
brass ranges, 235-236
brass instrument arrangements, 229
bridges in songs, 147
C
C Major
major keys, 46
major scale, 29
C minor
harmonic minor scale, 34
melodic minor scale, 36
minor keys, 49
natural minor scale, 32
C-flat Major scale, 30
C-sharp Major keys, 46
C-sharp minor
harmonic minor scale, 34
melodic minor scale, 36
minor keys, 49
natural minor scale, 32
cadences
imperfect, 133-134
interrupted, 134
plagal, 133
V-I progression, 133
calando (dynamic marking), 83
call-and-response melodies, 105
Canon in D
chord progressions, 140
melodic techniques, 95
canons, 149
cantatas, 149
changing
dynamics, 81-82
keys, 52-53
tempos, 80
time signatures, 72
choral music, 243, 247
choral symphonies, 149
chorales, 149
chords
adding to music, 123-124
altered bass, 205
altered chords, 120-121
arpeggiated, 112, 219
augmented, 115
block chord accompaniment,
171
compound, 205-206
diminished, 114
extensions, 203-204
eleventh chord, 120
ninth chord, 119-120
seventh chord, 116-118
sixth chord, 119
forming, 112
hearing, 163-164
inversions, 122-123, 189-191
first inversion, 122
root inversion, 122
second inversion, 122
major chords
notation, 113
triads, 113
minor chords
notation, 114
triads, 114
power, 122
progressions
blues, 138
chord leading, 131-133
chord substitutions, 206-209
common progressions,
134-137
creating, 130
exercises, 143
extensions, 203-204
hearing, 163-164
melodies, 106-107, 138-141
phrase-ending chord progres-
sion (cadence), 133-134
returning to the I chord,
130-131
scale-based chords, 127-130
writing tips, 141-142
seventh chords, 204
sheets, 168-169, 243
substitutions
diatonic, 206-207
dominant seventh, 208-209
functional, 209
major, 207
minor, 207-208
suspended, 121-122
tonic, 243
triads, 112
turnarounds, 210-211
voicing, 189-191chorus
out chorus, 147
songs, 146
chromatic intervals, 103
chromatic notes, 31
chromatic scale, 28
circle of fifths
chord progression, 137
keys, 50
classical music forms, 149-151
clefs
bass, 12
grand staff, 12-13
specialty
alto, 13
octave 14
percussion, 14
tenor, 13
treble, 11-12
click track, 78
Coda sign, 85
comping technique, 124
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Training Course, The, 156
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music
Composition, The, 109, 263
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing
Drums, The, 263
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Singing,
The, 263
Complete Idiot’s Guide to Solos and
Improvisation, The, 263
composing. See alsomusic, songs,
written music
arrangements
instrumental, 227-232
vocal, 225-227
counterpoint. Seecounterpoint
harmony. Seeharmony
melodies, 95-97
compound chords, 205-206
compound intervals, 23
con sordino (dynamic marking), 83
concert band music, 248-251
concert keys, 178
good and bad concert keys, 232
transpositions, 231
concertos, 149
conducting
2/2 time, 260
4/4 time, 259-260
in three pattern, 260-261
practicing, 261-262