Chapter 1: Elements of Music: Pitch

Middle C
The Octave
Quick Check
Musical Notation
The Staff
The Treble Clef
The Bass Clef
Ledger Lines
The Grand Staff
Playing Melodies on a Keyboard Instrument
Quick Check
Drawing Musical Symbols
     Treble Clef
     Bass Clef
     Note Heads
Key Terms
Listening
Using What You Have Learned
Assignments

Chapter 2: Elements of Music: Rhythm

The Beat
Simple Division of the Beat
Rhythm Patterns
Repeat Sign
Quick Check
Drawing Quarter Notes and Eighth Notes
     Note Heads
     Stems
Improving Your Ear
     Ear-Training Exercise I
     Ear-Training Exercise II
     Ear-Training Exercise III
Longer Note Values
Quick Check
Rests
Quick Check
The Tie
The Dot
Quick Check
Compound Division of the Beat
Quick Check
Dotted Rests
Quick Check
Summary of Relative Note and Rest Values
Key Terms
Listening
Using What You Have Learned
Assignments

Interlude I

Chapter 3: Simple Meter

Accent
Meter
Bar Line
Measure
Meter Signature
Simple Meter
Quick Check
2/2 Meter
Quick Check
The Upbeat
Quick Check
Subdivision of the Beat
Quick Check
The Dotted Eighth Note
Quick Check
Triplets
Key Terms
Listening
Using What You Have Learned
Assignments

Chapter 4: Compound Meter

Duple-Compound Meter
Quick Check
Triple-Compound Meter
Quick Check
Quadruple-Compound Meter
Quick Check
Beaming in Simple and Compound Meters
Key Terms
Listening
Using What You Have Learned
Assignments

Interlude II

Chapter 5: The Keyboard

The Half Step
The Whole Step
The Sharp Sign
The Flat Sign
The Natural Sign
Enharmonic Equivalents
Writing Sharps, Flats, and Naturals
Writing Half Steps and Whole Steps
The Key Signature
Quick Check
The Double Sharp
The Double Flat
Quick Check
Key Terms
Listening
Using What You Have Learned
Assignments

Chapter 6: Major Scales/Major Keys

Major Scales
The Tonic
Half Steps and Whole Steps in the Major Scale
Diatonic Scales
Other Major Scales
Key Signatures for Major Scales
The Circle of Fifths
Determining the Key from a Key Signature
The Dominant
Solfeggio
Quick Check
Key Terms
Listening
Using What You Have Learned
Assignments

Interlude III

Chapter 7: Intervals

Intervals and Scale Degrees
Quick Check
Specific Qualities of Intervals
     Perfect Intervals
     Major Intervals
     Minor Intervals
Quick Check
Writing Intervals Below a Given Note
Quick Check
The Augmented Fourth and Diminished Fifth
Summary of Common Intervals
Other Intervals
Key Terms
Listening
Using What You Have Learned
Assignments

Chapter 8: Minor Scales/Minor Keys

The Natural Minor Scale
The Harmonic Minor Scale
The Melodic Minor Scale
Key Signatures for Minor Scales
Relative Major and Minor Scales
Tonic (Parallel) Major and Minor Scales
The Dominant in Minor
Solfeggio and Numbers
Quick Check
Transposition
Quick Check
Key Terms
Listening
Using What You Have Learned
Assignments

Interlude IV

Chapter 9: Chords--Looking at the Musical Background

Harmony
Chord
Triad
Popular Music Chord Symbols
Diminished and Augmented Triads
Simple and Expanded Positions of Triads
Inversion of Triads
Block Chords versus Arpeggiation of Chords
Seventh Chords
The Major-Minor Seventh Chord
The Minor Seventh Chord
Key Terms
Listening
Using What You Have Learned
Assignments

Chapter 10: The Harmonic System

The Harmonic System in Major Keys
Roman Numeral Analysis
Primary Chords
Secondary Chords
The Harmonic System in Minor Keys
Circle Progressions
The Harmonic Background of Rounds
Part Songs
Key Terms
Listening
Using What You Have Learned

Interlude V

Chapter 11: Introduction to Harmonizing and Composing

Harmonizing Melodies
Nonharmonic Tones
Harmonic Rhythm
Playing Accompaniments on a Keyboard
Adding Rhythm to Accompaniments
Phrases in Music
Melodic Contour of Phrases
Harmonic Cadence
Form
A Final Word
Using What You Have Learned

Appendix 1: Inversion of Intervals

Appendix 2: Popular Music Chord Symbols

Appendix 3 : Guitar Chords

Appendix 4: Playing a Keyboard Instrument

Appendix 5: Answers to Selected Problems in the Assignments

Songbook

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