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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Getting Started with Music Theory
• Chapter 1: What Is Music Theory, Anyway?
• Unearthing Music Theory’s Beginnings
• Putting the Spotlight on Music Theory Fundamentals
• Seeing How Theory Can Help Your Music
• Chapter 2: Determining What Notes Are Worth
• Meeting the Beat
• Recognizing Notes and Note Values
• Checking Out Whole (Semibreve) Notes
• Homing in on Half (Minim) Notes
• Considering Quarter (Crotchet) Notes
• Examining Eighth (Quaver) Notes and Beyond
• Extending Notes with Dots and Ties
• Mixing All the Note Values Together
• Chapter 3: Giving It a Rest
• Getting to Know the Rests
• Extending the Break with Dotted Rests
• Practicing Beats with Notes and Rests
• Chapter 4: Introducing Time Signatures
• Decoding Time Signatures and Measures
• Keeping Things Easy with Simple Time Signatures
• Working with Compound Time Signatures
• Feeling the Pulse of Asymmetrical Time Signatures
• A Short Discussion about Conducting
• Chapter 5: Playing with Beat
• Creating Stress Patterns and Syncopation
• Getting a Jump on Pick-Up Notes
• Exploring Irregular Rhythms: Triplets and Duplets
• Part 2: Putting Notes Together
• Chapter 6: Music Notes (and Where to Find Them)
• Meeting the Staff, Clefs, and Notes
• Identifying Half Steps, Whole Steps, and Accidentals
• Finding the Notes on the Piano and the Guitar
• Using Mnemonics to Help Remember Notes
• Chapter 7: Mastering the Major and Minor Scales
• Following Major-Scale Patterns
• Discovering All That Minor Scale Patterns Have to Offer
• Chapter 8: Key Signatures and the Circle of Fifths
• Understanding the Circle of Fifths and Recognizing Major Key Signatures
• Finding Minor Key Signatures and Relative Minors
• Visualizing the Key Signatures
• Chapter 9: Intervals: The Distance between Pitches
• Breaking Down Harmonic and Melodic Intervals
• Looking at Unisons, Octaves, Fourths, and Fifths
• Recognizing Seconds, Thirds, Sixths, and Sevenths
• Building Intervals
• Showing Major and Perfect Intervals in the C Major Scale
• Checking Out Compound Intervals
• The Nashville Number System
• Chapter 10: Chord Building
• Creating Triads with Three Pitches
• Expanding to Seventh Chords
• Looking at All the Triads and Sevenths
• Manipulating Triads through Voicing and Inversion
• Exploring Extended Chords
• Chapter 11: Chord Progressions
• Reviewing Diatonic Chords, Chromatic Chords, and Minor Scale Modes
• Identifying and Naming Chord Progressions
• Adding a Seventh Chord to a Triad
• Seeing (and Hearing) Chord Progressions in Action
• Applying Chord Knowledge to Fake Books and Tabs
• Modulating to a New Key
• Reaching a Musical Cadence through Chord Progressions
• Part 3: Musical Expression through Tempo and Dynamics
• Chapter 12: Creating Varied Sound through Tempo and Dynamics
• Taking the Tempo of Music
• Dealing with Dynamics: Loud and Soft
• Chapter 13: Instrument Tone Color and Acoustics
• Delving into Tone Color
• Building the Band: An Acoustics Lesson
• Part 4: Musical Expression through Form
• Chapter 14: The Building Blocks of Music: Rhythm, Melody, Harmony, and Song Form
• Establishing Rhythm
• Shaping the Melody
• Complementing the Melody with Harmony
• Working with Musical Phrases and Periods
• Linking Musical Parts to Create Forms
• Chapter 15: Relying on Classical Forms
• Counterpoint as a Classical Revelation
• Sussing Out the Sonata
• Rounding Up the Rondo
• Figuring Out the Fugue
• Combining Forms into a Symphony
• Observing Other Classical Forms
• Chapter 16: Tapping into Popular Genres and Forms
• Feeling the Blues
• Having Fun with Rock and Pop
• Improvising with Jazz
• Twelve-Tone Compositions
• Part 5: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 17: Ten Frequently Asked Questions about Music Theory
• Why Is Music Theory Important?
• If I Can Already Play Some Music, Why Bother Learning Music Theory?
• Why Is So Much Music Theory Centered on the Piano Keyboard?
• Is There a Quick and Easy Way to Learn to Read Music?
• How Do I Identify a Key Based on the Key Signature?
• Can I Transpose a Piece of Music into Another Key?
• Will Learning Music Theory Hinder My Ability to Improvise?
• Do I Need to Know Theory if I Just Play Drums?
• Where Do the 12 Musical Notes Come From?
• How Does Knowing Theory Help Me Memorize a Piece of Music?
• Chapter 18: Ten Keys to Reading a Musical Score
• The Basics
• Lead Sheets
• Full Scores
• Miniature Scores
• Study Scores
• Piano Scores
• Short Scores
• Vocal Scores
• Tablature
• Figured Bass Notion
• Chapter 19: Ten Music Theorists You Should Know About
• Pythagoras (582–507 BC)
• Boethius (480–524 AD)
• Gerbert d’Aurillac/Pope Sylvester II (950–1003)
• Guido D’Arezzo (990–1040)
• Nicola Vicentino (1511–1576)
• Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695)
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
• Harry Partch (1901–1974)
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)
• Robert Moog (1934–2005)
• Chapter 20: Ten Musical Movements That Changed History
• 800 AD — England, Gregorian Chant
• 1100 AD — Organum/European Polyphony
• 1649 — England, the Diggers
• 17th Century: Italy, Opera
• 1789-1799: The French Revolution
• 1913 — Atonal Music and Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”
• 1950-1990: Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, “Nueva Canción” (the New Song Movement)
• 1960s: U.S. Civil Rights Movement
• 1980s: Estonia Singing Revolution
• 2010-2012: Arab Spring
• Part 6: Appendixes
• Appendix A: Audio Tracks
• Appendix B: Chord Chart
• Appendix C: Glossary
• Index
• About the Authors
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement