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    About this book

    Introduction



    Chapter 1

    Notation of Pitch

    1.1 The Whole Step and Half Step

    1.2 The Staff and its Clefs

    1.3 Origins of the Black Keys



    Chapter 2

    Notation of Rhythm

    2.1 The Beat and the Measure

    2.2 The Symbols of Rhythm Notation

    2.3 Meter

    2.4 Making Notation Count

    Chapter 3

    Reading Rhythm

    3.1 Subdividing the Beat

    3.2 More on Metric Accents



    Chapter 4

    Complex Rhythm

    4.1 Syncopation

    4.2 Triplets, Duplets, and Tuplets



    Chapter 5

    Intervals

    5.1 Naming Intervals

    5.2 Identifying Intervals

    5.3 Consonance and Dissonance

  • Chapter 6

    Scales & Key Signatures

    6.1 The Natural Minor Scale

    6.2 Key Signatures

    6.3 Alternate Forms of the Minor Scale

    6.4 Beyond the Major and Minor Scales



    Chapter 7

    Triads

    7.1 Types of Triads

    7.2 Inverted Triads

    7.3 Voicing and Broken Chords



    Chapter 8

    Adding to the Triad

    8.1 Seventh Chords

    8.2 Altered and Extended Chords

    Chapter 9

    Chord Progressions

    9.1 Chord Changes with the Primary Triad

    9.2 Extending the Dominant-Tonic Relationship



    Chapter 10

    Building Melody

    10.1 Melodic Movement

    10.2 The Phrase

    10.3 Harmonic Implications of Melody



    Chapter 11

    Developing Melody

    11.1 The Motive

    11.2 Melodic Transformations

  • Chapter 12

    Elements of Form

    12.1 Binary and Ternary Forms

    12.2 Other Forms of Organization

    12.3 Large Scale Works



    Chapter 13

    Voice-Leading

    13.1 Musical Textures

    13.2 Principles of Voice-Leading

    13.3 Nonharmonic Tones

    Chapter 14

    Expression Marks

    14.1 Dynamics and Articulation Markings

    14.2 Tempo Markings



    Chapter 15

    The Physics of Music

    15.1 Partials

    15.2 Temperament



    Index

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