Preface | p. ix |
Introduction | p. xi |
Musical Talent, Musical Knowledge | p. xi |
A Theory of Music | p. xii |
Rhythm | p. 1 |
Pulse | p. 2 |
Meter | p. 3 |
Measures | p. 4 |
Note Values | p. 5 |
Rests | p. 9 |
Dotted Notes | p. 10 |
Time Signatures | p. 10 |
Simple Meter | p. 13 |
A Counting Method for Simple Meters | p. 14 |
The Basic Beat | p. 14 |
Subdivisions of the Beat | p. 15 |
Compound Meter | p. 16 |
A Counting Method for Compound Meters | p. 20 |
Subdivisions of the Beat | p. 20 |
Notational Problems | p. 23 |
Triplets and Duplets | p. 27 |
A Counting Method for Triplets and Duplets | p. 28 |
Ties | p. 32 |
Syncopation | p. 34 |
Repeat Signs | p. 34 |
Tempo | p. 36 |
Conducting Patterns | p. 37 |
Focus | p. 42 |
Melody | p. 43 |
The Staff | p. 45 |
Noteheads | p. 45 |
Clefs | p. 47 |
The Treble Clef | p. 47 |
The Bass Clef | p. 50 |
The Great Staff | p. 53 |
Ledger Lines | p. 56 |
The Octave Sign | p. 59 |
How to Read a Musical Map | p. 62 |
Focus | p. 66 |
The Keyboard | p. 67 |
The White Keys | p. 67 |
The Black Keys | p. 71 |
Enharmonic Pitches | p. 72 |
Accidentals | p. 73 |
Focus | p. 75 |
Focus on Skills I | p. 77 |
Major Scales | p. 81 |
Intervals | p. 81 |
Half Steps | p. 82 |
Whole Steps | p. 83 |
Scales as Interval Patterns | p. 84 |
Elements of the Major Scale | p. 86 |
Naming Scale Degrees | p. 98 |
Ear Training | p. 102 |
Focus | p. 103 |
Major Key Signatures | p. 105 |
The Key Signature | p. 105 |
Sharp Keys | p. 106 |
Flat Keys | p. 109 |
Enharmonic Keys | p. 113 |
The Circle of Fifths: Major Keys | p. 113 |
Focus | p. 115 |
Intervals | p. 117 |
Interval Identification | p. 118 |
Arithmetic Distance | p. 118 |
Interval Quality | p. 124 |
Perfect Intervals | p. 125 |
Major and Minor Intervals | p. 132 |
Compound Intervals | p. 142 |
Harmonic Inversion of Intervals | p. 144 |
Focus | p. 148 |
Focus on Skills II | p. 151 |
Minor Key Signatures | p. 155 |
Related Keys | p. 155 |
Parallel Keys | p. 158 |
Minor Key Signatures | p. 158 |
The Circle of Fifths: Minor Keys | p. 164 |
Focus | p. 166 |
Minor Scales | p. 167 |
Natural Minor Scale | p. 169 |
Harmonic Minor Scale | p. 179 |
Melodic Minor Scale | p. 189 |
Minor Scales in Musical Situations | p. 195 |
Sight-Singing of Minor Scales | p. 196 |
Focus | p. 200 |
Other Scales and Modes | p. 201 |
Pentatonic Scales | p. 202 |
Modes | p. 207 |
Transposing the Modes | p. 209 |
The Whole-Tone Scale | p. 214 |
Focus | p. 218 |
Focus on Skills III | p. 221 |
Triads | p. 227 |
Basic Structure of Triads | p. 228 |
Major and Minor Triads | p. 229 |
Close and Open Positions | p. 232 |
Augmented and Diminished Triads | p. 237 |
Triads and Scales | p. 244 |
Inversions of Triads | p. 245 |
Labeling Inversions | p. 247 |
Two Systems for Labeling Triads | p. 251 |
Roman Numeral Analysis | p. 251 |
Pitch Name Identification | p. 256 |
The Dominant Seventh Chord | p. 258 |
Focus | p. 264 |
Tonality | p. 265 |
Tendency Tones | p. 266 |
The Dominant/Tonic Relationship | p. 267 |
Cadences | p. 269 |
The Authentic Cadence | p. 269 |
The Plagal Cadence | p. 271 |
The Half Cadence | p. 272 |
The Deceptive Cadence | p. 273 |
Simple Chord Progressions | p. 276 |
Two-Chord Progression | p. 277 |
Three-Chord Progression | p. 278 |
Harmonizing a Melody | p. 280 |
Focus | p. 293 |
Focus on Skills IV | p. 295 |
Appendices | |
Rhythms for Counting and Performing | p. 301 |
World Rhythms in Two and Three Parts | p. 307 |
Syllables for Sight-Singing Scales and Modes | p. 313 |
Melodies for Sight-Singing and Playing | p. 315 |
Major-Scale Fingerings for Keyboard Instruments | p. 321 |
The C Clef | p. 325 |
A System of Octave Identification | p. 329 |
Transposing the Modes | p. 335 |
A Brief Discussion of Dynamics | p. 341 |
A Brief Introduction to Timbre | p. 343 |
A Brief Discussion of Acoustics | p. 349 |
Using the Focus on Fundamentals CD-ROM | p. 353 |
Glossary | p. 357 |
Subject Index | p. 363 |
Index to Musical Examples | p. 369 |
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