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| Introduction | |
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| Equipment | |
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| Sound Envelopes and the Notational Grid | |
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| Sound Description | |
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| The Staff | |
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| Leger Lines | |
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| Clefs | |
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| The Treble Clef | |
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| The Bass Clef | |
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| The Percussion Clef | |
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| The Alto and Tenor Clefs | |
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| Placement of Clefs | |
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| The Great Staff | |
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| Homework | |
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| Additional Practices | |
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| New Notation for New Sounds | |
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| Specific Percussion Clefs | |
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| Other Moveable C Clefs | |
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| Hybrid Clefs | |
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| Fundamental Rhythmic Description | |
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| Note-heads | |
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| Stems | |
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| Stem Length | |
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| Stem Direction | |
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| Stem Length in Leger Lines | |
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| The Quarter Rest | |
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| The Half Rest | |
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| The Whole Rest | |
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| Percussion and Rhythm Note-heads | |
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| Homework | |
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| Additional Practices | |
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| Other Percussive Note-heads | |
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| Fundamental Pitch Description | |
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| Placement of Notes on the Staff | |
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| Accidentals | |
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| Flats | |
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| Sharps | |
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| Naturals | |
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| Double Flats | |
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| Double Sharps | |
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| Spacing of Note-heads in Regard to Accidentals | |
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| Key Signatures | |
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| Application of Accidentals | |
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| The Logic of Accidentals | |
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| Courtesy Accidentals | |
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| Key Changes | |
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| Homework | |
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| Additional Practices | |
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| Logic of Accidentals | |
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| Null Key Signatures | |
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| The Notational Grid: Conclusion | |
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| The Three Regions of the Staff | |
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| Measures | |
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| Barlines | |
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| Single Barlines | |
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| Double Barlines | |
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| The "fine" Barline | |
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| Braces and Brackets | |
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| Homework | |
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| Additional Practices | |
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| Changes of Clef | |
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| Time Signatures, Meter, and Tempo | |
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| Time Signatures | |
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| Placement of Time Signatures | |
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| "Common Time" and "Cut Time" | |
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| Changes of Meter | |
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| Metric Placement of Note-heads and Rests | |
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| Alignment | |
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| Tempo Markings | |
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| Changes of Tempo | |
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| Homework | |
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| Additional Practices: | |
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| Types of Rhythm | |
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| Metrical Rhythm | |
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| Changing Between Simple Time and Compound Time | |
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| Change of Pulse Note-value | |
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| Rhythmic Subdivision of the Pulse | |
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| Flags | |
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| Beams | |
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| Application of Beams | |
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| Stem Direction of Beamed Note Groups | |
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| Beam Slant | |
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| Homework | |
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| Rhythmic Subdivision of the Pulse: Continued | |
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| Horizontal Beams | |
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| Primary Beams (Specific) | |
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| Secondary Beams (Specific) | |
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| Broken Secondary Beams | |
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| Syncopation | |
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| Borrowed Metric Groupings | |
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| Homework | |
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| Additional Practices | |
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| "Midway" Beaming of Note Groups | |
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| Beams as Indicators of Phrasing | |
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| Rhythmic Subdivision of the Pulse: Concluded | |
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| The Eighth Rest | |
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| The Sixteenth Rest | |
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| The Whole Measure Rest | |
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| Ties | |
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| Augmentation Dots | |
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| Dotted Rests | |
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| Rests in Compound Meters | |
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| Homework | |
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| Additional Practices | |
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| Smaller Value Rests | |
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| Ties Attending Voicings | |
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| Triple Augmentation Dots | |
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| Holds, Pauses, and Repeats | |
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| Fermatas | |
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| Pauses | |
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| Caesuras | |
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| Fermatas Attending Caesuras | |
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| Multiple Measure Rests | |
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| Repeat Brackets | |
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| Repeat Endings | |
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| Single Measure Repeats | |
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| Double Measure Repeats | |
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| Da Capo and Dal Segno | |
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| al fine and al Coda | |
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| Homework | |
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| Additional Practices | |
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| Fermatas Attending Barlines | |
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| The "Grand Pause" | |
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| Tacet | |
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| Third Repeat Endings | |
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| Single Pulse Repeats | |
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| Col | |
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| Chords, Voicings, and Divisi Parts | |
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| Chord Symbols | |
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| Parenthetical Tensions | |
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| Inversions and Pedals | |
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| Voicings | |
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| Alignment of Accidentals | |
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| Divisi Parts | |
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| Octave Signs | |
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| Homework | |
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| Additional Practices | |
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| Hybrid Chords and Polychords | |
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| Divisi Parts: Continued | |
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| Coll' 8va. and Coll' 8vb. | |
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| Dynamics | |
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| Location of Dynamic Information | |
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| Dynamic Level Markings | |
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| Dynamic Terminology | |
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| Wedges | |
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| Homework | |
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| Additional Practices | |
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| Location of Dynamics (Specific) | |
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| Combined Dynamic Level Markings | |
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| Change of Dynamic Level on Repeated Sections | |
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| Articulation | |
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| The "Unarticulated Note" | |
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| Accent Marks | |
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| Staccato Marks | |
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| Legato/Tenuto Marks | |
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| Placement of Accent, Staccato, and Legato Markings | |
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| Slurs | |
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| Breath Marks | |
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| Accent Terminology | |
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| Idiomatic Considerations | |
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| Homework | |
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| Additional Practices | |
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| Combining Accents with Staccato and Legato Markings | |
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| Combining Accent, Staccato, and Legato Markings with Slurs | |
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| Combining Accent Terms with Dynamics | |
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| Ornaments | |
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| The Portamento | |
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| The Glissando | |
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| Trills | |
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| Tremolos | |
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| The Unmeasured Tremolo | |
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| The Measured Tremolo | |
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| Grace Notes | |
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| Arpeggios | |
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| Turns | |
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| Bends | |
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| Homework | |
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| Additional Practices | |
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| Cues | |
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| Names of Instruments with Abbreviations (in english, italian, french, and german) | |
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| Score Layout | |
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| Instrumental Transpositions | |
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| Glossary of European Musical Terms | |