Music Fundamentals

by Terry B. Ewell & Catherine Schmidt-Jones

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This collection deals with the rudiments of music.

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Humanities, Music
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Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. About the Authors
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Licensing
  7. Unit 1: Pitch and Major Scales and Keys
  8. 1.1: Introduction to Pitch Notation in Music
  9. 1.2: Clef
  10. 1.3: Introduction to the Piano Keyboard
  11. 1.4: Pitch- Sharp, Flat, and Natural Notes
  12. 1.5: Chromatic and Diatonic Half Steps
  13. 1.6: Octave Designations in Music
  14. 1.7: Key Signature
  15. 1.8: Major Keys and Scales
  16. 1.9: Scale Degrees of the Diatonic Scale
  17. 1.10: Enharmonic Spelling
  18. 1.11: The Circle of Fifths
  19. Unit 2: Rhythm and Meter
  20. 2.1: Duration- Note Lengths in Written Music
  21. 2.2: Duration - Rest Length
  22. 2.3: Dots, Ties, and Borrowed Divisions
  23. 2.4: Rhythm
  24. 2.5: Time Signature
  25. 2.6: Introduction to Subdivisions in Simple Meters
  26. 2.7: Simple and Compound Time Signatures
  27. 2.8: Meter in Music
  28. 2.9: Introduction to Subdivisions in Compound Meters
  29. 2.10: Pickup Notes and Measures
  30. 2.11: Tempo
  31. Unit 3: Minor Scales and Keys
  32. 3.1: Minor Keys and Scales
  33. 3.2: Learning Major and Minor Scales
  34. 3.3: Ear Training
  35. Unit 4: Intervals
  36. 4.1: Intervals and Inversions
  37. 4.2: Quickly Recognizing Simple Intervals
  38. 4.3: Consonance and Dissonance
  39. Unit 5: Triads, Chords, Introduction to Roman Numerals
  40. 5.1: Triads
  41. 5.2: Naming Triads
  42. 5.3: Beginning Harmonic Analysis
  43. 5.4: Seventh Chords and Inversions
  44. Back Matter
  45. Index
  46. Glossary
  47. Detailed Licensing