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Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom

Rob Hutchinson

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Front Matter

1Basic Concepts

Pitch
Notation
Octave Registers
Accidentals
Enharmonic Notes
Practice Exercises

2Major Scales and Key Signatures

Half Steps and Whole Steps
The Major Scale
Major Key Signatures
Practice Exercises

3Minor Scales and Key Signatures

Minor Scales
Minor Key Signatures
Scale Degree Names
Practice Exercises

4Basics of Rhythm

Time Signature
Durational Symbols
Dots and Ties
Meter
Tuplets
Common Rhythmic Notation Errors
Practice Exercises

5Intervals

Introduction to Intervals
How to Identify Perfect, Major, and Minor Intervals
How to Write Perfect, Major, and Minor Intervals
Inversion of Intervals Explained
Augmented and Diminished Intervals
Practice Exercises

6Triads

Introduction to Triads
Lead Sheet Symbols
Inverted Triads
Simple "Sus" Chords
Practice Exercises

7Roman Numerals and cadences

Roman Numeral Chord Symbols
Diatonic Chords in Major
Diatonic Chords in Minor
Cadences
Practice Exercises

8Seventh Chords

Introduction to Seventh Chords
The IV/5 "sus" chord
Roman Numerals of Diatonic Seventh Chords
Practice Exercises

9Harmonic Progression and Harmonic Function

Harmonic Pr
Harmonic Rhythm
Shorter Progressions from the Circle of Fifths
Harmonic Function in Classical Music
The Subtonic VII Chord in Popular Music
Exceptions Created by Harmonic Sequences
The Best-Seller Progression
The i-VII-VI-VII Progression
Embellishing Harmonies
Practice Exercises

Back Matter

Index
Colophon

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