Description: Preface. UNIT ONE: THE BASICS. 1a: The Staff-Stave(s), 1b: Clefs, 1c: Extending the Staff, 1d: The Great Staff, 1e: Notes, 1f: Rests, 1g: Meter Signatures, 1h: Accidentals, 1i: Half Steps and Whole Steps-Chromatic or Diatonic, 1j: Enharmonic Equivalents, 1k: Repeat Signs, 1l: Keyboard Octave Registers, Worksheets, Review. UNIT TWO: RHYTHMIC AND MELODIC EXERCISES-EASY. 2a: Rhythmic Exercises: Group 1, 2b: Rhythmic Exercises: Group 2, 2c: Rhythmic Exercises: Group 3, 2d: Melodic Exercises: Group 1, 2e: Melodic Exercises: Group 2, 2f: Melodic Exercises: Group 3. UNIT THREE: SCALES, KEYS, AND MODES. 3a: Scales, 3b: Circle of Fifths-Major Keys, 3c: Overtones, 3d: Key Signatures, 3e: Tetrachords, 3f: Major Scales with Sharps, 3g: Major Scales with Flats, 3h: Circle of Fifths-Minor Keys, 3i: Minor Scales with Sharps, 3j: Minor Scales with Flats, 3k: Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic Minor, 3l: Relative Major and Minor, 3m: Parallel Major and Minor, 3n: The Chromatic Scale, 3o: The Church Modes, 3p: Other Scale Forms, 3q: Twelve-Tone Rows, Worksheets, Review. UNIT FOUR: INTERVALS. 4a: Constructing Intervals. 4b:Perfect and Major Intervals. 4c: Minor Intervals. 4d: Diminished and Augmented Intervals. 4e: Constructing Intervals-By Half Steps and Whole Steps. 4f: The Tritone. 4g: Simple and Compound Intervals. 4h: Constructing Intervals Downward. Worksheets. Review. UNIT FIVE: RHYTHMIC AND MELODIC EXERCISES-INTERMEDIATE. 5a: Rhythmic Exercises. 5b: Solfeggio with Major Keys. 5c: Melodic Exercises. 5d: Solfeggio with Minor Keys. UNIT SIX: CHORDS. 6a: Triads. Chord Names and Symbols. 6b: Root-Position Triad Table. 6c: Root-Position and Inversion. 6d: Primary Triads. 6e: Seventh Chords. 6f: Figured Bass. 6g: The Cadence. 6h: Commercial Chord Symbols. Worksheets. Review. UNIT SEVEN: RHYTHMIC AND MELODIC EXERCISES-DIFFICULT. 7a: Mixed Rhythmic Units. 7b: Mixed Meters-Constant Note Values. 7c: Mixed Meters-Changing Note Values. 7d: Syncopation. 7e: Melodic Exercises. UNIT EIGHT: MELODIC WRITING, HARMONIZING, AND TRANSPOSITION. 8a: Melodic Writing. 8b: Harmonization. 8c: Accompaniment Patterns. 8d: Transposition. Worksheets. Review. APPENDIX: TERMS, SIGNS, AND SYMBOLS. General Music Terms. Performance Terms. Instruments of the Orchestra. Signs and Symbols. Piano Keyboard (foldout). INDEX.

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