Understanding basic music theory

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Understanding basic music theory: course introduction

1.2 Pitch: sharp, flat, and natural notes

1.3 Key signature

1.4 Enharmonic spelling

Duration: note lengths in written music

2.1 Duration: rest length

2.2 Time signature

2.4 Pickup notes and measures

2.5 Dots, ties, and borrowed divisions

2.6 Syncopation

2.8 Repeats and other musical road map signs

Dynamics and accents

3.1 Articulation

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The shape or contour of a melody

2.3 Melodic motion

2.4 Melodic phrases

2.6 Melodies in counterpoint

2.8 Suggestions for presenting these concepts to children

7 Classifying music

7.1 Western and non-western

7.2 Jazz, blues, and world music

7.4 Classical and art music

7.5 Folk and popular music

7.6 Suggestions for listening and further study

7.8 Western classical

7.9 Non-western classical

7.10 Western folk

7.11 Non-western folk

7.12 Music that combines western and non-western traditions

The physical basis

Acoustics for music theory

1 Standing waves and musical instruments

2 Harmonic series i: timbre and octaves

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Physics, harmonics and color

2.3 The harmonic series

Notes and scales

Octaves and the major-minor tonal system

1 Half steps and whole steps

2 Major keys and scales

3 Minor keys and scales

3.1 Music in a minor key

3.2 Minor scales

3.3 Relative minor and major keys

3.4 Harmonic and melodic minor scales

3.5 Jazz and "dorian minor"

4.1 The distance between pitches

4.2 Naming intervals

4.3 Classifying intervals

4.4 Perfect intervals

4.5 Major and minor intervals

4.6 Augmented and diminished intervals

4.7 Inverting intervals

5 Harmonic series ii: harmonics, intervals, and instruments

6 The circle of fifths

7 Scales that aren't major or minor

Harmony and form

0.1 Triads in root position

0.2 First and second inversions

1 Naming triads

2 Consonance and dissonance

3 Beyond triads: naming other chords

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Chord symbols

3.3 Seventh chords

3.4 Added notes, suspensions, and extensions

3.6 Altering notes and chords

4 Beginning harmonic analysis

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Basic triads in major keys

4.3 A hierarchy of chords

4.4 Naming chords within a key

4.7 Further study

1 Tuning systems

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Tuning based on the harmonic series

1.3 Pythagorean intonation

1.4 Mean-tone system

1.5 Just intonation

1.6 Temperament

1.7 Well temperaments

1.8 Equal temperament

1.9 A comparison of equal temperament with the harmonic series

1.10 Beats and wide tuning

1.11 Further study

2 Modes and ragas

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The classical greek modes

2.3 The medieval church modes

2.5 The ragas of classical indian music

2.7 Bibliography

3 Transposition: changing keys

3.1 Why transpose?

3.2 Avoiding transposition

3.3 How to transpose music

3.4 Step 1: choose your transposition

3.5 Step 2: write the new key signature

3.6 Step 3: transpose the notes

3.7 Step 4: be careful with accidentals

3.8 Choosing your new key

3.9 Working with vocalists

3.10 Transposing instruments

3.11 Playable keys

3.12 Transposing at sight

3.13 Transposing chord names

3.14 Step 1: choose your transposition

3.15 Step 2: change the names of all the chords

Source: OpenStax, Understanding basic music theory. OpenStax CNX. Jan 10, 2007 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10363/1.3

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