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

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Vocal ranges

6.3 Instrumental ranges

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

0.1 Music is organized sound waves

0.2 Longitudinal and transverse waves

0.3 Wave amplitude and loudness

0.4 Wavelength, frequency, and pitch

1 Standing waves and musical instruments

2 Harmonic series i: timbre and octaves

Notes and scales

Octaves and the major-minor tonal system

1 Half steps and whole steps

2 Major keys and scales

2.1 Tonal center

2.2 Major scales

2.3 Music in different major keys

3 Minor keys and scales

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

6.2 Key signatures

7 Scales that aren't major or minor

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Scales and western music

7.3 Pentatonic scales

7.4 Dividing the octave, more or less

7.5 Constructing a blues scale

7.6 Modes and ragas

7.7 Other scales

Harmony and form

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

0.1 What is ear training?

0.2 Ear training skills

0.4 Playing chords by ear

0.5 Playing tunes by ear

0.6 Improvisation

0.7 Recognizing intervals and writing music down

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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