Edly's
Music Theory for Practical People:
Table
of Contents
Table of
Contents
Notation
Examples
Diagrams,
Charts, and Other Examples
Prelude
To
Students, Teachers, and Other Potential Readers
About Reading Music or Not
Abbreviations
Edly's
Quick Guide to Notation
Chapter
1: The Musical Alphabets- Natural and Chromatic
The
(Natural) Musical Alphabet
Half-Steps, Whole-Steps, and Octaves
The Importance of Scales: A Pep Talk
The Chromatic Scale
Chapter
2: The Major Scale
Double
Sharps and Double Flats
Chapter
3: Major Keys and Key Signatures
Key
Signatures
Determining the Key from a Key Signature
Key Signature Memory Aids
Chapter
4: Diatonic Intervals
Chapter
5: Chords: Triads
Overview
of Basic Chord Anatomy
Creating Minor Intervals
Ear-Training Preview
Chapter 6: Diatonic Harmony
Harmonizing
a Major Scale
Diatonic Triads
Chapter
7: Chord Inversion
Determining
the Root and Chord Type of an Unknown Chord
Chord-Tone Doubling
Chapter
8: Chromatic Intervals
Chromatic
Alteration of Intervals
Less Common Enharmonic Spellings of Intervals
Chapter
9: I, IV, V and the Twelve Bar Blues
Twelve
Bar Blues: Part I
Blues Phrase Structure
Blues Chordology
Chapter
10: iim, iiim, vim, and vii° Chords... Intro to Chord Substitution
Common
Diatonic Progressions Which Include iim, iiim, and vim
Chapter
11: Minor Scales and Keys
The
Major's Sad Cousin: the Relative Minor, Your Cousin Alice...
and the Natural Minor Scale
Using the Major Scale to Define Other Scales
The Harmonic Minor Scale
The Melodic Minor Scale
Chapter
12: The Circle of Fifths (and Fourths)
Chapter
13: Chords: 7ths (& 6ths)
Symmetrical
Chords and Functions
Chapter 14: Diatonic Chords
and Functions
Diatonic
Seventh Chords
Diatonic Chord Functions in Major Keys
Diatonic Chord Functions in Minor Keys
Chapter
15: Interval Inversion
Chapter
16: Intervals for Ear-Training
General
Sound of Various Intervals
Ear-Training Methods
Chapter
17: Secondary Dominants and Other Secondary Chords
Secondary
Dominants
Other Secondary Chords
Multiple Secondary Dominants
Modulating with Secondary Chords
Chapter
18: Transposition
Transposition
and "Transposing Instruments"
Transposing by Changing Clefs
Chapter
19: Cadences
Cadence
Types & Definitions
Chapter
20: Tritone Substitution
The
"Substitute iim7" chord
Chapter
21: Natural Modes
The
Importance of Modes: Another Pep Talk
Summary of the Modal Discovery Process
Chapter
22: Pentatonic and Blues Scales
Pentatonic
Scales The Blues Scale
Chapter
23: More Scales
"Artificial"
or "Unnatural" Modes
"Exotic" Pentatonics
Whole-Tone and Diminished Scales
Modes from Mercury
Chapter
24: Chords: 9ths, 11ths, and 13ths
Ninth
Chords
Diatonic Ninth Chords
Eleventh Chords
Thirteenth Chords
Chapter
25: Chords: Summary and Exceptions
Chapter
26: Diatonic Modal Chords
Modal
Chord Functions
Chapter 27: Blues Structure
Part II
Chapter
28: Some Other Common Song Forms
Song
Anatomy 101
Chapter
29: Improvisation Ideas
Scale/Mode
Choices in Improvisation
Chapter
30: By Ear
Coda
Answers
Glossary
and Index
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