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Author Coppenbarger, Brent.

Title Music theory secrets : 94 strategies for the starting musician / Brent Coppenbarger.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Music secrets for the starting musician
Music secrets for the starting musician.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Rhythms, melodies, and harmonies are the building blocks of music. In <span style=""font-style:italic;"">Music Theory Secrets: 94 Strategies for the Starting Musician, Brent Coppenbarger offers a full range of methods to help musicians, not only grasp, but remember those key elements upon which the music they play is built: pitch, rhythm, scales, key signatures, and harmony.
Contents 1. Pitch and Rhythm Basics -- Secret 1 Pitch Basics -- Secret 2 The Treble Clef or G Clef -- Secret 3 The Bass Clef or F Clef -- Secret 4 The Alto Clef and Tenor Clef -- Secret 5 The Grand Staff -- Secret 6 Rhythm -- Secret 7 Time Signature -- Secret 8 Meter -- Secret 9 Simple Meter -- Secret 10 Compound Meter -- Secret 11 Asymmetrical Meter -- Secret 12 Counting in Simple Meter -- Secret 13 Counting in Compound Meter -- Secret 14 Practice Makes Perfect -- 2. Major Scales and Major Key Signatures -- Secret 15 The Scale -- Secret 16 The Major Scale -- Secret 17 The Major Tetrachord -- Secret 18 Key Signatures -- Secret 19 The Order of Flats -- Secret 20 The Order of Sharps -- Secret 21 The Sharp Key Signatures in Major -- Secret 22 The Flat Key Signatures in Major -- 3. Minor Scales and Minor Key Signatures -- Secret 23 Minor Scales -- Secret 24 Parallel Minor -- Secret 25 Relative Minor -- Secret 26 Natural Minor Form.
Secret 27 Harmonic Minor Form -- Secret 28 Melodic Minor Form -- 4. Other Scales -- Secret 29 The Chromatic Scale -- Secret 30 The Whole-Tone Scale -- Secret 31 The Pentatonic Scale -- Secret 32 Dorian Mode -- Secret 33 Phrygian Mode -- Secret 34 Lydian Mode -- Secret 35 Mixolydian Mode -- Secret 36 The Seven-Note Blues Scale -- Secret 37 The Bebop Scale -- Secret 38 Less Common Scales -- 5. Scale Degree Names and Intervals -- Secret 39 Scale Degree Names -- Secret 40 The Interval -- Secret 41 Major Intervals -- Secret 42 Perfect Intervals -- Secret 43 Minor Intervals -- Secret 44 Augmented Intervals -- Secret 45 Diminished Intervals -- Secret 46 The Tritone -- 6. Triads -- Secret 47 Major Triads -- Secret 48 Minor Triads -- Secret 49 Augmented Triads -- Secret 50 Diminished Triads -- 7. Chords -- Secret 51 The Major Seventh Chord -- Secret 52 The Major-Minor Seventh Chord -- Secret 53 The Minor Seventh Chord -- Secret 54 The Diminished Seventh Chord.
Secret 55 The Half-Diminished and Fully Diminished Seventh Chord -- Secret 56 Other Chords -- 8. Roman Numeral Analysis -- Secret 57 Roman Numeral Quality -- Secret 58 Roman Numerals in Major Keys -- Secret 59 Roman Numerals in Minor Keys -- Secret 60 Four-Part Roman Numeral Analysis -- 9. Inversions of the Chord and Figured Bass -- Secret 61 The Root-Position Triad -- Secret 62 The First-Inversion Triad -- Secret 63 The Second-Inversion Triad -- Secret 64 Figured Bass -- Secret 65 Root-Position Figured Bass -- Secret 66 First-Inversion Figured Bass -- Secret 67 Second-Inversion Figured Bass -- Secret 68 Seventh-Chord Figured Bass -- Secret 69 Lead-Sheet Inversions -- 10. Nonchord Tones -- Secret 70 Nonchord Tones Defined -- Secret 71 The Passing Tone -- Secret 72 The Neighbor Tone -- Secret 73 The Escape Tone -- Secret 74 The Appoggiatura -- Secret 75 The Anticipation -- Secret 76 The Suspension -- Secret 77 The Pedal Tone.
Secret 78 Using Nonchord Tones to Improvise -- 11. Singing with Solfege Syllables -- Secret 79 Sight-Singing -- Secret 80 Solfege Syllables in Major -- Secret 81 Solfege Syllables in Natural Minor -- Secret 82 Solfege Syllables in Harmonic Minor -- Secret 83 Solfege Syllables in Melodic Minor -- Secret 84 Other Methods of Sight-Singing -- 12. Transposition -- Secret 85 Concert Pitch Instruments -- Secret 86 Transposing Instruments -- Secret 87 Transposing Parts -- Secret 88 Transposing Using Solfege Syllables -- Secret 89 Transposing Keys -- Secret 90 The Transposition Table -- 13. Advanced Concepts -- Secret 91 Four-Part Analysis -- Secret 92 Part-Writing Rules -- Secret 93 The Sequence -- Secret 94 Form.
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Subject Music theory.
Music theory.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Coppenbarger, Brent. Music theory secrets 9781442233249 (DLC) 2014013724 (OCoLC)877365433
ISBN 9781442233249 (electronic book)
1442233249 (electronic book)
9781442233232
1442233230