From Sound to Symbol: Fundamentals of Music
Mícheál Houlahan, Philip Tacka · 2008
CHAPTER 1. RHYTHM 1: BASIC RHYTHMS IN SIMPLE METER Unit 1.1 Beat, Tempo, Meter, Measures Unit 1.2 Introduction to Musical Structure Unit 1.3 Introduction to Meter Unit 1.4 Introduction to Rhythm Unit 1.5 Basic Rhythm Patterns in Simple Meter Unit 1.6 Basic Rhythm Patterns That Include Rests in Simple Meter Unit 1.7 Meter and Time Signatures of 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 Meter Unit 1.8 Beaming Notes in 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 Meter (Simple Meter) Unit 1.9 2/2, 3/2, and 4/2 Simple Meter Unit 1.10 Counting in Duple, Triple, and Quadruple Meter Using Numbers Unit 1.11 Repeat Signs First and Second Endings Ties and Slurs CHAPTER 2. THE KEYBOARD AND NOTATION OF PITCH Unit 2.1 The Basic Keyboard Concepts Associated with Pitch Unit 2.2 Whole Step and Half Step Intervals at the Keyboard Unit 2.3 Treble Clef and Introduction to the Notation of Pitch Unit 2.4 Bass Clef or F Clef Unit 2.5 Notating Sharps and Flats on the Staff CHAPTER 3. RHYTHM 2: MORE ADVANCED RHYTHMS IN SIMPLE METER Unit 3.1 Four Sounds on a Beat in Simple Meter Unit 3.2 Time Signatures 2/8, 3/8, and 4/8 in Simple Meter Unit 3.3 Eighth and Sixteenth Note Combinations Unit 3.4 Dotted Eighth Note and Sixteenth Note Combinations Unit 3.5 Dotted Notes: A Dotted Quarter Note Followed by an Eighth Note Unit 3.6 Syncopation CHAPTER 4. MELODY: ORIENTATION TO THE MAJOR SCALE Unit 4.1 Melodic Contour Unit 4.2 Major Pentachord Scales and Melodies Unit 4.3 Determining the Intervals Between Notes of the Pentachord Scale Unit 4.4 Writing a Major Pentachord Scale and Melody on the Staff Using Accidentals Unit 4.5 Major Hexachord Scales and Melodies Unit 4.6 Determining the Intervals Between Notes of the Major Hexachord Scale Unit 4.7 Song Analysis and Pentatonic Scale CHAPTER 5. THE MAJOR SCALE Unit 5.1 Major Diatonic Scales and Melodies Unit 5.2 Determining the Intervals Between Notes of the Major Scale Unit 5.3 Writing Major Scales on the Staff Using Accidentals Unit 5.4 Key Signatures Unit 5.5 Transposition Unit 5.6 Identifying the Key of a Major Scale from a Given Key Signature Using Solfege Syllables Unit 5.7 Modal Scales Unit 5.8 Song Analysis CHAPTER 6. INTERVALS Unit 6.1 Interval Identification Unit 6.2 Interval Quality: Major, Minor, and Perfect Unit 6.3 Augmented and Diminished Intervals: Major, Minor, Augmented, and Diminished Intervals Unit 6.4 Inversion of Intervals Unit 6.5 Compound Intervals Unit 6.6 Determining the Names of Intervals by Half Steps CHAPTER 7. ORIENTATION TO THE MINOR SCALE Unit 7.1 Minor Pentachord Scales and Melodies Unit 7.2 Determining the Size and Quality of Intervals Between the Notes of the Minor Pentachord Scale Unit 7.3 Writing a Minor Pentachord Scale and Melody on the Staff Unit 7.4 Minor Hexachord Scales and Melodies Unit 7.5 Determining the Size and Quality of Intervals Between the Notes of the Minor Hexachord Scale Unit 7.6 Minor Pentatonic Scales and Melodies CHAPTER 8. THE MINOR SCALE: NATURAL FORM Unit 8.1 Natural Minor Scales and Melodies Unit 8.2 Determining the Intervals Between Notes of the Natural Minor Scale Unit 8.3 Writing a Natural Minor Scale on the Staff Using Accidentals Unit 8.4 Writing a Natural Minor Melody on the Staff Using Accidentals Unit 8.5 Relative and Parallel Key Relationships Unit 8.6 Minor Key Signatures CHAPTER 9. THE MINOR SCALE: HARMONIC AND MELODIC FORMS Unit 9.1 Harmonic Minor Scales and Melodies Unit 9.2 Determining the Intervals Between Notes of the Harmonic Minor Scale Unit 9.3 Writing a Harmonic Minor Scale on the Staff with a Key Signature Unit 9.4 Melodic Minor Scales and Melodies Unit 9.5 Determining the Intervals Between Notes of the Melodic Minor Scale Unit 9.6 Writing a Melodic Minor Scale on the Staff with a Key Signature Unit 9.7 Identifying the Key of a Composition Unit 9.8 Minor Modes Unit 9.9 The Chromatic Scale CHAPTER 10. RHYTHM 3: COMPOUND METER AND ADVANCED RHYTHMIC CONCEPTS Unit 10.1 Rhythm Patterns in Compound Meter Unit 10.2 Rhythm Patterns in Compound Meter Unit 10.3 Rhythm Patterns in Compound Meter Unit 10.4 Rhythm Patterns in Compound Meter Unit 10.5 Rhythm Patterns in Compound Meter Unit 10.6 Triplets and Duplets Unit 10.7 Changing Meter and Asymmetric Meters Unit 10.8 Song Analysis CHAPTER 11. INTRODUCING HARMONIC CONCEPTS Unit 11.1 Tonic and Dominant Chord Functions in a Major Key Unit 11.2 Tonic and Dominant Chord Functions in Minor Unit 11.3 Tonic, Dominant, Tonality, and Subdominant Chord Functions in Major Unit 11.4 Tonic, Dominant, Tonality, and Subdominant Chord Functions in Minor Unit 11.5 Major, Minor, Diminished, and Augmented Triads Unit 11.6 Roman Numeral Analysis and Figured Bass CHAPTER 12. AN INTRODUCTION TO HARMONIC PROGRESSIONS Unit 12.1 Primary Triads: Tonic and Dominant Chord Progressions in Root Position Unit 12.2 Authentic and Half Cadences Unit 12.3 Primary Triads: Tonic, Subdominant, and Dominant Chords in Root Position Unit 12.4 The Dominant Seventh Chord Unit 12.5 Plagal and Half Cadences Unit 12.6 An Introduction to Nonharmonic Tones or Nonchord Tones Unit 12.7 Harmonic Progressions Involving Secondary Triads GLOSSARY INDEX