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 Jonathan Harnum
HOW TO READ, WRITE, ANDUNDERSTAND WRITTEN MUSIC
MUSIC THEORY
BASIC
Second Edition: The Bestseller isCompletely Revised and ExpandedSecond Edition: The Bestseller isCompletely Revised and Expanded
BASIC
MUSIC THEORY
HOW TO READ, WRITE, ANDUNDERSTAND WRITTEN MUSIC
 Jonathan Harnum
Author of
Sound the Trumpet: How to Blow Your Own Horn
 
FREE INDEX(index in full PDF is hyperlinked)
 
Basic Music Theoryd
285
A
accidentalsgeneral info, 140sharp, 141double sharp, 258double flat, 258Aeolian mode, 197augmented triads, 222
B
bar, 22bar line, 22bass clef, 106, 114beam, 54, 254beat, 26bebop scales, 204blues scalestandard, 202major blues, 203minor, 202recipe for one, 202
C
C clef, 104chord, 220Chord Extensionsgeneral info, 226seventh chord, 227ninth chord, 228seventh chorddominant seventh chord, 227Chord Inversionsgeneral info, 232first, 232second, 233third, 234seventh chords, 234Chord Progressiongeneral info, 238parallel motion, 239rules of, 238similar motion, 239I IV V I, 239ii V I, 240iii vi ii V I, 24112 bar blues, 242chord progression, 238chord quality, 220ChordsFinding name of, 234general info, 220triads, 221close harmony, 232open harmony, 232seventh chorddominant seventh chord, 227triadsaugmented, 222diminished, 222major, 221minor, 222using Roman numerals with, 22011th and 13th chords, 228seventh chord, 227ninth chord, 228chromatic scale, 148Circle of Fifths, 164Clefgeneral info, 104alto clef, 105bass, 106bass clef, 114C clef, 104rhythm clef, 106, 120one line, 1205 lines, 121drum set notes, 121soprano clef, 105tenor clef, 105treble clef, 105vocal tenor clef, 105close harmony, 232common tone, 238compoiund interval, 226Conductinggeneral info, 212left hand, 215right hand, 215Patterns2/4 time, 2143/4 time, 2144/4 time, 213right arm, 213conducting, 212Counting Systemwhole note, 49half note, 49quarter note, 48eighth notes, 54rests, 50cut time, 262Cycle of Fifths, 164
D
diminished triads, 222directing, see
Conducting 
dominant seventh chord, 227Dorian mode, 196dotted half note, 62dotted whole note, 62double bar lines, 22double dotted notes, 254double dotted rests, 254double flat, 258double sharp, 258doubling, 238
E
ear training, 184eighth note, 54eighth note triplet, 68eighth rest, 55Extensions11th and 13th chords, 228Extensions, see
Chord Extensions 
F
fifth, 221first inversion, 232flag, 54, 254flat, 147double flat, 258order of, 158foot tap, 48
H
half note, 26, 49half rest, 50half step, 148, 152harmonicharmonic, 180harmonic interval, 180harmonic minor scale, 190
I
interval, 180finding an interval, 180augmented, 181, 182diminished, 181, 182finding, 182harmonic, 180major, 181, 182melodic, 180minor, 182perfect, 181Inversions, see
Chord Inversions 
Ionian mode, 196
K
Key Signaturesall keys, 162 to 163general info, 158flat keys, 158construct a sharp key, 161construct flat keys, 159key of C, 161naming flat keys, 159sharp keys, 160keyboard, 146
L
leap, 238leger line, 93line note, 92Locrian, 198long tones, 84Lydian mode, 197
M
major intervals, 181major scale, 152, 196major triads, 221measure, 22melodic interval, 180melodic minor scale, 191meter, 42Meters2/2, 2622/4, 443/4, 444/4, 435/4,
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Musical Terms
286
6/8simple, 262compound, 2637/4, 7/8, 263cut time, 262odd, 263metronome, 85minor scalegeneral info, 188natural minor, 188harmonic minor, 190melodic minor, 191natural minorparallel, 189relative, 190minor triads, 222Mixolydian mode, 197Mnemonic Devicebass clef lines, 115bass clef spaces, 115order of flats, 158treble clef lines, 110treble clef spaces, 111mnemonic device, 110Modesgeneral info, 196finding or creating, 198Aeolian, 197Dorian, 196Ionian, 196Locrian, 198Lydian, 197Mixolydian, 197Phrygian, 197
N
naming sharp keys, 160natural, 141natural half step, 148natural minor scale, 188, 197neutral clef, 106, 120ninth chords, 228Noteanatomystems up or down, 27Noteswhole, 26half, 26quarter, 26eighth note, 54sixteenth, 56thirty-second, 254sixty-fourth, 254anatomy, 27eighthdotted 8th, 64eighth note triplet, 68enharmonic, 147half notedotted half, 62letter names, 100line note, 92sixteenth note16th note triplet, 69space note, 92whole notedotted whole, 62double-dotted notes, 254
O
octave, 153open harmony, 232order of flats, 158
P
parallel minor scale, 189parallel motion, 239pentatonic scale, 203percussion clef, 106, 120perfect fifth, 181perfect fourth, 181perfect intervalsfifth, 181fourth, 181octave, 181prime, 181unison, 181perfect octave, 181perfect prime, 181Phrygian mode, 197pitch, 93Practicebeginning, 80equipment, 82how much to, 79how to, 82, 83using the metronome, 84where, 81private teachers, 78pulse, 26
Q
quarter, 49quarter note, 26, 48quarter note triplet, 70quarter rest, 50
R
relative minor scale, 190Restsdotted rests, 65eighth, 55half, 32quarter, 32whole, 32ReviewsPart I, 35Part II, 123Part III, 73Part IV, 173Part V, 207Part VI, 247Part VII, 267rhythm clef, 120root, 221root position, 232
S
Scalesbebop, 204blues, 202chromatic, 148harmonic minor, 190major, 152, 196melodic minor, 191natural minor, 197parallel minor, 189pentatonic, 203relative minor, 190super Locrian, 204whole tone, 204second inversion, 233seventh chord, 227sharp, 141, 147similar motion, 239sixteenth note, 56sixteenth note triplet, 69sixty-fourth note, 254space, 18space note, 92staff, 18staff lines, 18stem, 27super Locrian scale, 204
T
tap, 48third, 221thirty-second note, 254time signature, see
meter 
triad, 221Tripletseighth, 68sixteenth, 69tuner, 86tuplet, 68
U
unison, 181
V
voice leading, 238
W
warm-up, 84washtub bass, 88whole note, 26, 49whole rest, 50whole step, 148, 152whole tone scale, 204
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10 / 02 / 2010This doucment made it onto the Rising List!
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Thanks. Great tutorial mate... Here's the Video Tutorial: http://bit.ly/cXQPGN - If you prefer video like myself. Don't get me wrong, I still like ur tutorial!

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