Free table of contents and the first chapter of 'Basic Music Theory" (called "Chapter 0: the Chapter Everyone Skips") which explains how the book is laid out and how to use it.
{Download the PDF...
The Codicil of "Basic Music Theory" contains useful tools: Glossary of Musical Terms, Teacher Resources, Blank Staff Paper, Book Index, Practice Card, Practice Journal, +120 Scales, Scale Checklist...
Part 7 of "Basic Music Theory" contains information on fast notes, double dots, double flats, double sharps, odd- and other meters.
All chapters and the Part as a whole have written review exer...
Part 6 of "Basic Music Theory" contains information on chords, triads, chord extensions, chord inversions, and chord progressions.
All chapters and the Part as a whole have written review exerc...
Part 5 of "Basic Music Theory" contains information on intervals of all kinds, minor scales, modes, blues, bebop, and other scales; Interlude chapter on conducting basics.
All chapters and the P...
Part 4 of "Basic Music Theory" contains information on accidentals, sharps, flats, naturals, the piano keyboard, Major scales, key signatures and the guitar fingerboard.
All chapters and the Pa...
Part 3 of "Basic Music Theory" contains information on pitch, note names, treble clef, bass clef, rhythm clef, tenor clef.
All chapters and the Part as a whole have written review exercises at ...
Part 2 of Basic Music Theory covers meter, counting systems, new notes, dotted notes, and triplets; also includes advice on practicing.
All chapters and the Part as a whole have written review ...
Part 1 of "Basic Music Theory" contains fundamental information about written music including history, the staff, space and line names, leger lines, whole-, half-, and quarter notes and rests.
...
Free Index to "Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music" by Jonathan Harnum. In the full PDF of the text, the Index is fully hyperlinked. One click and you're there.
...
"Anapanasati Bhavana (developing the awareness of breathing) uses the breath as the objective support of the heart and consists in knowing and mindfulness (sati) of in and out breathing. In becomin...
“Big brother elephant, we wish to speak with you.”
Clearly hearing this, the elephant suddenly swung around to face the monks. It stood stock-still, its ears fully extended.
“Big brother elepha...
Venerable Acariya Mun Bhuridatta Thera is a towering figure in contemporary Thai Buddhism. He was widely revered and respected during his lifetime for the extraordinary courage and determination h...
“Over on that hill, in that cave, or under that overhanging cliff the air is good, it is right for meditation (bhavana) and the heart (citta) can easily become concentrated and drop into a state of...
“Buddhism is derived from practice. The Buddha himself practised until he fully understood the true nature of Dhamma; only then did he begin to teach others. Buddhists, therefore, understand the im...
Let me stress once more that we have each come from our parents and have gained knowledge from our teachers. This is why we shouldn’t forget ourselves and think that we’re smart and self-sufficient...
Excerpt: “Training the heart to attain happiness is the way that all the Buddhas proclaimed to be the right and true way. When our hearts never have time to rest and attain calm, they are not funda...
Excerpt from Acariya Maha Boowa explaining his meditation practice: "From then on I accelerated my efforts. It was at that time that I began sitting in meditation all night long, from dusk until da...
“The heart is pre-eminent. Nothing surpasses the heart in importance. The business of the heart is therefore extremely pressing and imperative. All things originate from the heart – just this much ...