Worship Musician / Presents THE LANGUAGE OF MUSICContents How t0 Use This Book Introduction Quick Start Guide 1. THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS OF MUSIC Lesson 1: Pitch Lesson 2: Rhychin Lesson 3: More About Pitch 2. FOUNDATIONAL STRUCTURE: Lesson “Time Signatures Lesson 5: The Major Scale Lesson 6: Key Signatures Lesson 7: Demystifying the Circle of Fifths 3. BASIC HARMONY Lesson 8: Chords-Building ‘Triads Lesson 9: Major Diatonic Triads Lesson 10:" Inversion 4. THE FRAMEWORK Lesson 11: Finding Your Way Around Lesson 12: Dynamics and Articulations Lesson 13: Musical Form 5. CHORD “PERSONALITIES” Lesson 14: Seventh Chords Lesson 15: Chord Relationships 101 Lesson 16: Familiar Chord Progressions 6. THE MINOR SCALE Lesson 17: The Minor Scale Lesson 18: Minor Diatonic Triads Lesson 19: Minor Chord Progressions 7. THE ANATOMY OF A CHORD CHAI Lesson 20: Chord Symbols Lesson 21: How to Read a Chord Chart Lesson 22: Writing a Better Chord Chart 19 19 25, 28 31 35 35 40 44 49 49 54 60 7 72 84 95 101 101 105 108 113 13, 7 120CONTENTS 8. HARMONY: THE NEXT S Lesson 23: Added ‘Tones Lesson 24: Extended Chords-Ninths, Elevenths, Lesson 25: Chord Voicing Phirceenths 9. CHORD RELATIONSHIPS 201 Lesson 26: Chord Relationships- Ihe Next Level Lesson 27: Transposition Lesson 28: Modulation Lesson 29: Chord Substitution 10. SCALES: BEYOND MAJOR AND MINOR Lesson 30: Special Scales Lesson 31: The Blues Scale Lesson 32: The Modes 11, HARMONY: OUTSIDE THE BOX Lesson 33: Altered Chords Lesson 34: Borrowed Choris Lesson 35: Improvisation 12, MAKING MUSIC “MUSICAL”: FROM THEORY TO LIVE PERFORMANCE Lesson 36: Practice Lesson 37: Rehearsal Lesson 38: Performance Appendis: A: Chord Library Appendix B: About the DVD-ROM Index About the Author 123, 123 129 139 147 147 153, 158 163 173 173 7 179 189 190 195, 197 209 210 214 224 229 239 241 245,