All about music theory : a fun and simple guide to understanding music

All about music theory A fun and simple guide to understanding music

Mark Harrison, 1956-

Book - 2009

CD includes 90 musical tracks, covering most of the exercises and songs found in the book. Some tracks feature left hand/left channel, right hand/right channel sound separation.

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Subjects
Music theory.
Published
Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard Corporation [2009]
Language
English
Main Author
Mark Harrison, 1956- (-)
Item Description
"All you need to know!"--Cover.
Musical examples in standard notation with chord symbols.
Physical Description
viii, 216 pages : illustrations, portraits, music ; 28 cm + 1 compact disc (4 3/4 in.)
ISBN
9781423452089
  • Introduction
  • About this Book
  • About the CD
  • Icon Legend
  • Section 1. Basic Theory 101
  • Chapter 1. Pitches and the Staff
  • Finding Notes on the Piano
  • Finding Notes on the Guitar
  • The Staff
  • The Treble Clef
  • The Bass Clef
  • The Grand Staff
  • Middle C and Ledger Lines
  • Learning the Note Names
  • Chapter 2. Time Signatures and Rhythms
  • Dividing Music into Measures
  • 4/4 Time Signature
  • Introducing Note Lengths: Quarter, half, and Whole Notes
  • Counting Rhythms with Quarter, Half, and Whole Notes
  • Introducing Rests: Quarter, Half, and Whole Rests
  • Eighth Notes and Rests
  • Dotted and Tied Notes
  • Sixteenth Notes and Rests
  • Chapter 3. Major Scales, Keys, and Key Signatures
  • The Building Blocks of Scales
  • Building Major Scales
  • Can Can Polka from Orpheus in the Underworld (Offenbach)
  • Finding Major Scales on the Piano and Guitar
  • Labeling the Major Scale Degrees
  • Major Key Signatures
  • Accidentals
  • The Circle of 5ths/4ths (or Circle of Keys)
  • Chapter 4. Intervals and Melodies
  • Introduction to Intervals
  • Intervals in the Major Scale
  • Altered Intervals
  • Intervals in Melodies
  • "All the Things You Are" (standard)
  • "Unchained Melody" (The Righteous Brothers)
  • Melody Characteristics
  • The Surprise Symphony (Haydn)
  • "Abide with Me" (Traditional)
  • "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (19th Century English Carol)
  • Piano Concerto No. 2, First Movement Excerpt (Rachmaninoff)
  • "Careless Love" (Anonymous)
  • Largo from Symphony No. 9 "New World" (Dvořák)
  • "The Drunken Sailor" (American Sea Chantey)
  • Chapter 5. Basic Chords and Progressions
  • Creating Three-Note Chords (Triads)
  • Diatonic Triads and Progressions
  • "Let It Be" (The Beatles)
  • "Time After Time" (Cyndi Lauper)
  • Triad Inversions and Voice Leading
  • Canon (Pachelbel)
  • Suspensions and Root-Fifth Chords
  • Circle Dance (Bartók)
  • "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" (Train)
  • "All Right Now" (Free)
  • Triad Arpeggios and Alberti Bass
  • "The Red River Valley" (Traditional American Cowboy Song)
  • Cadences
  • Section 2. Beyond the Basics
  • Chapter 6. Modal, Pentatonic, and Blues Scales
  • Creating Modal Scales
  • Relative Major Scale
  • Melodic and Harmonic Use of Modes
  • "The Heat Is On" (Glenn Frey)
  • "In the Air Tonight" (Phil Collins)
  • "So What" (Miles Davis)
  • Triad Progressions Diatonic to Modes
  • "Clocks" (Coldplay)
  • Pentatonic Scale
  • "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
  • Minor Pentatonic Scale
  • "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder)
  • Blues Scale
  • "Smoke on the Water" (Deep Purple)
  • Chapter 7. Four-Part Chords and Progressions
  • Creating Four-Part Chords
  • Diatonic Four-Part Chords and Progressions
  • "Heatwave (Love Is Like a Heatwave)" (Martha and the Vandellas)
  • Four-Part Chord Inversions and Voice Leading
  • "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" (Natalie Cole)
  • Four-Part Chord Arpeggios and Alberti Bass
  • Sonatina in F, Op. 168 #1 (Diabelli)
  • Four-Part Chord Alterations
  • Chapter 8. More Notation and Rhythmic Concepts
  • Eighth-Note Rhythmic Feels and Triplets
  • "Hurts So Good" (John Cougar Mellencamp)
  • "Space Truckin"' (Deep Purple)
  • "Waterloo" (ABBA)
  • "Saving All My Love for You" (Whitney Houston)
  • Sixteenth-Note Rhythmic Feels and Triplets
  • "Another One Bites the Dust" (Queen)
  • "We're in This Love Together" (Al Jarreau)
  • "Come Together" (The Beatles)
  • Tempo and Dynamic Markings
  • "The Heavens Are Telling" from The Creation (Haydn)
  • Slurs and Articulations
  • More Time Signatures
  • "Morning Dance" (Spyro Gyra)
  • Allegro in B$$ Major, K.3 (Mozart)
  • Blue Danube Waltz (Strauss)
  • "House of the Rising Sun" (Southern American Folksong)
  • "White Room" (Cream)
  • Chapter 9. Minor Scales and Keys
  • Minor Scales and Key Signatures
  • Natural, Melodic, and Harmonic Minor Scales
  • Natural Minor Scale
  • "Axel F" (Harold Faltermeyer)
  • "King of Pain" (The Police)
  • Harmonic Minor Scale
  • "Havah Nagilah" (Traditional Hebrew)
  • Sarabande in D Minor (Handel)
  • Melodic Minor Scale
  • Waltz, Op. 38, No. 7 (Grieg)
  • "Scarborough Fair" (Traditional English)
  • "Greensleeves" (16th Century Traditional English)
  • The Circle of 5ths/4ths Applied to Minor Keys
  • Chapter 10. Melody Harmonization and Counterpoint
  • Different Ways to Enhance a Melody
  • How to Choose Chords for a Song
  • Harmonization by Primary Triads
  • "Little Brown Jug" (Traditional)
  • Harmonization by Diatonic Triads and Upper-Structure Triads
  • "Hey There Lonely Girl (Hey There Lonely Boy)" (Eddie Holman)
  • Harmonization by Bass Line
  • "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Procol Harum)
  • Counterpoint Basics
  • "Abide with Me" (Traditional)
  • Invention No. 13 (J.S. Bach)
  • Section 3. Intermediate Stuff
  • Chapter 11. Five-Part Chords
  • Creating Five-Part Chords
  • "Make It with You" (Bread)
  • Five-Part Chord Alterations
  • "This Masquerade" (standard)
  • Major and Minor add9 Chords
  • "Just Once" (Quincy Jones)
  • Chapter 12. The II-V-I Progression
  • Diatonic Solfege and Resolutions in Major Keys
  • The II-V-I Progression in Major Keys
  • "Misty" (standard)
  • Chromatic Solfege and Resolutions in Minor Keys
  • The II-V-I Progression in Minor Keys
  • "Black Orpheus" (standard)
  • Combining II-V-I Progressions from Major and Minor Keys
  • "Autumn Leaves" (standard)
  • Chapter 13. Chord Substitutions
  • Substitutions for the II-V-I Chords in Major
  • "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (Roberta Flack)
  • Substitutions for the II-V-I Chords in Minor
  • "I Love You" (standard)
  • "It Could Happen to You" (standard)
  • Tritone Substitutions for Dominant Chords
  • "All the Things You Are" (standard)
  • Dominant Approach Chords
  • "All the Things You Are" (standard)
  • Chapter 14. Song Form and Structure
  • Sections of a Song
  • Common Song Forms
  • "Candle in the Wind" (Elton John)
  • "Shattered Dreams" (Johnny Hates Jazz)
  • "Beauty and the Beast" (Disney)
  • "Body and Soul" (standard)
  • "My Romance" (standard)
  • "C.C. Rider" (Traditional)
  • "What'd I Say" (Ray Charles)
  • "Bluesette" (Standard)
  • Classical Forms
  • Chapter 15. Charts and Following the Roadmap
  • Fakebooks, Charts, and Leadsheets
  • Roadmap Directions
  • "Roadmap Rock" (Mark Harrison)
  • Section 4. Advanced Stuff
  • Chapter 16. More Chord Extensions and Alterations
  • Introduction to Chord Types
  • Extensions, Alterations, and Scale Sources for All Chord Types
  • Using Altered and Extended Chords
  • "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis)
  • Chapter 17. More Scales
  • Whole-Tone Scale
  • "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder)
  • Octatonic scales
  • Chapter 18. Beyond Diatonic Chords
  • The Secondary Dominant Concept
  • "Aura Lee" (Traditional)
  • "Imagine" (John Lennon)
  • The Momentary Key Concept
  • "Here, There and Everywhere" (The Beatles)
  • "I Remember You" (standard)
  • Mixing Major and Minor Keys
  • "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Queen)
  • In Church (A L'eglise), Op. 39, No. 24 (Tchaikovsky)
  • "Yesterday" (The Beatles)
  • Non-Harmonic Tones
  • "Stella by Starlight" (standard)
  • Minuet in G Major (Beethoven)
  • "Down by the Riverside" (African American Spiritual)
  • "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Nirvana)
  • Chapter 19. Upper-Structure Voicings and Shapes
  • Upper-Structure Triads and Slash Chords
  • "Jump" (Van Halen)
  • Prelude in C Minor, Op. 28, No. 20 (Chopin)
  • Four-Part Upper-Structure Chords and Slash Chords
  • "What a Fool Believes" (The Doobie Brothers)
  • Double-4th and "7-3" Extended Voicings
  • "Brick" (Ben Folds Five)
  • "Deacon Blues" (Steely Dan)
  • Polychord Voicings
  • "Stella by Starlight" (standard)
  • Section 5. Songs
  • Solfeggietto, C.P.E. Bach (piano)
  • "This Love," Maroon5 (piano)
  • "Satin Doll," Duke Ellington (guitar)
  • "Money," Pink Floyd (bass)
  • "Message in a Bottle," The Police (drums)

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