Hal Leonard Pocket Music Theory

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• ISBN13: 9780634047718
• ISBN10: 063404771X
• Edition: Miniature
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Hal Leonard

Summary

Following in the footsteps of the popular Hal Leonard Pocket Music Dictionary, this handy pocket-sized book is the most contemporary music theory book on the market! A step-by-step guide to harmony and theory for every musician, it includes thorough, yet to easy-to-understand analysis of: intervals, rhythms, scales, chords, key signatures, transposition, chord inversion, key centers, harmonizing the major and minor scales, extended chords, modulation and much more. Packed with info from the Harmony and Theory course at Musicians Institute!

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 4
Tools--Notes, Rhythms, and Scales
Pitch	p. 7
Major Scales and Sharp Keys	p. 12
Flat Keys and Accidentals	p. 18
Intervals	p. 22
Triads	p. 28
Note Values and Notation	p. 30
Time Signatures and Ties	p. 38
Minor Scales	p. 43
Pentatonic Scales	p. 51
Structures--Chords and Chord Progressions
Harmonizing the Major Scale	p. 54
Harmonizing the Minor Scale	p. 59
Diatonic Seventh Chords	p. 62
Key Centers	p. 66
Blues	p. 71
Chord Inversion	p. 76
Extended Chords	p. 82
Other Chord Types	p. 88
Variations--Melody & Harmony in the Real World
Modes	p. 97
Variations in Minor Harmony	p. 106
Variations in Minor Melody	p. 113
Modal Interchange	p. 120
Secondary Dominants	p. 126
Altered Chords	p. 131
Altered Scales	p. 136
Diminished Seventh Chords	p. 141
Symmetrical Scales	p. 145
Diatonic Chord Substitution	p. 151
Flat Five Substitution	p. 159
Modulation	p. 163
Afterword	p. 166
Chord Symbols	p. 167
Index	p. 173
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