Instant Scale & Chord Guide for Keyboards

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780793500086
• ISBN10: 0793500087
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-09-01
• Publisher: Hal Leonard

Summary

Key signatures and chord symbols are doors to facility at the keyboard - doors too often locked by insufficient understanding. This guide unlocks them with clear, simple explanations. Features: major and minor scales * guidelines for scale fingering * chord charts which include major, minor, augmented, seventh, ninth, eleventh, major seventh, major nonth, minor seventh, sixth, minor sixth and diminished chords in all positions * formulas and symbols for altered chords - a simplified forming complex chords * A glossary of music terms * The easy-to-read text, concise definitions, and illustrations provide an invaluable reference guide for your musical pursuits.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: SCALES AND KEYS
Major/Minor Scale Construction	2	(2)
The Circle Of Keys	4	(2)
Directory of Scales And Key Signatures	6	(16)
PART TWO: CHORDS
Basic Chord Construction --- Major and Minor Triads	21	(1)
Inversions	22	(1)
Higher Chord Forms --- Major	23	(1)
Higher Chord Forms --- Minor	24	(1)
Additions And Alterations	25	(2)
Augmented And Diminished Chords	27	(1)
Bass Notes Other Than The Root	27	(1)
PART THREE: CHORD CHARTS	28	(36)
C Chords	28	(3)
C#/DbChords	31	(3)
D Chords	34	(3)
Eb Chords	37	(3)
E Chords	40	(3)
F Chords	43	(3)
F#/Gb Chords	46	(3)
G Chords	49	(3)
Ab Chords	52	(3)
A Chords	55	(3)
Bb Chords	58	(3)
B Chords	61	(3)
Glossary	64