Cengage Advantage Books: A Creative Approach to Music Fundamentals

Contents

• INTRODUCTION.
• 1. The Basics of Music.
• 2. Rhythm I: Simple Meter. FOCUS ON SKILLS I.
• 3. Rhythm II: Compound Meter.
• 4. Pitch. FOCUS ON SKILLS II.
• 5. Major Scales.
• 6. Major Key Signatures.
• 7. Intervals. FOCUS ON SKILLS III.
• 8. Minor Key Signatures.
• 9. Minor Scales.
• 10. The Pentatonic and Blues Scales. FOCUS ON SKILLS IV.
• 11. Triads.
• 12. Triads in a Musical Context.
• 13. Chord Progressions.
• 14. Writing a Song.
• Appendix A: Graded Rhythms for Counting and Performing.
• Appendix B: Graded World Rhythms in Two and Three Parts.
• Appendix C: Syllables for Sight-Singing Scales and Modes.
• Appendix D: Graded Melodies for Sight-Singing and Playing.
• Appendix E: Chromatic Scale and Major-Scale Fingerings for Keyboard Instruments.
• Appendix F: The C Clef.
• Appendix G: Other Scales and Modes.
• Appendix H: Transposing the Modes.
• Appendix I: A Brief
• Introduction to Timbre.
• Appendix J: A Brief Discussion of Acoustics.
• Appendix K: Basic Guitar Chords.