Front Matter

Colophon

Acknowledgements

Preface

1 Basic Concepts

1.1 Pitch

1.2 Notation

1.3 Octave Registers

1.4 Accidentals

1.5 Enharmonic Notes

1.6 Practice Exercises

2 Major Scales and Key Signatures

2.1 Half Steps and Whole Steps

2.2 The Major Scale

2.3 Major Key Signatures

2.3.1 Identifying Key Signatures

2.4 Practice Exercises

3 Minor Scales and Key Signatures

3.1 Minor Scales

3.2 Minor Key Signatures

3.3 Scale Degree Names

3.4 Practice Exercises

4 Basics of Rhythm

4.1 Time Signature

4.2 Durational Symbols

4.3 Dots and Ties

4.4 Meter

4.5 Tuplets

4.6 Common Rhythmic Notation Errors

4.7 Practice Exercises

5 Intervals

5.1 Introduction to Intervals

5.1.1 Numeric Size of Interval

5.1.2 Interval Quality: Perfect versus Major/Minor

5.2 How to Identify Perfect, Major, and Minor Intervals

5.3 How to Write Perfect, Major, and Minor Intervals

5.4 Inversion of Intervals Explained

5.5 Augmented and Diminished Intervals

5.6 Practice Exercises

6 Triads

6.1 Introduction to…