Music First!: An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Music and Music Reading

Chapter 1: Rhythm-The Lifeblood of Music The Beat Simple Division of the Beat Rhythmic Patterns Repeat Sign Improving Your Ear Longer Note Values Rests The Tie The Dot Compound Division Dotted Rests Listening Using What You Have Learned Chapter 2: Pitch-The Materials of Melody Middle C Octave Staff Treble Clef Bass Clef Ledger Lines Grand Staff Playing Melodies on a Keyboard Instrument The Slur Drawing Musical Symbols Listening Using What You Have Learned INTERLUDE I Chapter 3: Simple Meter Accent Meter Bar Line Measure Meter Signature Simple Meter The Upbeat Subdivision of the Beat The Dotted Eighth Note Triplets Listening Using What You Have Learned Chapter 4: Compound Meter Duple-Compound Meter Beaming in Simple and Compound Meters Listening Using What You Have Learned INTERLUDE II Chapter 5: Introducing the Black Keys and Accidentals Half Step Whole Step Sharp Sign Flat Sign Natural Sign Enharmonic Equivalents Writing Accidentals Writing Half Steps and Whole Steps Key Signature Double Sharp Double Flat Listening Using What You Have Learned Chapter 6: Major Scales/Major Keys The Tonic Half Steps and Whole Steps in the Major Scale Diatonic Scales Other Major Scales Key Signatures for Major Scales Circle of Fifths Determining the Key for Key Signatures The Dominant Solfeggio Listening Using What You Have Learned INTERLUDE III Chapter 7: Intervals 90 Inversion of Intervals Specific Quality of Intervals Inversion of Interval Quality Writing Intervals Below a Give Note The Augmented Fourth and Diminished Fifth Summary Other Intervals Listening Using What You Have Learned Chapter 8: Minor Scales Natural Minor Scale Harmonic Minor Scale Melody Minor Scale Key Signatures for Minor Scales Relative Major and Minor Scales Tonic (Parallel) Major and Minor Scales The Dominant in Minor Solfeggio and Numbers Transposition Listening Using What You Have Learned INTERLUDE IV Chapter 9: Chords-Looking at the Musical Background Harmony Chord Triad Popular Music Chord Symbols Diminished and Augmented Triads Block Chords versus Arpeggiation of Chords Seventh Chords The Major-Minor Seventh Chord The Minor Seventh Chord Listening Using What You Have Learned Chapter 10: The Harmonic System The Harmonic System in Major Keys Roman Numeral Analysis Primary Chords Secondary Chords The Harmonic System in Minor Keys Circle Progression The Harmonic Background of Rounds Part Songs Listening Using What You Have Learned INTERLUDE V Chapter 11: Introduction to Harmonizing and Composing Harmonizing Melodies Nonharmonic Tones Harmonic Rhythm Playing Accompaniments on a Keyboard Adding Rhythm to Accompaniments Phrases in Music Melodic Contour of Phrases Harmonic Cadence Form A Final Word Using What You Have Learned Appendixes 1 Popular Music Chord Symbols 2 Guitar Chords 3 Electronic Keyboards 4 Discography 5 Playing a Keyboard Instrument 6 Answers to Selected Problems in the assignments Glossary Index AssignmentsGary C White is the author of 'Music First!: An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Music and Music Reading', published 1995 under ISBN 9780697328861 and ISBN 0697328864.