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Edly's Music Theory for Practical People » (3rd Edition)

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Authors: Ed Roseman, Peter Reynolds
ISBN-13: 9780966161663, ISBN-10: 0966161661
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Musical EdVentures
Date Published: September 2010
Edition: 3rd Edition

Author Biography: Ed Roseman

Book Synopsis

Unique, conversational, and sometimes humorous, this is a theory book people will actually want to read! Presented in a full-color format with illustrations, charts, diagrams, and workbook exercises, Edly's Music Theory for Practical People applies to all instrumentalists and singers, from teens to adults. Topics include notation, natural and chromatic alphabets, scales, keys and key signatures, intervals, chords, ear-training, and much more. This third edition also features new advanced topics such as voicings, chord extensions and alterations, voice leading, reharmonization, melodic harmonization, and harmonic analysis. This book transforms the topic that music students love to hate into something they can't help but enjoy!

Sheet Music Magazine

A light-hearted yet no-nonsense approach to a subject that often plagues the music hobbyist and professional alike. The book proves that music theory doesn't have to be a hair-pulling, nail-biting experience; it can actually be fun!

	Notation Examples	III
	Diagrams, Charts... Other Examples	V
	Prelude	i
	To Students, Teachers, and Other Potential Readers	i
	About Reading Music... or Not	iii
	Business Stuff	iii
	Acknowledgements	iv
	Abbreviations	iv
	Edly's Quick Guide to Notation	v
Chapter 1	The Musical Alphabets--Natural and Chromatic	1
	The (Natural) Musical Alphabet	1
	Half-Steps, Whole-Steps, and Octaves	1
	The Importance of Scales: A Pep Talk	3
	The Chromatic Scale	3
Chapter 2	The Major Scale	5
	Double Sharps and Double Flats	8
Chapter 3	Major Keys and Key Signatures	10
	"Newest Accidentals"	11
	Key Signatures	13
	Determining the (Major) Key from a Key Signature	14
	Key Signature Memory Aids	15
Chapter 4	Diatonic Intervals	16
Chapter 5	Chords: Triads	18
	Overview of Basic Chord Anatomy	18
	Creating Minor Intervals	19
	Ear-Training Preview	20
Chapter 6	Diatonic Harmony	21
	Harmonizing a Major Scale	21
	Diatonic Triads	23
Chapter 7	Chord Inversion	26
	Determining the Root and Chord Type of an Unknown Chord	28
	Chord-Tone Doubling	28
Chapter 8	Chromatic Intervals	30
	Chromatic Alteration of Intervals	30
	Less Common Enharmonic Soellings of Intervals	30
Chapter 9	I, IV, V and the Twelve Bar Blves	31
	Twelve Bar Blues Part I	33
	Blues Phrase Structure	33
	Blues Chordology	34
Chapter 10	iim, iiim, vim, and vii Chords... Intro to Chord Substitution	36
	Common Diatonic Progressions Which Inclvde iim, iiim, and vim	38
Chapter 11	Minor Scales and Keys	39
	The Major's Sad Covsin: the Relative Minor, Your Cousin Alice... and the Natural Minor Scale	39
	The Natural Minor Scale	40
	Using the Major Scale to Define Other Scales	41
	The Harmonic Minor Scale	42
	The Melodic Minor Scale	43
Chapter 12	The Circle of Fifths (and Fourths)	44
Chapter 13	Chords: 7ths (& 6ths)	48
	Symmetrical Chords and Functions	51
Chapter 14	Diatonic Chords and Functions	54
	Diatonic Seventh Chords	54
	Diatonic Chord Functions in Major Keys	55
	Diatonic Chord Functions in Minor Keys	57
Chapter 15	Interval Inversion	59
Chapter 16	Intervals for Ear-Training	62
	General Sound of Various Intervals	64
	Ear-Training Methods	64
Chapter 17	Secondary Dominants and Other Secondary Chords	65
	Secondary Dominants	65
	Other Secondary Chords	66
	Multiple Secondary Dominants	67
	Modulating with Secondary Chords	71
Chapter 18	Transposition	72
	Transposition and "Transposing Instruments"	74
	Transposing by Changing Clefs	76
Chapter 19	Cadences	77
	Cadence Types & Definitions	78
Chapter 20	Tritone Substitution	79
	The "Substitute iim7" chord	81
Chapter 21	Natural Modes	82
	The Importance of Modes: Another Pep Talk	82
	Summary of the Modal Discovery Process	93
Chapter 22	Pentatonic and Blues Scales	94
	Pentatonic Scales	94
	The Blves Scale	95
Chapter 23	More Scales	97
	"Artificial" or "Unnatural" Modes	97
	"Exotic" Pentatonics	99
	Whole-Tone and Diminished Scales	99
	Modes from Mercury	103
Chapter 24	Chords: 9ths, 11ths, and 13ths	104
	Ninth Chords	104
	Diatonic Ninth Chords	105
	Eleventh Chords	106
	Thirteenth Chords	107
Chapter 25	Chords: Summary and Exceptions	108
Chapter 26	Diatonic Modal Chords	113
	Modal Chord Functions	115
Chapter 27	Blues Structure Part II	116
Chapter 28	Some Other Common Song Forms	119
	Song Anatomy 101	119
Chapter 29	Improvisation Ideas	122
	Scale/Mode Choices in Improvisation	126
Chapter 30	By Ear	127
	Coda	130
	Answers	131
	Glossary and Index	137

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