The Everything Music Theory Book: A Complete Guide to Taking Your Understanding of Music to the Next Level » (BK&CD)

Are you a musician who longs to take music to the next level-but aren't sure how to go about it? You need to unlock the "secret" to understanding music on a deeper level-to help you grasp what it is that makes music music. In The Everything Music Theory Book with CD, musician and music educator Marc Schonbrun takes you step by step through the underpinnings of music theory-the very glue that holds music together.

You'll learn about:

• Chord and scale construction
• Harmony and harmonic analysis from Baroque through jazz
• Musical form and development
• Counterpoint and voice ;eading

Perfect for everyone from the intermediate musician to the pre-collegiate music major, The Everything Music Theory Book with CD is your one-stop guide to mastering one of the most important tools for every musician: musical understanding. Complete with a helpful audio CD, practice concepts, and exercises, this clear and easy-to-follow book-plus package takes you from music enthusiast to true musician in no time, regardless of what instrument you play!

Introduction     xi
Review of the Basics     1
Ins and Outs     2
Notes     2
Clefs     3
Time     7
Basic Rhythms     8
Rests     12
Meter     12
Intervals     16
Go the Distance     17
Intervals from Scales     21
The Simple Intervals     26
Advanced Intervals     30
Inverted and Extended Intervals     33
The Major Scale     36
Scales Defined     37
Spelling Scales     38
Scale Tones     44
How Scales Are Used in Music     45
The Minor Scale     47
Minor Colors     48
The Definitive Approach     48
The Derivative Approach     52
Degrees in Minor Scales     53
Multiple Scales-Scale Clarity     54
Variant Variables     57
Musical Keys and Key Signatures     64
Musical Organization     65
The System of Key Signatures     68
Relative Minor Keys     71
Minor Keys on Paper     74
Keys Change     76
Modes and Other Scales     79
Modes-The Other Side of Scales     80
Seven Modal Scales     81
Looking at Modes on Their Own     86
Other Important Scales     90
Time for Etudes     95
Etude One: Scales and Keys     96
Chords     108
What Is a Chord?     109
Building Chords     110
Minor Triads/Chords     112
Diminished Triads     114
Augmented Triads     115
Chords in Scales     118
Diatonic Chords     119
Minor Scale Harmony     122
Seventh Chords and Chord Inversions     123
Seventh Chords     124
Seventh Chord Construction     125
Seventh Chord Recap     131
Inverted Chords     132
Quick Study: Bach Prelude in C     137
Movements: Chord Progressions     141
What Is a Chord Progression?     142
Progressions in Time     143
Diatonic Progressions and Solar Harmony     144
Solar Harmony and the Chord Ladder     148
More Chord Progressions     153
Tonic and Dominant Relationships      154
Using Dominant Chords in Minor Keys     158
Harmonie Rhythm     161
Voice Leading     162
Melodic Harmonization     165
What Is Melody?     166
Chord Tones and Passing Tones     169
True Melodic Harmonization     172
Single Line Harmony     175
Dealing with Accidentals     177
Etude Two: Chords and Harmony     178
Advanced Harmony     189
Beyond Diatonic     190
Modal Mixture     198
Modulation     201
Jazz Harmony     207
What Is Jazz?     208
Jazz Harmony     208
Jazz Progressions     212
Blues Forms     219
Transposition and Instrumentation     223
What Is Transposing?     224
Transposing Chant     227
B[Characters not reproducible] Instruments     228
E[Characters not reproducible] Instruments     229
F Instruments     230
Octave Transposes     230
Analyzing Scores     231
Instrument Ranges     237
Etude Three: Advanced Harmony, Jazz Harmony, and Transposition     242
Glossary      253
Additional Resources     263
Index     265