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Music Theory

This text is primarily designed to serve as a textbook for a college-level music theory fundamentals course. However, it also has the flexibility to serve equally well for a typical core curriculum college-level Music Theory I or Harmony I course. Our goal is to deliver sufficient information to enable the student to be able to evaluate and analyze select music from the literature as quickly as is practical.

Music Humanities

Author: LibreTexts
Publisher: LibreTexts
Source: LibreTexts
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Language: EN

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Contents· 21 sections

01: The Elements of Rhythm- Sound Symbol and Time
1.01: Durational Values- Symbols Representing Time in Music
1.02: Pulse Tempo and Meter
1.03: Music Notation Practices
1.04: Additional Information
1.05: Summary
02: The Elements of Pitch-Sound Symbol and Tone
2.01: Pitch and Pitch-Class
2.02: Chromatic Alteration- Accidentals
2.03: The Keyboard as a Visual Tool
2.04: Register Designation The Octave 8va and 8vb
2.05: Pitch Notation- Nomenclature and Solfege
2.06: Moveable C-Clef Other Clefs
2.07: Summary
03: The Foundations Scale-Steps and Scales
3.01: Scales and Scale-Steps
3.02: Heptatonic Scales- The Major Scale The Three Forms of the Minor Scale
3.03: Solfege Revisited
3.04: Heptatonic Scales- Introduction to Modes
3.05: Other Commonly Used Scales
3.06: 3.6-Summary