Music theory

Textbook Topics Theory                                                                                                                                                                                    1.     Reading Music: Pitch  2.     Reading Music: Rhythm 3.     Whole Steps, Half Steps, and Enharmonics 4.     Major Scales and Key Signatures 5.     Minor Scales and Key Signatures 6.     Intervals 7.     Interval Inversions  8.     Compound Meter 9.     Triads, Triad Inversions, and Figured Bass 10. Diatonic Triads for Major and Minor Keys 11. Seventh Chords 12. Chord Progressions 13.  Transposition of Simple Melodies 14.  Chromatic Scales and Solfege  15.  Fingering chart and Solfege  16. Sight-Reading Exercises (Melodic) 17. Sight-Reading Exercises (Rhythmic) Musical Instruments Piano The String Family ·       Violins and Violas ·       Cellos and Double Basses ·       Guitar ·       Harp The Brass Family ·       Trumpet ·       French Horn ·       Trombone ·       Tuba The Woodwind Family ·       Flute ·       Clarinet ·       Oboe ·       Bassoon The Percussion Family ·       Drum Kit ·       Unpitched Percussion Pitched Percussion

1Reading Music: Pitch

READING MUSIC – PITCH Western music can be expressed in a written language called notation. The main purpose of notation is to convey as accurately as possible the proper way to perform the musical ideas of the composer. Notation’s first and main goal should be clarity of communication. Notation of our musical system has evolved over time, and the five-line staff that we use today came into wide use in France in the sixteenth century. Earlier versions of the staff with four lines are found in mu...