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Appendix B
Table of Contents for:
Music First, by Gary White, Third Edition
Brown & Benchmark Publishers, 1996
Chapter 1- Rhythm - The Lifeblood of Music
The Beat 2
Simple Division of the Beat
Rhythmic Patterns
Repeat Sign
Improving Your Ear
Ear Training Exercise I
Ear Training Exercise II
Ear Training Exercise III
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
Treble Clef
Bass Clef
Note Heads
Stems
Rests
Listening
Using What You Have Learned
Chapter 3- Simple Meter
Accent
Meter
Bar Line
Measure
Meter Signature
Simple Meter
The Upbeat
Subdivision of the Beat
The Dotted E~ighth Note
Triplets
Listening
Using What You Have Learned
Chapter 4- Compound Meter
Duple-Compound Meter
Triple-Compound Meter
Quadruple-Compound Meter
Beaming in Simple and Compound Meters
Listening
Using What You Have Learned
Chapter 5- Introducing the Black Keys andAccidentals
Half Step
Whole Step
Sharp Sign
F:lat 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
Major Scales
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 from Key Signatures
The Dominant
Solfeggio
Listening
Using What You Have Learned
Interlude III
Chapter 7- Intervals
Inversion of Intervals
Specific Quality of Intervals
Perfect Intervals
Major Intervals
Minor Intervals
Inversion of Interval Quality
Writing Intervals Below a Given Note
The Augmented Fourth and Diminished Fifth
Summary
Other Intervals
Listening
Using What You Have Learned
Chapter 8- Minor Scales / Minor Keys
Natural Minor Scale
Harmonic Minor Scale
Melodic 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
Simple and Expanded Positions of Triads
InversionofTriads
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 Progressions
The Harmonic Background of Rounds
Part Songs
Listen~ng
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