Music Theory for Non-Music Majors

Written to provide a fundamental understanding of how every day music essentially works, without compromising a solid theoretical approach. It is written in a simple and straightforward manner, using the piano keyboard as a starting point for developing notational and analytic skills.Covers the basic elements of notation; major and minor scales; scale degrees, key signatures, note values, and simple meter; melodic intervals; melody; triads, compound meter, and principles of notation; seventh chords, chord symbols; and harmony and melody. For anyone who wishes to discover the basic principles of music theory.

Preface

ix

The Keyboard and Basic Elements of Notation

1

(22)

Introduction

2

(1)

Note Names and the Piano Keyboard

2

(1)

Basic Notation

3

(2)

The Grand Staff

5

(1)

Exercises

6

(17)

Major and Minor Scales

23

(26)

Introduction

24

(1)

Whole Steps and Half Steps

24

(1)

The Interval of the Second

25

(1)

Tetrachords

26

(1)

The Major Scale

27

(1)

The Natural Minor Scale

27

(1)

The Melodic Minor Scale

28

(1)

The Harmonic Minor Scale

28

(1)

Written Exercises

29

(1)

Aural Exercises

30

(19)

Scale Degrees, Key Signatures, Note-Values, and Simple Meter

49

(40)

Introduction

50

(1)

Scale Degrees

50

(2)

Key Signatures

52

(4)

Note Values

56

(1)

Simple Meter

57

(2)

Exercises

59

(30)

Melodic Intervals

89

(38)

Introduction

90

(1)

Intervals and the Major Scale

90

(1)

Minor, Diminished, and Augmented Intervals

91

(3)

Intervals and Their Inversions

94

(1)

Compound Intervals

95

(1)

Written Exercises

96

(1)

Aural Exercises

97

(30)

Melody

127

(52)

Introduction

128

(1)

Elements of Melody

128

(2)

Analysis of Au Clair de la Lune

130

(2)

Analysis of Auld Lang Syne

132

(3)

Glossary of Tempo and Dynamic Markings

135

(1)

Exercises

135

(44)

Triads, Compound Meter, Principles of Notation

179

(28)

Introduction

180

(1)

Triad Structure

180

(1)

Triad Quality and Scale Degrees

181

(3)

Compound Meter

184

(1)

Flags and Beams

185

(2)

Triads with Accidentals

187

(1)

Written Exercises

188

(1)

Aural Exercises

188

(19)

Seventh Chords, Chord Symbols

207

(20)

Introduction

208

(1)

Seventh Chords

208

(1)

Chord Symbols

209

(3)

Written Exercises

212

(1)

Aural Exercises

212

(15)

Harmony and Melody

227

(66)

Introduction

228

(1)

Harmonic Cadences

228

(3)

Harmonizing the Melody

231

(1)

Harmonization of Au Clair de la Lune

232

(2)

Harmonization of Sweet Betsy from Pike

234

(1)

Writing a Melody When the Chords Are Given

235

(7)

Exercises

242

(51)

Appendix A: Additional Pieces for Analysis

293

(8)

Appendix B: International Acoustic Society Note Designations

301

(1)

Appendix C: Tempo, Dynamic, and Expression Marks

302

(1)

Index

303

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Music Theory for Non-Music Majors

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