Music First with Keyboard Foldout [Paperback]

Based on tested methods used by the author during many years of teaching,Music First!takes a step-by-step approach to the fundamentals of music theory and basic composition, engaging students through a combination of explanation and interaction. Students learn cumulatively as they progress through the book. This popular learn-by-doing approach reinforces theoretical principles through practice and enlivens any Fundamentals course.

One:Elements of Music: Pitch

Two:Elements of Music: Rhythm

Three:Simple Meter

Four:Compound Meter

Five:Sharps, Flats, and Naturals

Six:Major Scales/Major Keys

Seven:Minor Scales/Minor Keys

Eight:Intervals

Nine:Chords--Looking at the Musical Background

Ten:The Harmonic System

Appendix 1: Inversion of Intervals

Appendix 2: Popular-Music Chord Symbols

Appendix 3: Guitar Chords

Appendix 4: Transposition

Appendix 5: Answers to Selected Problems in the

Assignments

Songbook

Glossary

Index