Practical Beginning Theory: A Fundamentals Worktext
by Benward, Bruce; Jackson, Barbara Seagrave; Jackson, BruceEdition: 8th
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Pub. Date: 1999-07-20
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Education
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Summary
The phrase 'practical theory' may seem to be a contradiction, but it is a term thatPractical Beginning Theoryhas, since it's first edition in 1963, sought to embody by providing a comprehensive introduction to basic level theory that can be used in any teaching situation, even if other resource materials are limited or unavailable.In the new edition, the text continues its mission to be an all-in-one coursebook for music fundamentals. A third author has been added to revise and update the exercises in popular music and to integrate new electronic supplements into the text. A new chapter has been added to address jazz, pop, and blues and a CD of ear-training examples is now included with each copy of the book. The software package of the prior edition has been coordinated to the new CD and mounted to the Internet and exercises throughout the text have been revised to further emphasize real music instead of artificial textbook examples.In all,Practical Beginning Theoryprepares students completely for the first semester of major-level music theory. In can be used at two- and four- year colleges and it is appropriate for pre-college students who are preparing to enter a music major or for advanced high school music theory courses.
Table of Contents
PART I: The Musician’s Raw MaterialsChapter 1 The Properties of Individual SoundsChapter 2 The Notation of Musical Sounds: PitchChapter 3 Pitch and the KeyboardChapter 4 The Notation of Musical Sounds: RhythmChapter 5 Other Notational SignsPART II: Combinations of Materials to Create Tonality, Scales, Key Signatures, Intervals, and TriadsChapter 6 Introduction to the Tonal CenterChapter 7 The Major Scale, Major and Minor SecondsChapter 8 Intervals: Unison, Octave, and Major and Minor ThirdsChapter 9 The Major Triad and the Interval of the Perfect FifthChapter 10 The Circle of Fifths and the Key Signatures of the Major ScalesChapter 11 The Natural Minor ScaleChapter 12 Intervals: Fourths, Fifths, and the TritoneChapter 13 The Minor TriadChapter 14 More Intervals: Major and Minor Sixths and Sevenths, and More Augmented and Diminished IntervalsChapter 15 Harmonic and Melodic Minor ScalesChapter 16 Augmented and Diminished Triads, The Whole Tone ScaleChapter 17 Inversion of Intervals, Compound IntervalsPART III: Rhythm and Meter, Melody and HarmonyChapter 18 Simple Duple, Triple, and Quadruple MetersChapter 19 SyncopationChapter 20 TripletsChapter 21 Compound MetersPART IV: MelodyChapter 22 Movement and Rest in MelodyChapter 23 Conjunct and Disjunct Motion, Melodic DirectionChapter 24 Rhythmic and Melodic Motives, Melodic Repetition and SequencePART V: HarmonyChapter 25 Triad ArrangementsChapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
Chapter 2 The Notation of Musical Sounds: PitchChapter 3 Pitch and the KeyboardChapter 4 The Notation of Musical Sounds: RhythmChapter 5 Other Notational SignsPART II: Combinations of Materials to Create Tonality, Scales, Key Signatures, Intervals, and TriadsChapter 6 Introduction to the Tonal CenterChapter 7 The Major Scale, Major and Minor SecondsChapter 8 Intervals: Unison, Octave, and Major and Minor ThirdsChapter 9 The Major Triad and the Interval of the Perfect FifthChapter 10 The Circle of Fifths and the Key Signatures of the Major ScalesChapter 11 The Natural Minor ScaleChapter 12 Intervals: Fourths, Fifths, and the TritoneChapter 13 The Minor TriadChapter 14 More Intervals: Major and Minor Sixths and Sevenths, and More Augmented and Diminished IntervalsChapter 15 Harmonic and Melodic Minor ScalesChapter 16 Augmented and Diminished Triads, The Whole Tone ScaleChapter 17 Inversion of Intervals, Compound IntervalsPART III: Rhythm and Meter, Melody and HarmonyChapter 18 Simple Duple, Triple, and Quadruple MetersChapter 19 SyncopationChapter 20 TripletsChapter 21 Compound MetersPART IV: MelodyChapter 22 Movement and Rest in MelodyChapter 23 Conjunct and Disjunct Motion, Melodic DirectionChapter 24 Rhythmic and Melodic Motives, Melodic Repetition and SequencePART V: HarmonyChapter 25 Triad ArrangementsChapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
Chapter 4 The Notation of Musical Sounds: RhythmChapter 5 Other Notational SignsPART II: Combinations of Materials to Create Tonality, Scales, Key Signatures, Intervals, and TriadsChapter 6 Introduction to the Tonal CenterChapter 7 The Major Scale, Major and Minor SecondsChapter 8 Intervals: Unison, Octave, and Major and Minor ThirdsChapter 9 The Major Triad and the Interval of the Perfect FifthChapter 10 The Circle of Fifths and the Key Signatures of the Major ScalesChapter 11 The Natural Minor ScaleChapter 12 Intervals: Fourths, Fifths, and the TritoneChapter 13 The Minor TriadChapter 14 More Intervals: Major and Minor Sixths and Sevenths, and More Augmented and Diminished IntervalsChapter 15 Harmonic and Melodic Minor ScalesChapter 16 Augmented and Diminished Triads, The Whole Tone ScaleChapter 17 Inversion of Intervals, Compound IntervalsPART III: Rhythm and Meter, Melody and HarmonyChapter 18 Simple Duple, Triple, and Quadruple MetersChapter 19 SyncopationChapter 20 TripletsChapter 21 Compound MetersPART IV: MelodyChapter 22 Movement and Rest in MelodyChapter 23 Conjunct and Disjunct Motion, Melodic DirectionChapter 24 Rhythmic and Melodic Motives, Melodic Repetition and SequencePART V: HarmonyChapter 25 Triad ArrangementsChapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
PART II: Combinations of Materials to Create Tonality, Scales, Key Signatures, Intervals, and TriadsChapter 6 Introduction to the Tonal CenterChapter 7 The Major Scale, Major and Minor SecondsChapter 8 Intervals: Unison, Octave, and Major and Minor ThirdsChapter 9 The Major Triad and the Interval of the Perfect FifthChapter 10 The Circle of Fifths and the Key Signatures of the Major ScalesChapter 11 The Natural Minor ScaleChapter 12 Intervals: Fourths, Fifths, and the TritoneChapter 13 The Minor TriadChapter 14 More Intervals: Major and Minor Sixths and Sevenths, and More Augmented and Diminished IntervalsChapter 15 Harmonic and Melodic Minor ScalesChapter 16 Augmented and Diminished Triads, The Whole Tone ScaleChapter 17 Inversion of Intervals, Compound IntervalsPART III: Rhythm and Meter, Melody and HarmonyChapter 18 Simple Duple, Triple, and Quadruple MetersChapter 19 SyncopationChapter 20 TripletsChapter 21 Compound MetersPART IV: MelodyChapter 22 Movement and Rest in MelodyChapter 23 Conjunct and Disjunct Motion, Melodic DirectionChapter 24 Rhythmic and Melodic Motives, Melodic Repetition and SequencePART V: HarmonyChapter 25 Triad ArrangementsChapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
Chapter 7 The Major Scale, Major and Minor SecondsChapter 8 Intervals: Unison, Octave, and Major and Minor ThirdsChapter 9 The Major Triad and the Interval of the Perfect FifthChapter 10 The Circle of Fifths and the Key Signatures of the Major ScalesChapter 11 The Natural Minor ScaleChapter 12 Intervals: Fourths, Fifths, and the TritoneChapter 13 The Minor TriadChapter 14 More Intervals: Major and Minor Sixths and Sevenths, and More Augmented and Diminished IntervalsChapter 15 Harmonic and Melodic Minor ScalesChapter 16 Augmented and Diminished Triads, The Whole Tone ScaleChapter 17 Inversion of Intervals, Compound IntervalsPART III: Rhythm and Meter, Melody and HarmonyChapter 18 Simple Duple, Triple, and Quadruple MetersChapter 19 SyncopationChapter 20 TripletsChapter 21 Compound MetersPART IV: MelodyChapter 22 Movement and Rest in MelodyChapter 23 Conjunct and Disjunct Motion, Melodic DirectionChapter 24 Rhythmic and Melodic Motives, Melodic Repetition and SequencePART V: HarmonyChapter 25 Triad ArrangementsChapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
Chapter 9 The Major Triad and the Interval of the Perfect FifthChapter 10 The Circle of Fifths and the Key Signatures of the Major ScalesChapter 11 The Natural Minor ScaleChapter 12 Intervals: Fourths, Fifths, and the TritoneChapter 13 The Minor TriadChapter 14 More Intervals: Major and Minor Sixths and Sevenths, and More Augmented and Diminished IntervalsChapter 15 Harmonic and Melodic Minor ScalesChapter 16 Augmented and Diminished Triads, The Whole Tone ScaleChapter 17 Inversion of Intervals, Compound IntervalsPART III: Rhythm and Meter, Melody and HarmonyChapter 18 Simple Duple, Triple, and Quadruple MetersChapter 19 SyncopationChapter 20 TripletsChapter 21 Compound MetersPART IV: MelodyChapter 22 Movement and Rest in MelodyChapter 23 Conjunct and Disjunct Motion, Melodic DirectionChapter 24 Rhythmic and Melodic Motives, Melodic Repetition and SequencePART V: HarmonyChapter 25 Triad ArrangementsChapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
Chapter 11 The Natural Minor ScaleChapter 12 Intervals: Fourths, Fifths, and the TritoneChapter 13 The Minor TriadChapter 14 More Intervals: Major and Minor Sixths and Sevenths, and More Augmented and Diminished IntervalsChapter 15 Harmonic and Melodic Minor ScalesChapter 16 Augmented and Diminished Triads, The Whole Tone ScaleChapter 17 Inversion of Intervals, Compound IntervalsPART III: Rhythm and Meter, Melody and HarmonyChapter 18 Simple Duple, Triple, and Quadruple MetersChapter 19 SyncopationChapter 20 TripletsChapter 21 Compound MetersPART IV: MelodyChapter 22 Movement and Rest in MelodyChapter 23 Conjunct and Disjunct Motion, Melodic DirectionChapter 24 Rhythmic and Melodic Motives, Melodic Repetition and SequencePART V: HarmonyChapter 25 Triad ArrangementsChapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
Chapter 13 The Minor TriadChapter 14 More Intervals: Major and Minor Sixths and Sevenths, and More Augmented and Diminished IntervalsChapter 15 Harmonic and Melodic Minor ScalesChapter 16 Augmented and Diminished Triads, The Whole Tone ScaleChapter 17 Inversion of Intervals, Compound IntervalsPART III: Rhythm and Meter, Melody and HarmonyChapter 18 Simple Duple, Triple, and Quadruple MetersChapter 19 SyncopationChapter 20 TripletsChapter 21 Compound MetersPART IV: MelodyChapter 22 Movement and Rest in MelodyChapter 23 Conjunct and Disjunct Motion, Melodic DirectionChapter 24 Rhythmic and Melodic Motives, Melodic Repetition and SequencePART V: HarmonyChapter 25 Triad ArrangementsChapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
Chapter 15 Harmonic and Melodic Minor ScalesChapter 16 Augmented and Diminished Triads, The Whole Tone ScaleChapter 17 Inversion of Intervals, Compound IntervalsPART III: Rhythm and Meter, Melody and HarmonyChapter 18 Simple Duple, Triple, and Quadruple MetersChapter 19 SyncopationChapter 20 TripletsChapter 21 Compound MetersPART IV: MelodyChapter 22 Movement and Rest in MelodyChapter 23 Conjunct and Disjunct Motion, Melodic DirectionChapter 24 Rhythmic and Melodic Motives, Melodic Repetition and SequencePART V: HarmonyChapter 25 Triad ArrangementsChapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
Chapter 17 Inversion of Intervals, Compound IntervalsPART III: Rhythm and Meter, Melody and HarmonyChapter 18 Simple Duple, Triple, and Quadruple MetersChapter 19 SyncopationChapter 20 TripletsChapter 21 Compound MetersPART IV: MelodyChapter 22 Movement and Rest in MelodyChapter 23 Conjunct and Disjunct Motion, Melodic DirectionChapter 24 Rhythmic and Melodic Motives, Melodic Repetition and SequencePART V: HarmonyChapter 25 Triad ArrangementsChapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
Chapter 18 Simple Duple, Triple, and Quadruple MetersChapter 19 SyncopationChapter 20 TripletsChapter 21 Compound MetersPART IV: MelodyChapter 22 Movement and Rest in MelodyChapter 23 Conjunct and Disjunct Motion, Melodic DirectionChapter 24 Rhythmic and Melodic Motives, Melodic Repetition and SequencePART V: HarmonyChapter 25 Triad ArrangementsChapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
Chapter 20 TripletsChapter 21 Compound MetersPART IV: MelodyChapter 22 Movement and Rest in MelodyChapter 23 Conjunct and Disjunct Motion, Melodic DirectionChapter 24 Rhythmic and Melodic Motives, Melodic Repetition and SequencePART V: HarmonyChapter 25 Triad ArrangementsChapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
PART IV: MelodyChapter 22 Movement and Rest in MelodyChapter 23 Conjunct and Disjunct Motion, Melodic DirectionChapter 24 Rhythmic and Melodic Motives, Melodic Repetition and SequencePART V: HarmonyChapter 25 Triad ArrangementsChapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
Chapter 23 Conjunct and Disjunct Motion, Melodic DirectionChapter 24 Rhythmic and Melodic Motives, Melodic Repetition and SequencePART V: HarmonyChapter 25 Triad ArrangementsChapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
PART V: HarmonyChapter 25 Triad ArrangementsChapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
Chapter 26 Triads in SuccessionChapter 27 Nonharmonic TonesChapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
Chapter 28 Harmonizing a MelodyChapter 29 Further Harmonizations Using I, ii, ii7, IV, V, and V7Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
Chapter 30 Chord Symbols and Their Application in Jazz, Blues, and Popular MusicAppendix 1 Introduction to Musical FormsAppendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
Appendix 2 Keyboard Harmony Supplement Appendix 3 Fingerboard Harmony for GuitarGlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
GlossaryIndex to Musical ExamplesGeneral Index
General Index
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