Hal Leonard Pocket Music Theory

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(Book). Following in the footsteps of the popular Hal Leonard Pocket Music Dictionary , this handy pocket-sized book is the most contemporary music theory book on the market! A step-by-step guide to harmony and theory for every musician, it includes thorough, yet to easy-to-understand analysis of: intervals, rhythms, scales, chords, key signatures, transposition, chord inversion, key centers, harmonizing the major and minor scales, extended chords, modulation and much more. Packed with info from the Harmony & Theory course at Musicians

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Overview

(Book). Following in the footsteps of the popular Hal Leonard Pocket Music Dictionary , this handy pocket-sized book is the most contemporary music theory book on the market! A step-by-step guide to harmony and theory for every musician, it includes thorough, yet to easy-to-understand analysis of: intervals, rhythms, scales, chords, key signatures, transposition, chord inversion, key centers, harmonizing the major and minor scales, extended chords, modulation and much more. Packed with info from the Harmony & Theory course at Musicians Institute!

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780634047718
  • Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
  • Publication date: 9/28/2002
  • Series: Music Reference Series: Music Theory
  • Edition description: MINIATURE
  • Pages: 176
  • Sales rank: 494,491
  • Product dimensions: 3.90 (w) x 5.40 (h) x 0.60 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 4
Part I Tools--Notes, Rhythms, and Scales
1 Pitch 7
2 Major Scales and Sharp Keys 12
3 Flat Keys and Accidentals 18
4 Intervals 22
5 Triads 28
6 Note Values and Notation 30
7 Time Signatures and Ties 38
8 Minor Scales 43
9 Pentatonic Scales 51
Part II Structures--Chords and Chord Progressions
10 Harmonizing the Major Scale 54
11 Harmonizing the Minor Scale 59
12 Diatonic Seventh Chords 62
13 Key Centers 66
14 Blues 71
15 Chord Inversion 76
16 Extended Chords 82
17 Other Chord Types 88
Part III Variations--Melody & Harmony in the Real World
18 Modes 97
19 Variations in Minor Harmony 106
20 Variations in Minor Melody 113
21 Modal Interchange 120
22 Secondary Dominants 126
23 Altered Chords 131
24 Altered Scales 136
25 Diminished Seventh Chords 141
26 Symmetrical Scales 145
27 Diatonic Chord Substitution 151
28 Flat Five Substitution 159
29 Modulation 163
Afterword 166
Appendix Chord Symbols 167
Index 173
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