Edly's Music Theory for Practical People
by Ed Roseman
Table of Contents
- Diagrams, Charts, and Other Examples
- Prelude
- To Students, Teachers, and Other Potential Readers
- About Reading Music or Not
- Abbreviations
- Edly's Quick Guide to Notation
- Chapter 1: The Musical Alphabets- Natural and Chromatic
- The (Natural) Musical Alphabet
- Half-Steps, Whole-Steps, and Octaves
- The Importance of Scales: A Pep Talk
- The Chromatic Scale
- Chapter 2: The Major Scale
- Double Sharps and Double Flats
- Chapter 3: Major Keys and Key Signatures
- Key Signatures
- Determining the Key from a Key Signature
- Key Signature Memory Aids
- Chapter 4: Diatonic Intervals
- Chapter 5: Chords: Triads
- Overview of Basic Chord Anatomy
- Creating Minor Intervals
- Ear-Training Preview
- Chapter 6: Diatonic Harmony
- Harmonizing a Major Scale
- Diatonic Triads
- Chapter 7: Chord Inversion
- Determining the Root and Chord Type
of an Unknown Chord
- Chord-Tone Doubling
- Chapter 8: Chromatic Intervals
- Chromatic Alteration of Intervals
- Less Common Enharmonic Spellings
of Intervals
- Chapter 9: I, IV, V and the Twelve Bar Blues
- Twelve Bar Blues: Part I
- Blues Phrase Structure
- Blues Chordology
- Chapter 10: iim,
iiim, vim, and vii* Chords…
- Intro to Chord Substitution
- Common Diatonic
Progressions Which Include iim, iiim, and vim
- Chapter 11: Minor Scales
and Keys
- The Major's Sad Cousin: the Relative Minor, Your Cousin Alice…
and the Natural Minor Scale
- Using the Major Scale to Define Other Scales
- The Harmonic Minor Scale
- The Melodic Minor Scale
- Chapter 12: The Circle
of Fifths (and Fourths)
- Chapter 13: Chords: 7ths (& 6ths)
- Symmetrical
Chords and Functions
- Chapter 14: Diatonic Chords and Functions
- Diatonic
Seventh Chords
- Diatonic Chord Functions in Major Keys
- Diatonic Chord
Functions in Minor Keys
- Chapter 15: Interval Inversion
- Chapter 16:
Intervals for Ear–Training
- General Sound of Various Intervals
- Ear–Training
Methods
- Chapter 17: Secondary Dominants and Other Secondary Chords
- Secondary Dominants
- Other Secondary Chords
- Multiple Secondary Dominants
- Modulating with Secondary Chords
- Chapter 18: Transposition
- Transposition
and "Transposing Instruments"
- Transposing by Changing Clefs
- Chapter 19: Cadences
- Cadence Types & Definitions
- Chapter 20: Tritone
Substitution
- The "Substitute iim7" chord
- Chapter 21: Natural
Modes
- The Importance of Modes: Another Pep Talk
- Summary of the Modal
Discovery Process
- Chapter 22: Pentatonic and Blues Scales
- Pentatonic
Scales
- The Blues Scale
- Chapter 23: More Scales
- "Artificial" or "Unnatural" Modes
- "Exotic" Pentatonics
- Whole-Tone and Diminished Scales
- Modes from Mercury
- Chapter 24: Chords:
9ths, 11ths, and 13ths
- Ninth Chords
- Diatonic Ninth Chords
- Eleventh
Chords
- Thirteenth Chords
- Chapter 25: Chords: Summary and Exceptions
- Chapter 26: Diatonic Modal Chords
- Modal Chord Functions
- Chapter 27:
Blues Structure Part II
- Chapter 28: Some Other Common Song Forms
- Song
Anatomy 101
- Chapter 29: Improvisation Ideas
- Scale/Mode Choices in Improvisation
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- $25.00
- 144 pages
- 8.25" x 10.875"
- ISBN 0-9661616-0-2