Theory & Harmony for the Contemporary Musician

Preface 7(1) To the student 8(1) Fundamentals of sound • musical notation 9(5) Sound 9(1) Pitch 9(1) Dynamics 9(1) Timbre 10(1) Duration 10(1) Time Signature 10(1) The Tie 11(1) The Dot 11(1) The Clef 11(1) Treble Clef (G Clef) 11(1) Bass Clef (F Clef) 12(1) Leger Lines 12(1) Worksheet 12(1) Conclusion 13(1) Half steps • whole steps • major keys 14(8) Steps 14(1) Keys 15(1) Major Scales 15(1) Tetrachords 16(1) Keys with Sharps 16(1) Keys with Flats 17(1) Key Signatures 18(1) Order of Keys 18(1) Enharmonic Keys 19(1) Key Signatures and Naturals 19(1) Key Signatures with Accidentals 19(1) Chromatic Scales 20(1) Worksheet 20(2) Minor Scales 22(3) The Harmonic Minor Scale 22(1) The Melodic Minor Scale 22(1) The Parallel Minor Scale 23(1) The Jazz Minor Scale (Minor-Major Scale) 23(1) Worksheet 24(1) Suggested Instrumental Exercises 24(1) Intervals 25(6) Major Intervals 26(1) Perfect Intervals 26(1) Intervals Larger Than an Octave 27(1) Altered Intervals 28(1) Inverted Intervals 29(1) Worksheet 30(1) Instrumental Exercises 30(1) Triads • chords 31(3) Triads 31(1) Chord Inversions 32(1) Worksheet 33(1) Instrumental Exercises 33(1) Modes of the major scale 34(3) Mode-Related Triads 34(2) Triads of the Major Scale 36(1) Sixth chords • seventh chords 37(5) Sixth Chords 37(1) Seventh Chords 37(2) Major Seventh (maj7) 38(1) Dominant Seventh (7) 38(1) Minor Seventh (m7) 38(1) Diminished Seventh (∘7) 38(1) Half Diminished Seventh (∅7) 38(1) Inversions of Sixth and Seventh Chords 39(1) Seventh Chords and Related Modes 39(1) Seventh Chords and the Harmonized Major Scale 40(1) Chord Function 41(1) Harmonic movement • the cycle • progression • key centers 42(10) Progressions 43(1) Tension and Release 43(2) The II V I Progression 43(1) The I VI II V Progression 44(1) Worksheet 45(1) Instrumental Exercises 46(1) Key Centers 47(1) Locating Key Centers 48(2) Worksheet 50(1) Instrumental Exercises 51(1) Form---The American Pop Song • the blues 52(5) The American Popular Song Form---AABA 52(1) More Form Variations 53(1) Worksheet 53(1) The Blues 53(1) Basic Blues Form 53(3) Worksheet 56(1) Instrumental Exercises 56(1) Reharmonization • embellishing chords • fill-in chords • chord substitution 57(8) Embellishing Chords 57(1) Fill-in Chords 58(1) Backcycling 59(1) Chord Substitution 60(3) Common-Tone Substitution 60(2) Flat-Five Substitution (Tritone Substitution) 62(1) The Tritone 63(2) Extended Chords • altered chords • approach chords 65(7) Ninth Chords 65(1) Eleventh Chords 65(1) Thirteenth Chords 66(1) Altered Chords 66(4) Approach Chords 70(1) Worksheet 71(1) Introductions • endings • turnarounds 72(6) Introductions 72(1) Endings 73(1) Turnarounds 74(2) Worksheet 76(1) Instrumental Excercise 77(1) Harmonic Minor Scale • jazz minor scale 78(9) The Harmonic Minor Scale and Its Related Modes and Seventh Chords 78(1) The Harmonized Harmonic Minor Scale 79(1) The II V I Progression in Minor 79(1) The Jazz Minor Scale and Its Related Modes 80(1) Modes of the Jazz Minor Scale Played from the Same Root 81(3) Creating Modes from Any Root Tone 83(1) Worksheet 84(1) The Harmonized Jazz Minor Scale 85(2) Minor-key chord progressions 87(3) The Im Im(maj7) Im7 Im6 Progression 87(1) Blues in Minor 88(1) Substitution for the Minor Sixth Chord 89(1) Diminished Seventh Chords • augmented chords • suspensions 90(7) Diminished Seventh Chords 90(4) Augmented Chords 94(1) Suspensions 95(1) Worksheet 96(1) Chords and their improvising scales 97(13) Major Seventh Chords 97(1) Minor Seventh Chords 97(1) Dominant Seventh Chords 97(1) Half-Diminished Seventh Chords 98(1) Diminished Seventh Chord • Diminished Scales 98(2) Altered Dominant Seventh Chords 100(2) Dominant Seventh Flat-Five or Augmented Chords 100(1) Dominant Seventh Chords with Flat-Nine and/or Sharp-Nine and Flat-Five 101(1) Dominant Seventh Flat-Five, Sharp-Five, Flat-Nine, Sharp Nine 101(1) The Blues Scale 102(6) Scale Application for II V I Progressions 103(1) Creating More Interest in the II V I Progression 103(2) Improvising Scales for II V I Progressions in Minor 105(3) Worksheet 108(1) Instrumental Exercises 109(1) Pentatonic Scales 110 Worksheet 111 Instrumental Exercises 111