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Music Theory

by Jacob Chriss

123 pages; Black coil; catalogue #03-0999; ISBN 1-4120-0629-5; US$24.95, C$31.95, EUR19.95, £13.95

An intensive music theory course. The book is thorough and easy to understand, with an unorthodox approach to the subject.

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About the Book Music Theory by Jacob Chriss is an intensive homestudy course. In an easy and simple manner, he takes you through the various aspects of music theory. You'll learn more about: Notation of Music Intervals Chord-building The Circle of Fifths Scales and much more Then book takes you on a journey from beginner to advanced at your own pace, but for many, both faster and cheaper than taking music lessons. So if you're one of the many musicians who want to save a lot of time and money, this is the book for you! The knowledge contained will lay a very solid foundation for understanding, and many of you will end up knowing all you'll ever need to know about the covered subjects. The course is primarily aimed at musicians in the non-classical field, but classical musicians can benefit tremendously from it too.

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About the Author Jacob Chriss currently teaches guitar playing, music theory and ensemble playing at various music schools in Denmark. He began playing piano at the age of seven, and then proceeded to the guitar in his early teens. His musical training and education comes primarily from music schools, various advanced year courses and private lessons. Among the subjects he ad been studying are: music theory, ear training, improvisational theory, ensemble-playing, vocal training, composition and many others. Beside his teaching, he also plays in different bands and ensembles, with styles ranging from classical to hard rock. Now he primarily performs his own compositions in the pop-rock genre. Being quite young with an energetic approach to teaching, he's a popular character among both teachers and students wherever he works, attracting many students to his classes each year. Wanting to share his knowledge and experiences in the most effective way, he has turned to writing books. The first two are Music Theory and Rhythm Flow, but many more are to follow!

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Table of Contents and Sample Excerpts

Lesson 1 : The Musical Alphabet
[Basis-tones and the musical alphabet
[Accidentals
[Half-and wholesteps
[Enharmonic Tones
Lesson 2 : The Musical Staff
[Lines and spaces
[Leger lines and spaces
[The Notes
[Clefs
Lesson 3 : The Tones in the Staff
[The tones in the G- and F-clefs
[Names of the different Octaves
[Middle C
[The connexion between the G- and F-clefs
[8va +8vb
Lesson 4 : Intervals
[The Interval-order within the Octave
Lesson 5 : P1, P8, P5
[Perfect Unison, Perfect Octave, Perfect Fifth
Lesson 6 : M3 + m3
[Major Third, minor Third
Lesson 7 : Major and minor Triads
[Major Triad, minor Triad
[Chord-notation
[Chords vs Arpeggios
[Inversions
[Open/close position
Lesson 8 : P4, b5/#4
[Perfect Fourth
[Augmented, Diminished, Double Augmented and Double Diminished Intervals
[Diminished Fifth/Augmented Fourth/Tritone
[The Diminished Chord
Lesson 9 : M7 + m7
[Major Seventh, minor Seventh
Lesson 10 : Seventh Chords
[Extensions
[Inversions
Lesson 11 : M2 + m2
[Major Second, minor Second
[Consonance and Dissonance
[Eartraining-note
Lesson 12 : M6 + m6
[Major Sixth, minor Sixth
[Complementary Intervals
Lesson 13 : Scales
[Major and minor scales
[Leading-note
Lesson 14 : Chord-building/scale harmonization
[Scale-harmonization
[Major scale harmonization (Triads)
[Major scale harmonization (4-tone chords)
[Chord degrees
[Natural minor scale harmonization (Triads)
[Natural minor scale harmonization (4-tone chords)
[Basic Functional harmony
Lesson 15 : The Circle of Fifths
[The Circle of Fifths
[Relative Keys
[Variant Keys
[Accidentals of the scales
[Constant accidentals
[Notation of accidentals in the keys
[The Great Circle of Fifths
[Simple cadences/changes
Lesson 16 : Advanced Chord-building
[Intervals larger than the Octave
[Advanced Chord-building
Lesson 17 : Chords - 11ths and 13ths
[11th and 13th chords
Lesson 18 : More Chords!
[More chord-formulas!
Lesson 19 : Diatonic Modes
[Diatonic/Major modes + formulas
Lesson 20 : The 3 minor scales
[Natural+harmonic+melodic minor-scales
Lesson 21 : Melodic minor
[Melodic minor modes + formulas
[Harmonization
[The +/#5-chord
Lesson 22 : Harmonic minor
[Harmonic minor modes + formulas
[Harmonization
[The 7-chord
Lesson 23 : Modes - List
[Major
[Major 7th (Dominant 7)
[minor
Lesson 24 : Chords - List
[Major
[7th (Dominant)
[minor [Others!
[2-tone chords
Lesson 25 : Other Scales
[The Pentatonic scale
[The Blues scale
[The Wholetone scale
[The Chromatic scale
["Strange" scales
[Bebop scales
Lesson 26 : Common Progressions
[Common progressions
[Improvisation-note
Lesson 27 : Musical Expressions
[Common Musical Expressions - List
Appendix
[German Notation
[Chord Notation
[Typical Exercises
About the author

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Catalogue Information

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