Cengage Advantage Books: Introductory Musicianship: Cengage Advantage Books

Preface. Unit I: THE BASICS. 1a: The Staff-Stave(s). 1b: Clefs. 1c: Extending the Staff. 1d: The Great Staff. 1e: Notes. 1f: Rests. 1g: Meter Signatures. 1h: Double Bars. 1i: The Anacrusis. 1j: Accidentals. 1k: Half Steps and Whole Steps--Chromatic or Diatonic. 1l: Enharmonic Equivalents. 1m: Keyboard Octave Registers. Worksheets, Unit Review. Unit II: RHYTHMIC AND MELODIC EXERCISES-EASY. 2a: Rhythmic Exercises: Group 1. 2b: Rhythmic Exercises: Group 2. 2c: Rhythmic Exercises: Group 3. 2d: Melodic Exercises: Group 1. 2e: Melodic Exercises: Group 2. 2f: Melodic Exercises: Group 3. Unit III: SCALES, KEYS, AND MODES. 3a: Scales. 3b: Circle of Fifths--Major Keys. 3c: Overtones. 3d: Key Signatures. 3e: Major Scales with Sharps. 3f: Major Scales with Flats.3g: Circle of Fifths-Minor Keys. 3h: Minor Scales with Sharps. 3i: Minor Scales with Flats. 3j: Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic Minor. 3k: Relative Major and Minor. 3l: Parallel Major and Minor. 3m: The Chromatic Scale. 3n: The Church Modes. 3o: Other Scale Forms. Worksheets. Unit IV: INTERVALS. 4a: Constructing Intervals. 4b: Perfect and Major Intervals. 4c: Minor Intervals. 4d: Diminished and Augmented Intervals. 4e: Constructing Intervals-By Half Steps and Whole Steps. 4f: Constructing Intervals Downward. 4g: The Tritone. 4h: Simple and Compound Intervals. 4i: Hearing and Singing Intervals. Worksheets. Unit V: RHYTHMIC AND MELODIC EXERCISES-INTERMEDIATE. 5a: Rhythmic Exercises. 5b: Solfeggio with Major Keys. 5c: Melodic Exercises. 5d: Solfeggio with Minor Keys. Unit VI: CHORDS. 6a: Triads. 6b: Chord Names and Symbols. 6c: Primary Triads. 6d: Root-Position Triad Table. 6e: Root-Position and Inversion. 6f: Seventh Chords. 6g: Root-Position Seventh Chord Table. 6h: Root Position and Inversion. 6i: Commercial Chord Symbols. 6j: Chord Symbol Chart. Worksheets. Unit VII: RHYTHMIC AND MELODIC EXERCISES-DIFFICULT. 7a: Mixed Rhythmic Units. 7b: Mixed Meters--Constant Note Values. 7c: Mixed Meters--Changing Note Values. 7d: Syncopation. 7e: Melodic Exercises. Unit VIII: MELODIC WRITING AND TRANSPOSITION. 8a: Melodic Writing. 8b: Transposition. 8c. Melodic Writing in Modes. Worksheets. Unit IX: CHORD PROGRESSION AND HARMONIZATION. 9a: Doubling Triads and Seventh Chords. 9b: Chord Progressions. 9c: Figured Bass. 9d: Harmonization. Worksheets, Review. Unit X: APPENDIX: TERMS, SIGNS, AND SYMBOLS. 10a: General Music Terms. 10b: Performance Terms. 10c: Repeat Signs. 10d: Instruments of the Orchestra. 10e: Voice Types. 10f: Signs and Symbols. Index. Piano Keyboard.