Help your kids with music : a unique step-by-step visual guide
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Contents FOREWORD by Ann Marie Stanley WHAT I S MUSIC? PITCH High and low The piano keyboard Notes on the staff Clefs RHYTHM Beats and measures Note values Beams and dots Time signatures Compound time Rests and ties Grouping notes Triplets and tuplets Syncopation and swing Beginnings and endings Tempo INTERVALS, SCALES, AND KEYS Sharps and flats Half steps Whole steps Intervals Major scales Minor scales Keys The relative minor The circle of fifths Accidentals Modulation Transposition Other scales Modes Tonality and atonality MELODY What is a tune? Phrasing and phrase marks Types of phrases Sequences Ornaments Dynamics Musical expression Musical markings Analyzing melodies Two or more notes together Writing your own melody Learning by example CHORDS AND HARMONY Harmony Consonance and dissonance Diatonic and chromatic harmony Degrees of the scale Triads Inversions Chord types Other chords Cadences Passing notes Suspension Modal harmony Music for choirs Bass Chord symbols Harmonizing a song melody FORM Repeats Binary form Ternary form Counterpoint Theme and variations Ostinati, loops, and riffs Breaks and fills Orchestral forms INSTRUMENTS AND VOICES Strings Woodwind Brass Keyboards Percussion The orchestra The conductor Ensembles Rock bands Voices What is the score? Words and music STYLES AND GENRES Musical textures Folk, world, and roots Classical music The Baroque period The Classical period The Romantic period Modern period Dance music Blues and jazz Popular music REFERENCE Note-values and rest-values Time signatures Keys and key signatures Chords Scales Musical terms glossary Musical periods Instrument families Glossary Visual index of symbols Index Acknowledgments
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