Description: Preface xiii The Fifth Edition, xiv Using the Text, xiv The Compact Disc, xv Web Site: uppervoices.com, xv Ear-Training Drills, xv Chapter Self Tests, xvi Unit Reviews, xvi Interactive Fundamental Drills, xvi Acknowledgments, xvii UNIT 1 1 Notating Rhythm 1 Essential Terms and Symbols, 1 Traditional Western Music, 1 Notation, 2 The Notation of Rhythm, 2 Note Values, 2 Rests Values, 5 Measures, 7 Time Signatures, 8 Calligraphy: Note and Rest Values, 9 Smaller Rhythmic Values, 11 A Step Further: Larger and Smaller Note Values, 13 Calligraphy: Eighths and Sixteenths, 14 The Dot, 15 The Tie, 15 Flags and Beams, 17 Building Skills, 19 Creative Projects, 23 2 Notating Pitch 25 Essential Terms and Symbols, 25 The Staff, 25 The Clef, 26 Stem Direction, 27 Tricks of the Trade: Learning the "ABCs," 28 Ledger Lines, 30 Calligraphy: Clefs and Ledger Lines, 30 The Octave, 31 The Grand Staff, 33 Musicianship 2-1, 35 Building Skills, 37 Creative Projects, 43 3 The Keyboard 45 Essential Terms and Symbols, 45 The Keyboard, 46 Musicianship 3-1, 49 Accidentals, 51 The Sharp, 51 The Flat, 52 The Natural Sign, 52 Musicianship 3-2, 54 Calligraphy: Notating Accidentals, 56 Double Sharps and Double Flats, 56 Enharmonic Equivalents, 57 Octave Designation, 58 Building Skills, 61 Creative Projects, 65 UNIT 2 4 Simple Meters 67 Essential Terms and Symbols, 67 Metric Accent, 68 Triple Meter, 68 Duple Meter, 70 Quadruple Meter, 71 Rest Notation, 71 Tricks of the Trade: Using Counting Syllables, 73 Musicianship 4-1, 73 Beat Division and Subdivision, 75 Meters with an Eighth-Note Beat, 79 Alla Breve and Common Time, 79 A Step Further: Conducting, 79 Syncopation, 80 Calligraphy: Beaming, 82 Tricks of the Trade: Counting Syllables, 83 Transcription and Arrangement, 83 Musicianship 4-2, 84 Building Skills, 87 Creative Projects, 91 5 Major Scales and Keys 95 Essential Terms and Symbols, 95 The Major Scale, 95 Scale Degrees, 97 Diatonic Pitches, 98 Diatonic and Chromatic Half Steps, 98 Major and Minor Modes, 100 Musicianship 5-1, 101 Transposing Major Scales, 101 Musicianship 5-2, 104 Major Keys, 105 Key Signature, 105 Order of Sharps and Flats, 107 Major Key Signatures, 109 The Circle of Fifths, 110 Tricks of the Trade: Learning Key Signatures, 112 Musicianship 5-3, 114 Building Skills, 117 Creative Projects, 121 6 Intervals 123 Essential Terms, 123 Interval Type, 125 Musicianship 6-1, 127 Interval Quality, 128 Perfect Intervals, 128 Understanding Quality by Major-Scale Comparison, 129 Musicianship 6-2, 131 A Step Further: Doubly Augmented and Diminished Intervals, 133 Major/Minor Intervals, 133 Guidelines for Interval Construction and Identification, 138 Musicianship 6-3, 140 Interval Inversion, 142 Writing Intervals Below a Given Pitch, 144 Building Skills, 147 Creative Projects, 153 7 Compound Meters 155 Essential Terms and Symbols, 155

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