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• Understanding Basic Music Theory: Course Introduction

Notation

Pitch

• The Staff
• Clef
• Pitch: Sharp, Flat, and Natural Notes
• Key Signature
• Enharmonic Spelling

Time

• Duration: Note Lengths in Written Music
• Duration: Rest Length
• Time Signature
• Meter
• Pickup Notes and Measures
• Dots, Ties, and Borrowed Divisions
• Syncopation
• Tempo
• Repeats and Other Musical Road Map Signs

Style

• Dynamics and Accents
• Articulation

Definitions

• Rhythm
• Timbre
• Melody
• Texture
• Harmony
• Counterpoint
• Range
• Classifying Music

The Physical Basis

• Acoustics for Music Theory
• Standing Waves and Musical Instruments
• Harmonic Series I: Timbre and Octaves

Notes and Scales

• Octaves and the Major-Minor Tonal System
• Half Steps and Whole Steps
• Major Keys and Scales
• Minor Keys and Scales
• Interval
• Harmonic Series II: Harmonics, Intervals, and Instruments
• The Circle of Fifths
• Scales that aren't Major or Minor

Harmony and Form

• Triads
• Naming Triads
• Consonance and Dissonance
• Beyond Triads: Naming Other Chords
• Beginning Harmonic Analysis
• Cadence
• Form

Challenges

• Ear Training
• Tuning Systems
• Modes and Ragas
• Transposition: Changing Keys