Harmony & Theory

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Hal Leonard Corporation, 1998 - Music - 158 pages
(Musicians Institute Press). This book is a step-by-step guide to MI's well-known Harmony and Theory class. It includes complete lessons and analysis of: intervals, rhythms, scales, chords, key signatures; transposition, chord inversions, key centers; harmonizing the major and minor scales; and more!
 

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Pitch
7
Major Scales and Sharp Keys
11
Flat Keys and Accidentals
16
Intervals
21
Triads
27
Note Values
30
Time Signatures and Ties
38
Minor Scales
43
Modes
87
Variations in Minor Harmony
93
Variations in Minor Melody
99
Modal Interchange
104
Secondary Dominants
108
Altered Chords
112
Altered Scales
116
Diminished Seventh Chords
121

Pentatonic Scales
49
Harmonizing the Major Scale
52
Harmonizing the Minor Scale
57
Diatonic Seventh Chords
61
Key Centers
65
Blues
69
Chord Inversion
73
Extended Chords
77
Other Chord Types
81
Symmetrical Scales
124
Diatonic Chord Substitution
130
Flat Five Substitution
135
Modulation
138
Afterword
141
Chord Symbols
142
Solutions to Exercises
144
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