Music Fundamentals for Musical Theatre (Paperback)

Chapter 1 - The staff, treble clef, pitches on the staff, solfege and sight-singing Chapter 2 - Rhythm - whole notes, half notes, quarter notes and eighth notes Chapter 3 - The piano keyboard, accidentals, whole and half steps, major scales Chapter 4 - The Circle of 5ths and major key signatures Review of chapters 1-4 and Performance Tips (Tempo) Chapter 5 - Intervals - seconds and thirds and phrase shapes Chapter 6 - Intervals - fourths, fifths, and octaves; Rhythm - sixteenth notes Chapter 7 - Intervals - sixths and sevenths; Rhythm - rests Chapter 8 - diminished and augmented intervals; Rhythm - syncopation Review of chapters 5-8 and Performance Tips (Musical Markings) Chapter 9 - Rhythm - ties, dotted notes, 2/4 and 3/4 time; Song Analysis Chapter 10 - Major triads; introduction to Bass Clef and the Grand Staff Chapter 11 - I, IV, V progression; chord tones and non-chord tones; Song Analysis Chapter 12 - Transpositions; Rhythm - triplets Review of chapters 9-12 and Performance Tips (Repeats, Endings and Codas) Chapter 13 - Minor, Diminished and Augmented triads; Cut-time; chromatic solfege Chapter 14 - I, vi, ii, V, I progression; harmonizing a melody Chapter 15 - Inversions of triads Chapter 16 - Progressions with inversions; choral analysis Review of chapters 13 -16 and Performance Tips (The Music Department) Chapter 17 - Dominant 7th chords; V of V chords; Suspended chords; Song Analysis Chapter 18 - Minor Key signatures and natural minor scales Chapter 19 - Harmonic minor scales and melodic minor scales: Song Analysis Chapter 20 - Minor Chord progressions; Song Analysis Review of chapters 17-20 and Performance Tips (Song Form) Chapter 21 - Major, Minor, Half-Diminished, and Diminished Seventh chords Chapter 22 - Compound time Chapter 23 - More compound time; Song Analysis Chapter 24 - Song Analysis; Orchestration