| Preface |
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| The Method |
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| Syllable Systems |
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| Reading in Clefs |
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Module 1a Simple Beats and Their First Division and Multiple Note Values |
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Module 1b Simple Duple and Quadruple Meters |
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2 | (4) |
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Module 1c Simple Triple Meters |
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6 | (3) |
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Module 1d Second Division and Multiple of the Beat in Simple Meters |
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9 | (3) |
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12 | (4) |
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Module 1f Ties and Dotted Rhythms in Simple Meters |
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16 | (5) |
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21 | (5) |
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Module 1h Less Common Simple Meters |
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26 | (6) |
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Module 2 Major and Minor Scales and Scale Degrees |
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32 | (19) |
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Module 2a Major Scales and Scale Degrees |
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32 | (9) |
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Module 2b Minor Scales and Scale Degrees |
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41 | (10) |
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51 | (16) |
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Module 3a Introduction to Improvisation |
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51 | (3) |
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Module 3b Methods for Improvisation and Improvising Tonic Function |
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54 | (4) |
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Module 3c Improvising Dominant Function |
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58 | (3) |
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Module 3d Improvising Predominant Function |
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61 | (3) |
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Module 3e Improvising Through Arpeggiation |
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64 | (3) |
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67 | (17) |
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Module 4a Compound Beats and Their First Division and Multiple Note Values |
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67 | (5) |
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Module 4b Second Division of the Beat in Compound Meter |
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72 | (6) |
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Module 4c Less Common Compound Meters |
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78 | (6) |
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84 | (49) |
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Module 5a Hearing and Singing Intervals Acontextually |
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84 | (3) |
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Module 5b Major and Minor Seconds |
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87 | (7) |
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Module 5c Major and Minor Thirds |
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94 | (6) |
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Module 5d Perfect Fifths and Octaves |
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100 | (6) |
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Module 5e Perfect Fourths |
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106 | (6) |
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Module 5f Major and Minor Sixths |
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112 | (7) |
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119 | (6) |
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Module 5h Major and Minor Sevenths |
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125 | (8) |
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133 | (35) |
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Module 6a Hearing and Singing Acontextual Triads |
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133 | (3) |
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Module 6b Root Position Major Triads |
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136 | (7) |
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Module 6c Root Position Minor Triads |
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143 | (9) |
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Module 6d Inverted Major and Minor Triads |
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152 | (7) |
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Module 6e Diminished Triads |
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159 | (9) |
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168 | (47) |
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Module 7a Singing and Hearing Seventh Chords Acontextually |
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168 | (1) |
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Module 7b Dominant Seventh Chords in Root Position |
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169 | (9) |
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Module 7c Dominant Seventh Chords in Inversion |
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178 | (7) |
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Module 7d Minor Seventh Chords |
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185 | (8) |
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Module 7e Half-Diminished Seventh Chords |
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193 | (8) |
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Module 7f Fully-Diminished Seventh Chords |
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201 | (7) |
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Module 7g Major Seventh Chords |
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208 | (7) |
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Module 8 Common Diatonic Harmonic Progressions |
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215 | (37) |
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Module 8a Cadences and Phrasing |
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215 | (9) |
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Module 8b The TPDT Progression |
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224 | (7) |
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Module 8c Circle of Fifths Progressions |
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231 | (7) |
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Module 8d Filled-In Descending Thirds (Pachelbel) Progressions |
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238 | (7) |
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Module 8e Ascending Sequential Progressions |
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245 | (7) |
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Module 9 Irregular Division and Syncopation |
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252 | (49) |
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252 | (6) |
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258 | (5) |
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Module 9c Syncopation Within a Measure (Intra-measure Syncopation) |
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263 | (8) |
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Module 9d Syncopation Across a Barline (Inter-measure Syncopation) |
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271 | (7) |
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Module 9e Triplets in Augmentation and Diminution |
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278 | (8) |
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Module 9f Other Divisions of the Beat |
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286 | (8) |
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Module 9g Reading Complex Rhythms |
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294 | (7) |
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Module 10 Non-modulating Chromaticism |
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301 | (53) |
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Module 10a The Chromatic Scale and Surface Chromaticism |
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301 | (7) |
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308 | (8) |
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Module 10c Secondary Chords in the Major Mode |
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316 | (9) |
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Module 10d Secondary Chords in the Minor Mode |
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325 | (8) |
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Module 10e Neapolitan and Augmented Sixth Chords |
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333 | (9) |
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Module 10f Extended, Added Note, and Altered Chords |
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342 | (12) |
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354 | (36) |
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Module 11a Techniques for Modulation |
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354 | (2) |
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Module 11b Modulation Between Relative Keys |
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356 | (9) |
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Module 11c Modulation to the Dominant |
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365 | (8) |
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Module 11d Modulation to Other Closely Related Keys |
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373 | (7) |
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Module 11e Modulation to Distantly Related Keys |
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380 | (10) |
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Module 12 Changing Meter, Polyrhythm, and Asymmetric Meters |
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390 | (27) |
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Module 12a Changing Meter |
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390 | (5) |
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Module 12b Metric Modulation |
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395 | (6) |
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Module 12c Polyrhythms and Polymeters |
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401 | (8) |
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Module 12d Meters with Unequal Beats |
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409 | (8) |
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Module 13 Other Tonally Derived Scales |
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417 | (34) |
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Module 13a Pentatonic and Blues Scales |
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417 | (9) |
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Module 13b The Ecclesiastic Modes |
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426 | (10) |
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Module 13c Synthetic Scales |
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436 | (9) |
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Module 13d Polytonality and Polymodality |
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445 | (6) |
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Module 14 Post-tonal Music |
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451 | (22) |
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Module 14a Whole Tone and Octatonic Scales |
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451 | (9) |
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Module 14b Post-tonal Music |
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460 | (13) |
| Appendices |
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473 | (1) |
| Appendix A Glossary of Non-English Musical Terms |
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473 | (2) |
| Appendix B Using Your Voice: Suggestions for Vocal Production for Non-singers |
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475 | (2) |
| Index of Literature Examples |
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477 | (10) |
| Credits |
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