音乐理论基础(Basic Music Theory)

　　任何复杂的内容其实都可以有相对简单的理解方法与学习步骤，这本书就是以一种更容易理解、更富有趣味、更容易掌握的方法循序渐进地介绍音乐理论的一些基础知识，作者要告诉读者的是学习音乐理论的一些基本知识是必要的，这些知识的学习可以是容易的，只要你一步一步地学习下去，每个人都能够很好地掌握那些音乐知识；书中引用了许多关于音乐与学习的至理名言，有很多简洁的提示，帮助记忆与学习的方法，巩固所学知识的方法，是一本非常不错的音乐理论入门书。
　　以下是书中的目录部分，通过它可以粗略地了解其中讲述的内容：
　　0 The Chapter Everyone Skips
　　Welcome to Basic Music Theory!
　　Why Basic Music Theory?
　　What’s Inside
　　The Icons
　　Basic Music Theory: Overview
　　How to Use the Special Features
　　Moving On
　　PART ONE: START ME UP
　　1 An Ultra-brief History of Musical Notation
　　Hear, There, Everywhere
　　Music Performed
　　The Future
　　Moving On
　　2 Lines, Lines, Everywhere There’s Lines
　　The Staff
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 2 Study Guide
　　3 More Lines
　　No Holds Barred
　　What? More Lines?
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 3 Study Guide
　　4 The Wind-up and the Pitch
　　Spaced Out and Lined Up
　　The High and the Lowly
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 4 Study Guide
　　Home, Home on the Ranges
　　5 A Note by Any Other Name Would Sound as Sweet
　　What’s in a Name?
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 5 Study Guide
　　Part I Review
　　Whew! You Made It
　　The Review
　　Moving On
　　PART TWO: CLEF NOTES
　　6 Going Over the Clef
　　What’s a Clef?
　　The Clefs
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 6 Study Guide
　　7 No Trouble with Treble
　　Golly G
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 7 Study Guide
　　8 The Bass of the Clef
　　This Clef is Not a Fish!
　　Nmore Mnemonics
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 8 Study Guide
　　9 To Fathom the Rhythm Clef
　　No Letters With this Staf
　　Why No Note Names?
　　The One-Line Staff with Rhythm Clef
　　Instruments, not Pitches
　　The 5-Line Staff with Rhythm Clef
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 9 Review
　　Part II Review
　　Whew! You Made It
　　The Review
　　Moving On
　　Basic Music Theory
　　ix
　　INTERLUDE: COMING TO TERMS
　　10 Musical Terms
　　Musical Terms are Directions
　　Tempo
　　Dynamics
　　Articulations
　　General Musical Terms
　　Pete and Repeat
　　Moving On
　　PART THREE: YOU GOT RHYTHM
　　11 Where’s the Beat?
　　The Beat Goes On
　　The Notes
　　Note Anatomy 101
　　The Stem
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 11 Review
　　12 The Sound of Silence
　　Take a Rest
　　The Rests of the Story
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 12 Review
　　13 Meter
　　Not the Metric System
　　4/4 Time
　　2/4 Time
　　3/4 Time
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 13 Review
　　14 Down With the Count
　　Can You Count to 4?
　　Tap Your Foot
　　Quarter Note Count
　　Half Note Count
　　Whole Note Count
　　Count the Rest
　　All Together Now
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 14 Review
　　15 New Notes
　　Eighth Notes and Rests
　　Sweet Sixteenth Notes
　　How to Figure out a Tough Rhythm
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 15 Review
　　16 Seeing Dots
　　You Are Not Seeing Things
　　The Dotted Whole Note
　　The Dotted Half Note
　　The Dotted Quarter Note
　　Dotted Eighth Note
　　Dotted Rests
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 16 Review
　　17 Triplets!
　　General Tuplet Information
　　Eighth Note Triplet
　　Sixteenth Note Triplets
　　Quarter Note Triplets
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 17 Review
　　Part III Review
　　Whew! You Made It
　　The Review
　　INTERLUDE: TO PLAY OR NOT TO PLAY
　　18 Don’t Say Practice
　　Don’t Say the P Word
　　Come on Baby, Light my Desire
　　How to Get Better
　　Start a New Habit
　　Where to Do It
　　How to Do It
　　The Ideal Session
　　Other Ways to Play
　　Some Instruments
　　Basic Music Theory
　　PART FOUR: SEE SHARP OR BE FLAT
　　19 Accidentals On Purpose
　　Accidentals Are No Accident
　　General Accidental Information
　　Flats
　　Sharps
　　Naturals
　　More Accidental Rules
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 19 Review
　　20 The Piano Keyboard
　　Why Learn the Keyboard?
　　Note Names on the Keyboard
　　Flat Notes on the Keyboard
　　Sharp Notes on the Keyboard
　　Enharmonic Notes
　　Half Steps and Whole Steps
　　The Chromatic Scale
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 20 Review
　　21 Major Scales
　　The Major Scale
　　The C Major Scale
　　Octave
　　Scales with Accidentals
　　Major Scales with Many Accidentals
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 21 Review
　　22 Unlock the Secret of Key Signatures
　　Key Signatures
　　Flat Key Signatures
　　Find the Name of a Flat Key
　　Construct a Flat Key
　　Sharp Key Signatures
　　Find the Name of a Sharp Key
　　Construct a Sharp Key
　　The Key of C
　　The Keys to the Kingdom
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 22 Review
　　Part IV Review
　　Whew! You Made It
　　The Review
　　PART FIVE: INTERVAL TRAINING
　　23 Intervals
　　Intervals by the Number
　　Interval Quality
　　Altering Perfect Intervals
　　Altering Major Intervals
　　Finding an Interval
　　A Brief Note on Ear Training
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 23 Review
　　24 Minor Scales
　　General Minor Scale Info
　　The Natural Minor Scale
　　The Harmonic Minor Scale
　　The Melodic Minor Scale
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 24 Review
　　25 Scales a la Mode
　　What is a Mode?
　　The Modes
　　Finding Modes in Other Keys
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 25 Review
　　26 Blues To Bebop and Beyond
　　General Blues Scale Info
　　The Blues Scale
　　Other Crazy Scales
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 26 Review
　　How to Sing the Blues (Not Really)
　　Part V Review
　　Whew! You Made It
　　The Review
　　Basic Music Theory
　　INTERLUDE: CONDUCTING YOURSELF
　　27 Conducting
　　General Conducting Information
　　Conducting Patterns
　　The Left Hand
　　Moving On
　　PART SIX: STRIKE A CHORD
　　28 Triads
　　General Chord Info
　　The Triad
　　Major Triads
　　Minor Triads
　　Diminished Triads
　　Augmented Triads
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 28 Review
　　29 Chord Extensions
　　General Chord Extension Info
　　Seventh Chords
　　Ninth Chords
　　Other Chords
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 29 Review
　　30 Chord Inversions
　　More General Chord Info
　　First Inversion
　　Second Inversion
　　Inverting Seventh Chords
　　How to Find a Chord’s Name
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 30 Review
　　31 Chord Progressions
　　What is a Chord Progression?
　　Chord Progression General Guidelines
　　The I IV V7 I Progression
　　The ii V7 I Progression
　　The iii vi ii V7 I Progression
　　The 12 Bar Blues
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 31 Review
　　Part VI Review
　　Whew! You Made It
　　The Review
　　PART SEVEN: MORE OF THE SAME
　　32 Faster Notes and Double Dots
　　Shorter Notes
　　Double Dotted Notes
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 32 Review
　　33 Double Flats, Double Sharps
　　Double Your Fun
　　Double Flats
　　Double Sharps
　　A Werd on Spelling Kords
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 33 Review
　　34 More Meters
　　Beyond 4/4 Time
　　Cut Time, or 2/2 Time
　　6/8 Time
　　Odd Meters
　　Moving On
　　Chapter 34 Review
　　Part VII Review 301
　　Whew! You Made It
　　The Review
　　35 What Comes Next
　　So Much More
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