Music Theory
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This book discusses tonal music theory, specifically of the common practice period onwards, including jazz, blues, rock, and other modern styles. It focuses mostly on Western (i.e., Western European, Euro-American, and Afro-American) styles, however, all styles of music are discussed.
[edit] Common Practice Styles
[edit] Tones, overtones, and harmonics
[edit] Basics
- Introduction
- How to read Music
- Music Notation Systems
- Rhythm
- Scales and Intervals
- Modes
- Chords
- Chord Structures
- Consonance and Dissonance
[edit] Beyond the Basics
- The Physics of Music
- Finding the Key and Mode of a Piece
- Playing by Ear
- Complete List of Chord Patterns
- Modulation
- Chromaticism
- Syncopation
[edit] Harmony
- Tryads
- Seventh chords
- Functions
- Cadences and Progressions
- Secondary dominant
- Dominant substitute
- Reharmonization
- Voicing
[edit] Modal Harmony
[edit] Modern Styles
- Barbershop
- Blues
- Country
- Dance
- Folk, Old Time, Bluegrass, etc.
- Funk
- Hip Hop, Rap, etc.
- Hymn
- Jazz, incl. Swing
- Metal
- New Age
- Pop, Pop/Rock, etc.
- Punk, Hardcore, Pop-Punk, etc.
- Reggae
- Rock, Hard Rock, etc.
- Samba
- Ska
- Miscellaneous Styles
- R&B
- Reggae
[edit] Styles in the Western Classical Tradition
- Plainsong
- Early Western European
- Renaissance
- Baroque
- Classical
- Romantic
- Atonal
- Serialism
- Spectralism
