Music First! with Keyboard Foldout

One: Elements of Music: Pitch

Two: Elements of Music: Rhythm

Three: Simple Meter

Four: Compound Meter

Five: Sharps, Flats, and Naturals

Six: Major Scales/Major Keys

Seven: Minor Scales/Minor Keys

Eight: Intervals

Nine: Chords--Looking at the Musical Background

Ten: The Harmonic System

Appendix 1: Inversion of Intervals

Appendix 2: Popular-Music Chord Symbols

Appendix 3: Guitar Chords

Appendix 4: Transposition

Appendix 5: Answers to Selected Problems in the

Assignments

Songbook

Glossary

Index

Based on tested methods used by the author during many years of teaching, Music First! takes a step-by-step approach to the fundamentals of music theory and basic composition, engaging students through a combination of explanation and interaction. Students learn cumulatively as they progress through the book. This popular "learn-by-doing" approach reinforces theoretical principles through practice and enlivens any Fundamentals course.