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Music Theory (1­34) :: Music History (35­40) :: Composition, Orchestration, etc. (41­44) :: Index :: Music Dictionary :: Composers Biographies :: Scorch
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Welcome Page Welcome! :: Free Manuscript Paper :: Alternative Terms in Different Countries :: Copyright
Music Theory & History Online Contents ­ the page you are now at
The Grand Staff :: Naming The Notes :: Staff or Stave :: The Clef Sign :: The Treble Clef :: The Bass Clef :: The Alto Clef
Other Clefs (lesson 14) :: The Score :: Why Middle C? :: Helmholtz Pitch Notation :: English Octave­Naming Convention
1 Staff, Clefs & Pitch Notation Franco­Belgic Octave­Naming Convention :: Scientific Pitch Notation :: Naming The Octaves :: MIDI
Shape Note Notation :: Tonic Sol­fa :: Oz Pitch­Naming Convention :: Integer Notation
Duration :: Anatomy of a Note Sign :: Chart of Note & Rest Signs :: Dotting & Double­Dotting :: Beams & Beaming
2 Notes & Rests
Ties :: Origin of Music Notation :: Additional Notes on the History of Music Notation
2S Links about Music Notation supplement :: Links about Music Notation
3 Measures and Bars Bars/Measures and Bar Lines :: Bar/Measure Numbers and Letters :: Bars/Measures and Ties
Time Signature and Meter :: Unusual Time Signatures and Hypermeasures :: Mensuration
4 Time Signatures and Meter Common Time & Alla Breve/Cut Time :: Changing Time Signatures :: The Whole Bar Rest :: Incomplete Bars
Ametric Music
5 Tempo Table of Tempo Markings :: Fermata, Fetura & Caesura :: Dance Tempi :: Tempo through Notation :: Metronome Marks
6 The Keyboard The Keyboard :: Note Reading & Keyboard Layout Test :: Thoughts on Piano Keyboard Design
7 Small Intervals The Tone and Semitone :: The Octave :: The Chromatic Scale :: Microtones
8 Major Scales The Major Scale :: The Tetrachord :: The Twelve Major Scales :: Deriving Major Scales :: Chart of the Major Scales
The Key Signature :: The Circle of Fifths :: The Order of Sharps & Flats in Key Signatures
9 Key Signatures and Accidentals
Enharmonics :: Using Accidentals :: Changing Key :: Notes and Keys in Various Languages
The Natural Minor Scale :: Chart of Natural Minor Scales :: Double Sharps & Flats :: Harmonic Minor
10 Minor Scales
Chart of Harmonic Minor Scales :: Melodic Minor :: Chart of Melodic Minor Scales :: Relative & Parallel Major & Minor
11 Chromatic Scales The Diatonic Scale :: The Chromatic Scale :: Harmonic Chromatic Scale :: Melodic Chromatic Scale
Degrees of the Scale :: Melodic & Harmonic Intervals :: Unisons & Octaves :: Diatonic Intervals :: Chromatic Intervals
12 Intervals
The Tritone :: Compound Intervals :: Table of Intervals
13 Inversion of Intervals Inversion of Intervals
Soprano & Mezzo­Soprano Clefs :: Tenor Clef :: Baritone & Subbass Clefs :: French Violin Clef :: Octave Clefs
14 Other Clefs
Indefinite Pitch Clef :: Summary of Clef Signs
Simple & Compound Time/Meter :: Uneven/Asymmetrical Time/Meter :: Triplets :: Duplets :: Other­lets
15 Note Groupings
Grouping Notes and Rests :: Time Signatures, How We 'Say' Them
16 Triads & Chords Concord & Discord :: Triads :: Diatonic Triads :: Chords :: Chords in Jazz :: Broken & Spread Chords
Seventh Chords :: Inverted Chords :: Slash Chords :: Extended Chords (9th, 11th, 13th) :: Special Chords
17 Chords in Detail
Naming Chords
17C Chords supplement :: Chords (including chord transposer)
17S 1000+ Scales supplement :: 1000+ Scales (including scale transposer)
18 Figured Bass Figured Bass :: Figured Bass Notation :: Naming Chords With Roman Numerals
Transposition at the Octave :: Transposing into another Key :: What Key is My Instrument in? :: Transposing Instruments
19 Transposition
How to Write Parts for Transposing Instruments
Rhythmic Modes :: Anacrusis :: Syncopation :: Dotting & Double Dotting :: �gal & In�gal
20 Rhythmic Variety
Hemiola, Hemiolia or Cross Rhythm :: Swing :: Rhythm Syllables
Slur & Phrase :: Tenuto & Staccato :: Slurs & Staccato :: Variety of Accents :: Articulation on Wind Instruments
Articulation on Stringed Instruments :: Articulation & Phrasing on Percussion Instruments
21 Phrasing & Articulation
Dot & Wedge in Clavichord Music :: Pedalling on the Piano :: Table of Dynamic Markings :: Table of General Musical
Markings
Cadences :: Perfect Cadence :: Plagal Cadence :: Imperfect Cadence :: Interrupted/Deceptive Cadence

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22 Chords & Cadences The 'Six Four' Cadence :: Feminine Endings :: Antecedent & Consequent :: Summary of Cadences

Introduction :: Accidentals and Ornamentation :: Grace Notes :: Appoggiaturas :: Nachslag :: Turns :: Trills :: Pralltriller
23 Ornamentation
Mordents :: Vibrato :: Arpeggiation :: Divisions
Repeated Notes :: Repeated Groups :: Repeated Bars :: Repeated Whole Bar Rests :: Repeated Sections :: Da Capo
24 Repeats
Minuet & Trio
Origin of Diatonic and Chromatic Scales :: Modes :: Jazz Scales :: Blues :: Bebop Scales :: Pentatonic Scales
25 Notes, Harmonies & Scales The 'Minor Key' Problem :: Altered Chords :: Neapolitan Sixth :: Symmetrical Scales :: Table of Useful Scales
Non­Harmonic Notes
Instrumental Ensembles :: Solos & Parts :: Keyboards :: Percussion :: How to Write Parts for Transposing Instruments
26 Score Formats
Sounding Range of Orchestral Instruments :: Chart of Sounding Range and Clefs Used :: Sample Scores
Pitch :: History of Musical Pitch :: Harmonic or Overtone Series :: Inharmonicity :: Pythagorean Series :: Meantone Scale
Equal Temperament :: Just Intonation :: Naming Intervals :: Historical Temperaments :: Temperament and Pitch
27 Pitch, Temperament & Timbre
Calculator
Beats and Tuning :: Information on Temperaments :: Timbre/Tone Colour :: Classification of Common Musical Instruments
27C Interval Calculator supplement :: Interval Calculator
27T Analysis of Temperaments supplement :: Analysis of Temperaments used in the Temperament and Pitch Calculator in lesson 27
Musical Instrument Fingering Woodwind Instruments :: Band Instruments :: Brass Instruments :: Serpent & Ophicleide :: Baroque Flute :: Dulcian
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Charts Recorder :: Shakuhachi :: Quena :: Tin­Whistle :: Bagpipe
Bowed & Plucked Strings :: Harp:: Flutes :: Clarinets :: Saxophones :: Double Reeds :: Trumpets & Trombones
Musical Instrument Ranges & Horns & Tubas :: Tuned Percussion :: Voices :: Recorders :: Keyboards :: Viols :: Instrument Names in Other Languages
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Names Instrument Names & Their Abbreviations :: Orchestral Layout :: Sounding Range of Orchestral Instruments
Chart of Sounding Range and Clefs Used :: Conducting
Reading Chord Charts :: Writing Notes :: The Origins of Tablature Notation :: Writing Chords
30 Guitar Tablature & Notation
Transposing Chord Names :: Special Effects :: Voicing Chords :: The Lute
The Nature of Tonality :: Major Keys :: Minor Keys :: Triad Progressions :: Modes :: Combining Major and Minor Keys
31 Key Centres Modal Interchange :: Using Dominants :: Diminished Seventh Chords :: Melodic Substitution :: Reharmonisation
Modulation :: Alan Belkin's General Principles of Harmony
The Voice :: Words & Meaning :: Tonal Languages and Music :: Words & Syncopation :: Words & Phrasing
32 Words & Music
Scoring for Voices :: Wordless Singing
33 Counterpoint Counterpoint by Alan Belkin
34 Drums & Drumming Percussion Instruments :: Rhythmic Patterns :: The Importance Of Tempo :: The Bass Guitar
Music Theory (1­34) :: Music History (35­40) :: Composition, Orchestration, etc. (41­44) :: Index :: Music Dictionary :: Composers Biographies :: Scorch
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From Earliest Times :: Greeks & Romans :: Early Christian Church :: Music of the Dark Ages (475­1000)
35 Music before the 16th Century Music of the High Middle Ages (1000­1350) :: Music of the Late Middle Ages (1350­1500) :: Music of the Proto­
Renaissance
Early Renaissance Timeline :: Humanism :: Music Theory :: Music Printing :: The Renaissance and the French Court
36 Music of the 16th Century Origins of Early Opera and Ballet :: Music in New Spain :: Sixteenth Century Chinese Opera
more in preparation
37 Music of the 17th Century in preparation
38 Music of the 18th Century in preparation
A Survey of 19th Century Music :: Romanticism :: Orientalism :: Nationalism, Folk Song & Primitivism
39 Music of the 19th Century Looking Back ­ The Early Music Revival :: Late 19th Century Symbolism :: 19th Century American Music
Bringing Back Voices From the 19th Century :: Performance Practice and Aesthetics of the 19th Century
Progressing into the 20th Century :: Neo­Romanticism :: Breakdown of Tonality :: Impressionism :: Neo­Classicism
Machine Music :: Computer Music :: Twelve Note Method :: Influences of Jazz :: Microtonal Music :: Electronic Music
40 Music of the 20th Century
Indeterminacy :: Minimalism :: Music Theatre By Eric Salzman :: Experimental Music Today
Summary of Terms & Concepts in 20th Century Music :: Musical Analysis
Music Theory (1­34) :: Music History (35­40) :: Composition, Orchestration, etc. (41­44) :: Index :: Music Dictionary :: Composers Biographies :: Scorch
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41 Practical Guide to Composition Musical Form ­ A Summary :: Alan Belkin's Practical Guide to Composition
42 Artistic Orchestration Artistic Orchestration by Alan Belkin :: Garritan Interactive ­ Principles of Orchestration by Nikolay Rimsky­Korsakov
43 Ear Tests and Drills
44 Jazz Improvisation Almanac by Marc Sabatella
Music Theory & History Online Index
Music Dictionary Online
Composers Biography (work in progress)
Manuscript Paper (you can print)

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