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Introduction
Style Sheet
1. Introduction to Western Musical Notation
Chelsey Hamm
2. Notation of Notes, Clefs, and Ledger Lines
3. Reading Clefs
4. The Keyboard and the Grand Staff
5. Half Steps, Whole Steps, and Accidentals
6. American Standard Pitch Notation (ASPN)
Chelsey Hamm and Bryn Hughes
7. Pitch and Pitch Class
Megan Lavengood
8. Other Aspects of Notation
Mark Gotham and Chelsey Hamm
9. Notating Rhythm
Mark Gotham; Chelsey Hamm; and Bryn Hughes
10. Simple Meter and Time Signatures
Mark Gotham; Chelsey Hamm; and Kris Shaffer
11. Compound Meter and Time Signatures
12. Other Rhythmic Essentials
13. Major Scales, Scale Degrees, and Key Signatures
14. Minor Scales, Scale Degrees, and Key Signatures
15. Diatonic Modes
Mark Gotham and Megan Lavengood
16. Introduction to Diatonic Modes and the Chromatic Scale
17. The Basics of Sight-Singing and Dictation
Kris Shaffer; Chelsey Hamm; and Samuel Brady
18. Intervals
19. Transposition - Changing Keys
Catherine Schmidt-Jones
20. Triads
21. Seventh Chords
22. Inversion
Samuel Brady and Chelsey Hamm
23. Roman Numerals
Samuel Brady; Chelsey Hamm; Megan Lavengood; and Kris Shaffer
24. Figured Bass
25. Less Common Symbols in Figured Bass
Liz Pauly
26. Cadences
27. Nonharmonic Tones
John Peterson
28. Introduction to Species Counterpoint
Mark Gotham and Kris Shaffer
29. First-Species Counterpoint
30. Second-Species Counterpoint
31. Third-Species Counterpoint
32. Fourth-Species Counterpoint
33. Fifth-Species Counterpoint
34. M1 Subtopic 1
35. M1 Subtopic 2
36. M1 Activities
37. M1 Assessments
38. M1 H5P Learning Objects
39. M1 Additional Resources
40. Course Project
41. Chapter 1
42. Chords in SATB style
Samuel Brady
43. Foundational Concepts for Phrase-Level Forms
44. The Phrase, Archetypes, and Unique Forms
45. Hybrid Phrase-Level Forms
46. Expansion and Contraction at the Phrase Level
47. Strengthening Endings with V⁷
48. Strengthening Endings with Strong Predominants
49. Voice Leading
50. How This Book is Organized
51. Example Course Schedule
Appendix
Accessibility and DEI Statements
About the Authors
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
Permissions
Generic Instructions for Activities and Assessments
Credits
Glossary
Mark Gotham; Kyle Gullings; Chelsey Hamm; Bryn Hughes; Brian Jarvis; Megan Lavengood; and John Peterson
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