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Music Fundamentals: all lessons

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Chapter 1: Notation

Building Blocks of Music: Sound and Time
Music Notation: The Language of Music
Accidentals: Sharps, Flats & Naturals
Enharmonic Equivalents
Note Values & Rests
Ties & Dots
Irregular Division of Notes
Meter Signatures
Compound Meters
Asymmetrical Meters
Syncopation
Hemiola
Dynamic Markings
Note & Rest Fundamentals
Tempo and Expression
The Art of Beaming
Tuplets & Irregular Groups
Polyphony
Stacked Notes
Augmentation Dots
Dynamic Marking Fundamentals

Chapter 2: Scales & Modes

Concepts: Scale & Steps
Tetrachords
Major Scale
Scale Degree Names
Key Signatures
The Minor Scales
Relative Scale Relationships
The Circle of Fifths
Parallel Scale Relationships
Tonality (Key)
Pentatonic Scales
Connecting the Dots
The Blues Scale
Symmetric Scales
Exotic Scales
Modal Scales (Church Modes)

Chapter 3: Intervals & Transposition

Intervals: Definition & Types
Perfect Intervals
Major & Minor Intervals
The Tritone & Altered Qualities
Consonance and Dissonance
Enharmonic Intervals
Inversion of Intervals
Simple & Compound Intervals
Applications: Interval Fluency
Methods of Transposition

Chapter 4: Chords

Introduction to Harmony & Chords
The Major Triad
The Minor Triad
The Diminished Triad
The Augmented Triad
Triad Stability & Tension
Triad Names
Primary Triads (I, IV, V)
Triad Positions and Inversions
Seventh Chords
Other Tertian Chords (Extended Chords)
Roman Numeral Analysis
Triad Position Symbols
Seventh Position Symbols
Figured Bass (Basso Continuo)
Figured Bass Alterations
Popular Music Symbols (Lead Sheet)
Non-Tertian Chords (Quartal & Quintal)