1. Kurzkurse
2. HARMONY & MUSIC THEORY

HARMONY & MUSIC THEORY

Kapitel

• Preface
• Harmony Theory & Audio Engineering
• Preparations & First Steps
• Basic Terms
• The Root Tone Series
• The Major Scale
• The Minor Scale
• Basics of Notation
• The Stave
• Clefs
• Notation & Root Tone Series
• Tone Spectrum & Range
• Notation of a Scale
• Accidentals
• Enharmonic Equivalence
• Intervals & Harmonic Series
• Basic Intervals
• Small & Large Intervals
• The Tritone
• Intervals Above an Octave/Compound intervals
• Intervals & Enharmonic Equivalence
• Complementary Intervals
• Frequency Distribution of Intervals
• Intervals & Ear Training
• Importance of the Root Tone
• Key Signatures
• The Circle of Fifths
• Scales at a Glance
• The Minor Scales & Extensions
• Pentatonic Scales
• It‘s all About the Blues
• Whole Tone Scale / Rimski-Korsakov Scale
• Chromatic Scale
• Chords I
• Triads
• Suspended Chords
• Test Yourself Ⅰ
• Basics of Rhythmics
• Metrum & Bars
• Notes & Note values
• Rests and Value of Rests
• Triplets | Trisection of Note Values
• Ties & Slurs
• Overview of Time Signatures
• Signature Symbols
• The Tempo
• The Note Stem
• Dynamics & Articulation
• Chords II
• Inversions
• Slash Chords
• Power Chords
• Tetrachords and Seventh Chords
• Seventh Chords in Practice
• More Tetrachords
• The Song "Wonderwall" by Oasis
• Tetrachords at a Glance
• Extensions in Blues, Jazz and Funk
• Test Yourself ⅠⅠ
• Step Theory
• Tonal Steps
• Relation Between Major and Minor
• The Ionian System
• The (Church) Modes
• The Triads of the Steps
• Test Yourself ⅠⅠⅠ
• Functional Theory
• Main Functions
• Minor Functions
• The Dominant Seventh Chord
• The Notations in Function Theory
• Counterparts
• Leading Tone & Transitions (Grace tone)
• Cadences
• False Cadence
• Extended Cadences
• The Canon of Pachelbel - An Extended Cadence
• Cadences in Pop Music
• Cadences in Blues & Jazz
• Arrangement & Composition
• Harmonics & Instrumentation
• Song Structure & Sequence
• Doesn´t Fit? Take a Bigger Hammer!
• DAW & MIDI
• Basics of Voice leading
• Song Analysis "Hello" by Adele
• Structure of the Song
• Determination of the Root Key
• Chords of the Song "Hello"
• Interpretation of Harmonics
• Outro
• Final Exercises
• Solutions
• Final Words
• Bibliography