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Part I Rhythmic Reading<br/>1. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Undivided Beat<br/>1.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>1.2 Symbolic Association<br/>1.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>1.4 Exercises<br/>1.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>2. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beat<br/>2.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>2.2 Symbolic Association<br/>2.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>2.4 Exercises<br/>2.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>3. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Slur, Tie, and Extension Dot<br/>3.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>3.2 Symbolic Association<br/>3.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>3.4 Exercises<br/>3.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>4. Terms and Symbols<br/>4.1 Symbolic Association: Performance Markings<br/>4.2 Exercises<br/>4.3 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>5. Compound Meter: Dotted Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beats<br/>5.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>5.2 Symbolic Association<br/>5.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>5.4 Exercises<br/>5.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>6. Simple Meter: Half Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beat<br/>6.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>6.2 Symbolic Association<br/>6.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>6.4 Exercises<br/>6.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>7. Simple Meter: Eighth Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beat<br/>7.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>7.2 Symbolic Association<br/>7.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>7.4 Exercises<br/>7.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>8. Compound Meter: Dotted Half Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beat<br/>8.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>8.2 Symbolic Association<br/>8.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>8.4 Exercises<br/>8.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>9. Compound Meter: Dotted Eighth Note 5 Beat Unit; Divided Beat<br/>9.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>9.2 Symbolic Association<br/>9.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>9.4 Exercises<br/>8.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>10. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Borrowed Beat Division<br/>10.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>10.2 Symbolic Association<br/>10.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>10.4 Exercises<br/>10.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>11. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Syncopation<br/>11.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>11.2 Symbolic Association<br/>11.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>11.4 Exercises<br/>11.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>12. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; Subdivided Beats<br/>12.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>12.2 Symbolic Association<br/>12.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>12.4 Exercises<br/>12.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>13. More Terms and Symbols<br/>13.1 Symbolic Association: Performance Markings<br/>13.2 Exercises<br/>13.3 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>14. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms with Borrowed Beat Division<br/>14.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>14.2 Symbolic Association<br/>14.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>14.4 Exercises<br/>14.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>15. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms with Syncopations<br/>15.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>15.2 Symbolic Association<br/>15.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>15.4 Exercises<br/>15.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>16. Simple Meter: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms with Subdivided Beats<br/>16.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>16.2 Symbolic Association<br/>16.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>16.4 Exercises<br/>16.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>17. Simple Meter: Half Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms<br/>17.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>17.2 Symbolic Association<br/>17.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>17.4 Exercises<br/>17.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>18. Simple Meter: Eighth Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms<br/>18.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>18.2 Symbolic Association<br/>18.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>18.4 Exercises<br/>18.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>19. Compound Meter: Dotted Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms<br/>19.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>19.2 Symbolic Association<br/>19.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>19.4 Exercises<br/>19.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>20. Compound Meter: Dotted Half Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms<br/>20.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>20.2 Symbolic Association<br/>20.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>20.4 Exercises<br/>20.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>21. Compound Meter: Dotted Eighth Note 5 Beat Unit; More Rhythms<br/>21.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>21.2 Symbolic Association<br/>21.3 Rhythm Patterns<br/>21.4 Exercises<br/>21.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>22. Simple Meter: Irregular Division of Beat<br/>22.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>22.2 Symbolic Association<br/>22.3 Rhythm Patterns and Exercises: Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit<br/>22.4 Exercises: Other Simple Meters<br/>22.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>23. Compound Meter: Irregular Division of Beat<br/>23.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>23.2 Symbolic Association<br/>23.3 Rhythm Patterns and Exercises: Dotted Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit<br/>23.4 Exercises: Other Compound Meters<br/>23.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>24. Hemiola and Cross-Rhythms<br/>24.1 Symbolic Association: Hemiola, 2:3, 3:2<br/>24.2 Exercises: Hemiola, 2:3, 3:2<br/>24.3 Symbolic Association: 3:4, 4:3, 2:5<br/>24.4 Exercises: 5:4, 4:5, 2:5<br/>24.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>25. Asymmetrical Meters<br/>25.1 Symbolic Association<br/>25.2 Rhythm Patterns and Exercises: Beat Constant<br/>25.3 Rhythm Patterns and Exercises: Beat Division Constant<br/>25.4 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>26. Mixed Meters<br/>26.1 Symbolic Association<br/>26.2 Exercises<br/>26.3 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>Part II Melodic Reading<br/>1. Tonic Pentachord in Major Mode; Simple Meters, Undivided Beat<br/>1.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Steps<br/>1.2 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Steps<br/>1.3 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Diatonic Steps<br/>1.4 Exercises: Diatonic Steps<br/>1.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Tonic Triad<br/>1.6 Symbolic Association: Tonic Triad<br/>1.7 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad<br/>1.8 Exercises: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad<br/>1.9 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>2. Diatonic Steps and Tonic Triad in the Major Scale; Simple Meters, Undivided Beat<br/>2.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Steps<br/>2.2 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Steps<br/>2.3 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Diatonic Steps<br/>2.4 Exercises: Diatonic Steps<br/>2.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad<br/>2.6 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad<br/>2.7 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad<br/>2.8 Exercises: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad<br/>2.9 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>3. Diatonic Steps and Tonic Triad in the Natural Minor Scale; Simple Meters, Undivided Beat<br/>3.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad<br/>3.2 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad<br/>3.3 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad<br/>3.4 Exercises: Diatonic Steps, Tonic Triad<br/>3.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>4. Diatonic Steps and Tonic Triad in the Major Scale; Simple Meters, Divided Beat<br/>4.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major Mode<br/>4.2 Symbolic Association: Major Mode<br/>4.3 Melodic Patterns: Major Mode<br/>4.4 Exercises: Major Mode<br/>4.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>5. Diatonic Steps and Tonic Triad in the Major Scale; Simple Meters, Dotted Quarter Notes<br/>5.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major Mode<br/>5.2 Symbolic Association: Major Mode<br/>5.3 Melodic Patterns: Major Mode<br/>5.4 Exercises: Major Mode<br/>4.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>6. Natural Minor Scale; Simple Meters, Eighth and Dotted Quarter Notes<br/>6.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Natural Minor Scale<br/>6.2 Symbolic Association: Natural Minor Scale<br/>6.3 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Natural Minor Scale<br/>6.4 Exercises: Natural Minor Scale<br/>6.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>7. Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales; Simple Meters, Eighth and Dotted Quarter Notes<br/>7.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Harmonic Minor Scale<br/>7.2 Symbolic Association: Harmonic Minor Scale<br/>7.3 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Harmonic Minor Scale<br/>7.4 Exercises: Harmonic Minor Scale<br/>7.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Melodic Minor Scale<br/>7.6 Symbolic Association: Melodic Minor Scale<br/>7.7 Tonal and Melodic Patterns: Melodic Minor Scale<br/>7.8 Exercises: Melodic Minor Scale<br/>7.9 Exercises: Intervals in Tonic Triad (i) and Mediant Triad (III)/Relative Major<br/>7.10 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>8. Major and Minor Modes; Compound Meters: Dotted Quarter Note 5 Beat Unit<br/>8.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major Mode<br/>8.2 Symbolic Association: Major Mode<br/>8.3 Melodic Patterns: Major Mode<br/>8.4 Exercises: Major Mode<br/>8.5 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Minor Mode<br/>8.6 Symbolic Association: Minor Mode<br/>8.7 Melodic Patterns: Minor Mode<br/>8.8 Exercises: Minor Mode<br/>8.9 Exercises: Intervals in Tonic Triad (i) and Major Triad (III)/Relative Major<br/>8.10 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>9. I and V7 in Major Mode; Simple and Compound Meters<br/>9.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Dominant Triad, Major Mode<br/>9.2 Symbolic Association: Dominant Triad, Major Mode<br/>9.3 Tonal Patterns: Dominant Triad, Major Mode<br/>9.4 Exercises: Dominant Triad, Major Mode, Simple Meters<br/>9.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Dominant Seventh Chord, Major Mode<br/>9.6 Symbolic Association: Dominant Seventh Chord, Major Mode<br/>9.7 Tonal Patterns: Dominant Seventh Chord, Major Mode<br/>9.8 Exercises: Dominant Seventh Chord, Major Mode, Simple Meters<br/>9.9 Exercises: Dominant and Dominant Seventh, Major Mode, Compound Meters<br/>9.10 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>10. i and V7 in Minor Mode; Simple and Compound Meters<br/>10.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Dominant Triad, Minor Mode<br/>10.2 Symbolic Association: Dominant Triad, Minor Mode<br/>10.3 Tonal Patterns: Dominant Triad, Minor Mode<br/>10.4 Exercises: Dominant Triad, Minor Mode, Simple Meters<br/>10.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Dominant Seventh Chord, Minor Mode<br/>10.6 Symbolic Association: Dominant Seventh Chord, Minor Mode<br/>10.7 Tonal Patterns: Dominant Seventh Chord, Minor Mode<br/>10.8 Exercises: Dominant Seventh Chord, Minor Mode, Simple Meters<br/>10.9 Exercises: Dominant and Dominant Seventh, Minor Mode, Compound Meters<br/>10.10 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>11. I and V7 in Major Mode; Other Rhythms in Simple Meters<br/>11.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major Mode<br/>11.2 Symbolic Association<br/>11.3 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Triplets, Tonic Only<br/>11.4 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Syncopation, Tonic Only<br/>11.5 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Subdivided Beat, Tonic Only<br/>11.6 Exercises: Combined Rhythms, Tonic Only<br/>11.7 Exercises: Combined Rhythms, Tonic and Dominant<br/>11.8 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>12. i and V7 in Minor Mode; Other Rhythms in Simple Meters<br/>12.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Minor Mode<br/>12.2 Symbolic Association<br/>12.3 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Triplets, Tonic Only<br/>12.4 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Syncopation, Tonic Only<br/>12.5 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Subdivided Beat, Tonic Only<br/>12.6 Exercises: Combined Rhythms, Tonic Only<br/>12.7 Exercises: Combined Rhythms, Tonic and Dominant<br/>12.8 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>13. I and V7 in Major and Minor Modes; Half Note 5 Beat Unit<br/>13.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major and Minor Modes<br/>13.2 Symbolic Association<br/>13.3 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic Only<br/>13.4 Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic and Dominant<br/>13.5 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic Only<br/>13.6 Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic and Dominant<br/>13.7 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>14. I and V7 in Major and Minor Modes; Eighth Note 5 Beat Unit<br/>14.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major and Minor Modes<br/>14.2 Symbolic Association<br/>14.3 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic Only<br/>14.4 Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic and Dominant<br/>14.5 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic Only<br/>14.6 Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic and Dominant<br/>14.7 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>15. I and V7 in Major and Minor; Compound Meters, More Rhythms<br/>15.1 Integrating Rhythm and Tonal Skills: Major and Minor Modes<br/>15.2 Symbolic Association<br/>15.3 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic Only<br/>15.4 Exercises: Major Mode, Tonic and Dominant<br/>15.5 Melodic Patterns and Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic Only<br/>15.6 Exercises: Minor Mode, Tonic and Dominant<br/>15.7 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>16. The Moveable C Clefs<br/>16.1 Symbolic Association<br/>16.2 Exercises: Major and Minor Modes, Tonic and Dominant<br/>16.3 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>17. I, IV, and V7 in Major Mode; Simple and Compound Meters<br/>17.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Subdominant Triad, Major Mode<br/>17.2 Symbolic Association<br/>17.3 Tonal Patterns: Subdominant Triad, Major Mode<br/>17.4 Exercises: I, IV, V7, Major Mode, Simple Meters<br/>17.5 Exercises: I, IV, V7, Major Mode, Compound Meters<br/>17.6 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>18. i, iv, and V7 in Minor Mode; Simple and Compound Meters<br/>18.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Subdominant Triad, Minor Mode<br/>18.2 Symbolic Association<br/>18.3 Tonal Patterns: Subdominant Triad, Minor Mode<br/>18.4 Exercises: i, iv, IV, and V7, Minor Mode, Simple Meters<br/>18.5 Exercises: i, iv, IV and V7, Minor Mode, Compound Meters<br/>18.6 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>19. Other Diatonic Triads and Seventh Chords in Major and Minor Modes<br/>19.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Triads and Seventh Chords in Major Mode<br/>19.2 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Seventh Chords, Major Mode<br/>19.3 Tonal Patterns: ii, iii, vi, vii°, Major Mode<br/>19.4 Exercises: ii, iii, vi, vii°, Major Mode<br/>19.5 Building Aural/Oral Skills: Diatonic Triads and Seventh Chords in Minor Mode<br/>19.6 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Seventh Chords, Minor Mode<br/>19.7 Tonal Patterns: ii°, III, VI, VII, Minor Mode<br/>19.8 Exercises: ii°, III, VI, VII, Minor Mode<br/>19.9 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>20. Chromaticism: Nonharmonic Tones<br/>20.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>20.2 Symbolic Association<br/>20.3 Tonal Patterns<br/>20.4 Exercises<br/>20.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>21. Chromaticism: Secondary Dominants<br/>21.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>21.2 Symbolic Association<br/>21.3 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Raised Fourth Scale Degree, Major Mode<br/>21.4 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Raised Fourth Scale Degree, Minor Mode<br/>21.5 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Lowered Seventh Scale Degree, Major Mode<br/>21.6 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Raised Tonic, Major Mode<br/>21.7 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Raised Second Scale Degree, Major Mode<br/>21.8 Tonal Patterns and Exercises: Raised Third Scale Degree, Minor Mode<br/>21.9 Exercises: Secondary Dominants and Nonharmonic Tones<br/>21.10 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>22. Chromaticism: Modulation<br/>22.1 Symbolic Association<br/>22.2 Exercises: Modulation to the Dominant<br/>22.3 Exercises: Modulation to Closely Related Keys<br/>22.4 Exercises: Modulation to Remote Keys<br/>22.5 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>23. Chromatic Alterations: Modal Mixture and Neapolitan Sixth<br/>23.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>23.2 Symbolic Association<br/>23.3 Tonal Patterns: Modal Mixture<br/>23.4 Exercises: Modal Mixture<br/>23.5 Exercises: The Neapolitan Sixth<br/>23.6 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>24. Modes<br/>24.1 Building Aural/Oral Skills<br/>24.2 Symbolic Association: Diatonic Seven-Tone Scales<br/>24.3 Exercises<br/>24.4 Dictation and Improvisation Skills<br/>Appendices<br/>A Rhythm Reading Systems<br/>B Tonal Reading Systems<br/>C Dictation<br/>D Improvisation<br/>E Vertical Harmony/Chord Progressions<br/>F Conducting Patterns<br/>G Glossary of Foreign Terms<br/>Index |