Handouts and Videos

Below are links to handouts and videos on various topics of music theory.

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Fundamentals

Terminology ( PDF | Word )

Notation ( PDF | Word )

Rhythm ( PDF | Word )

Major and Minor scales ( PDF | Word )

Key signatures ( PDF | Word)

Modes and Other scales ( PDF | Word )

Intervals ( PDF | Word )

Triads ( PDF | Word )

Seventh chords ( PDF | Word )

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Part-Writing

Figured Bass ( PDF | Word )

Part-writing Rules ( PDF | Word )

Part-writing Problems ( PDF | Word )

64 chords ( PDF | Word )

Cadences ( PDF | Word )

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Chromatic Harmony

Secondary dominants ( PDF | Word )

Modulation ( PDF | Word )

Neapolitan / bII chord / Phrygian II (PDF | Word )

Augmented 6th chords ( PDF | Word )

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Forms

Binary Form

Ternary Form

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20th Century Techniques

Link to information on some PowerPoint presentations here.

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