The_Complete_Idiot%27s_Guide_To_Music_Theory

tacet (dynamic marking), 83
tempo, 77
bpm (beats per minute), 78
changing, 80
click tracks, 78
conducting, 261
fast, 79
fermatas, 80-81
Italian musical terms, 78-79
metronome, 78
moderate, 79
primo, 80
slow, 79
tempo primo, 80
tenor clefs, 13
tenors, vocal arrangements, 226
tenuto mark, 217
thirty-second notes, 61
tied notes, 64
ties, notation techniques, 215-216
time signatures
changing, 72
eighth notes, 69
exercises, 74-75
grouping beats, 72-73
half notes, 71-72
melodies, 104
meters, 67
quarter notes, 68-69
tonal memory, 158
tones. See also pitch
high-pitched, 4
intervals, 6
low-pitched, 4
melodies, 91-92
names
alphabet method, 8
piano keyboard, 9
staff, 9-11
neighboring, 96
overview, 4
values
frequency, 5
numbering, 6-7
Solfeggio method, 7-8
tonic, 34
tonic chords, 243
training your ear. See ear training
transcribing music, 156, 164
transposition
common uses, 178-179
T
concert keys, 231
degree-wise, 180-181
exercises, 183
instruments, 230-232
interval-based, 181-182
overview, 177-178
software-based, 182
step-wise, 179-180
treble clefs, 11-12
triads (chords), 112-115
augmented, 115
diminished, 114
major, 113
minor, 114
trills, notation techniques, 218
triplet notes, 64
tritones, 103
trombones, instrumental arrangements,
229
trumpets, instrumental arrangements,
229
tubas, instrumental arrangements,
229
Tunesmith: Inside the Art of
Songwriting, 106, 263
tuneup, rehearsal routine, 258
tuning forks, 6
turnarounds
IV-I-IV-V chord progression,
137
common chords, 210-211
turns, notation techniques, 218
tutta forza (dynamic marking), 83
U–V
una corda (dynamic marking), 83
unpitched instruments, 4
values
notes, 58-64
dotted, 63
eighth, 61
half, 59-60
quarter, 60
sixteenth, 61
thirty-second, 61
tied, 64
triplets, 64
whole, 59
tones
frequency, 5
Index 313
numbering, 6-7
Solfeggio method, 7-8
variations, memorable melodies, 100
verses, songs, 146
violins, 227
vivace tempo, 79
vocal arrangements, 225
characteristics
alto, 226
baritone, 226
bass, 226
soprano, 226
tenor, 226
melodies, 108
ranges, 226-227
voice leading, 192-193
voicing chords (harmony), 189-191
volume, dynamics
accented notes, 82-83
changing, 81-82
markings, 81-83
W–X–Y–Z
walking bass lines, 174
warmup, rehearsal routine, 258
websites
Molehill Group, 264
Music Notes Music Theory, 264
Music Theory Web, 264
Musictheory.net, 264
What to Listen for in Music, 263
whole notes, 59
woodwinds
instrumental arrangements, 228
ranges, 234-235
written music. See also composing,
music, songs
adding chords, 123-124
arrangements
instrumental arrangements,
227-236
vocal arrangements, 225-227
choral music, 243, 247
chord progressions, 141-142
chord sheets, 243
concert band, 248-251
jazz band, 247-248
lead sheets, 242
music notation software, 252
Nashville Number System, 243
notation techniques, 241-242
arpeggiated chords, 219