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Understanding the Keyboard
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Chapter 1: PULSE, TEMPO & TIME

               

Pulse and Tempo

 

Note Values

Rests                                                                

Dotted Notes                                                                                                

Triplets                                                                                                

Tied Notes                                                                                                

Rhythm, Pulse, Meter, Tempo & Beat defined                                         

 

Time

 

Time Signatures                                                                

Simple and Compound Time                                                                

Counting out Rhythms                                                                                

Counting Examples                

Syncopation                                                                                                        


Chapter 2: INTERVALS  PLUS MAJOR & MINOR SCALES

 

Intervals

 

What Are Intervals?                

Major, Perfect, Minor, Augmented and Diminished Intervals                

Intervals by Sound                                                                

How to Recognise Intervals                                                                

Reversed Intervals                                                                                

Compound Intervals                                                                                

Harmonic & Melodic Intervals                                                                                                

Scales & Key Signatures

 

Major Scales                                                                                                

( Major # Scales                                                                                                

( Major b Scales                                                                                                                                  

Minor Scales                                                                

( Harmonic Minor # Scales                                                                

( Harmonic Minor b Scales                                                                

( Natural Minor # Scales                                

( Natural Minor b Scales                                

( Melodic Minor # Scales                                                                                                

( Melodic Minor b Scales                                                                                                

( Circle of 5ths                                                                                                                

 

Chapter 3: CHORDS & CHORD INVERSIONS ON MAJOR & MINOR SCALES

                 

The Various Types Of Triad Chords                                                                

Definition of Chord Inversions                                                                

Extending Chord Beyond The Basic Triads                                                                                                         

Major Scale Chords

 

( Triad Chord Inversions On Each Major Scale Degree

( Four Note Chord Inversions On Each Major ScaleDegree

( Five Note Chords Built On The Major Scale                                

( Rules for Chords In Major Keys                                                                

( Triad Chord Inversions Through The Circle Of Fifths

( Broken Major Triad Chords                                                                

( Broken Major Triad Inversions Through The Circle Of Fifths                

( Broken Chords For II to V Triads Descending in Tones                                

( Major 7th Chord Inversions Through The Circle Of Fifths                                                    

( Dominant 7th Chord Inversions Through The Circle Of Fifths                                

( Minor 7th Chord Inversions Through The Circle Of Fifths                                

( Broken Chords - IIm7 to V7 Ascending & Descending in Tones

( Broken Chords For IIm7 to V7 Descending in Tones                                

( Broken Chords For IIm7 to V7 Descending Chromatically                                

( Further Patterns Built Around the IIm7 to V7 Progression                                

( Four Note Chord Inversions On Scale Degree Through the Cycle                                     

Harmonic Minor Scale Chords

 

( Triad Chord Inversions On Each Harmonic Minor Scale Degree

( Four Note Chord Inversions On Harmonic Minor Scale Degrees

( Five Note Chords Built On The Harmonic Minor Scale                                                

Natural Minor Scale Chords

 

( Triad Chord Inversions On Each Natural Minor Scale Degree                                

( Four Note Chord Inversions On Natural Minor Scale Degrees                                

( Five Note Chords Built On The Natural Minor Scale                                                                          

Melodic Minor Scale Chords

 

( Triad Chord Inversions On Each Melodic Minor Scale Degree

( Four Note Chord Inversions On Melodic Minor Scale Degrees                                

( Five Note Chords Built On The Melodic Minor Scale                                                          

Minor Triad Chord Inversions Through The Circle Of 5ths                                

Broken Minor Triad Chords                                                                

Broken Minor Triad Chord Inversions Through The Circle Of 5ths                                       

Chapter 4:  MODAL SCALES AND THEIR CHORDS AND INVERSIONS

               

The Various Modal Scales                                                                       


Chords Built On Modal Scales

( Triad Chord Inversions On Each Dorian Scale Degree

( Four Note Chord Inversions On Dorian Scale Degrees                                

( Triad Chord Inversions On Each Phrygian Scale Degree

( Four Note Chord Inversions On Phrygian Scale Degrees                                

( Triad Chord Inversions On Each Lydian Scale Degree                                

( Four Note Chord Inversions On Lydian Scale Degrees                                

( Triad Chord Inversions On Each Mixolydian Scale Degree                                

( Four Note Chord Inversions On Mixolydian Scale Degrees                                

( Triad Chord Inversions On Each Lochrian Scale Degree                                

( Four Note Chord Inversions On Lochrian Scale Degrees                                                

Chord Symbols

                                                                                                                               

Important Chord Voicings For The Right & Left Hand                                                                                      

( Right Hand Voicings                                                                

( Left Hand Voicings                                                                

( Voicings for Both Hands                                                                

( Open Voicings - Axis of the 3rd and 7th                                                                                  

Chapter 5: CHORD SUBSTITUTION

               

Plurality                                                                

Polychords                                                                

Tonicization                                                                                                         

Secondary Dominants                                                                            

Key Areas            

Tri-tone Substitution         

Adding Chords From Minor Scales To The Major Key            

Adding Chords From Modal Scales Into The Major                    

Parallel Progression          

Line Progression                               


Chord Substitution Applied to Well-known Hymns and Choruses

( 'What A Friend We Have In Jesus'                    

( 'O How I Love Jesus'                    

( 'He's All I Need'                                 

 

Chapter 6: DEVELOPING RIGHT AND LEFT HAND TECHNIQUES

                               

( Left Hand Exercises               

( Right Hand Exercises                                               

Developing As A Good Rhythmic Player                    

( Hand Independance Exercises                                                                                                               

Chapter 7: PLAYING SONGS CONFIDENTLY IN CONTEMPORARY STYLES

                                                                                               

(i)The Blues                                                                                       

( blues rhythms                                   

( left hand styles                                                                 

( left hand rhythm & blues & boogie woogie styles      

( comping style using both hands (accompanying)                                  

( blues endings    

( examples of blues pieces         

               

ii) Rock                                                                                                

( rock styles and various rhythms in rock                   

( rock ballads - right hand rhythms                

( left hand patterns for ballads                  

( right hand fills (ballads)                

( rock bass lines