A Complete Course from Acoustics to Orchestration
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME I: THE PHYSICS OF SOUND
Chapter 1: What Is Sound?
Chapter 2: The Hidden Rainbow (The Harmonic Series)
VOLUME II: THE NOTATION OF TIME (Rhythm)
Chapter 3: The Pulse and the Beat
Chapter 4: The Mathematics of Duration (Note Values)
Chapter 5: The Sound of Silence (Rests)
Chapter 6: The Architecture of Measures (Time Signatures)
VOLUME III: THE GEOGRAPHY OF PITCH (Reading Music)
Chapter 7: The Map of Lines (The Staff & Clefs)
Chapter 8: The “In-Between” Notes (Accidentals)
Chapter 9: Enharmonic Equivalents (Musical Synonyms)
VOLUME IV: MELODY & SCALES (Grammar)
Chapter 10: Intervals (The Distance Between Notes)
Chapter 11: The Major Scale (The Master Pattern)
Chapter 12: The Minor Scales (The Dark Side)
Chapter 13: The Circle of Fifths
Chapter 14: Key Signatures (The Code at the Start)
VOLUME V: HARMONY (The Vertical Dimension)
Chapter 15: The Triad (The Basic Chord)
Chapter 16: Diatonic Harmony (The Family of Chords)
Chapter 17: Inversions (Shuffling the Deck)
Chapter 18: Seventh Chords (The Jazz Color)
Chapter 19: Cadences (Musical Punctuation)
VOLUME VI: ADVANCED COMPOSITION & TEXTURE
Chapter 20: Non-Chord Tones (The Spice)
Chapter 21: Voice Leading (The Bach Rules)
Chapter 22: Modulation (Changing Keys)
Chapter 23: Musical Form (The Blueprint)
VOLUME VII: THE JAZZ FRONTIER & COMPLEXITY
Chapter 24: Extensions (9ths, 11ths, 13ths)
Chapter 25: Counterpoint (The Art of Interweaving)
VOLUME VIII: ORCHESTRATION & ARRANGING
Chapter 26: Transposing Instruments (The Great Confusion)
Chapter 27: Instrument Families & Ranges