Elements of music, harmony & counterpoint, rhythm, analysis, & musical form

Elements of music, harmony & counterpoint, rhythm, analysis, & musical form

Author: Bertenshaw, T. H. (Thomas Handel), 1859-

Year: 1896

CONTENTS PART I. ELEMENTS OF MUSIC. CHAPTER PAGE I. Notes, Clefs, Leger Lines 1 II. The Alto and Tenor Clefs ; The Great Stave 3 III. Origin of the Form of Clefs, Use of Clefs, Octaves 7 IV. Shape and Length of Notes 10 V. Accent and Time 13 VI. Time-signatures 18 VII. Accents, Beating Time, Rests, &c. 24 VIII. Triplets, Syncopation 28 IX. Semitones, Sharps, Flats, Naturals 35 X. Major Scales 37 XI. The Minor Scale 44 XII. Keys 50 XIII. Acoustics 52 XIV. Diatonic and Chromatic Semitones 55 XV. The Chromatic Scale 59 XVI. Intervals 61 XVII. Chromatic Intervals 66 XVIII. Inversion of Intervals 69 XIX. Transposition 73 XX. Dots, Abbreviations, &c 76 XXI. Grace Notes 82 XXII. Musical Terms 86 PART II. HARMONY. Introductory Chapter— Intervals 93 XXIII. Melody and Harmony 100 XXIV. Common Chords in Succession 105 XXV. Common Chords in Succession — continued 113 XXVI. Common Chords in Major Keys 117 XXVII. First Inversions in Major Keys 119 XXVIII. Second Inversions in Major Keys 124 XXIX. Common Chords in Minor Keys 130 XXX. Inversions of Triads in Minor Keys 134 XXXI. The Dominant Seventh in Major Keys 138 XXXII. Inversions of the Dominant Seventh in Major Keys 144 XXXIII. The Dominant