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  1. Introduction to Music Theory

    1. Rhythm, Pulse, and Meter
    2. Notes
    3. Rests
    4. What is Music Theory?
    5. Performance
    6. Musical Form
  2. Eighth Notes, Dots, and Ties

    1. Eighth Notes and Rests
    2. Beaming Eighth Notes
    3. Dots and Ties
  3. Notation and Time Signatures

    1. Rhythmic Notation Guidelines
    2. Eighth-Note and Eighth-Rest Placement
    3. Other Time Signatures

  4. The Staff, Accidentals, and Key Signatures

    1. Pitch Notation
    2. The Treble Clef
    3. The Bass Clef
    4. The Grand Staff
    5. Accidentals
    6. Key Signatures
    7. Enharmonic Equvalents
  5. Half Steps and Whole Steps

    1. Half Steps and Whole Steps
    2. The Chromatic Scale
    3. The Whole-Tone Scale
  6. Major Scales

    1. The Major Scale
    2. Scale Degrees
    3. Major Scales Using Sharps
    4. Major Scales Using Flats

  7. Minor Scales

    1. The Natural Minor Scale
    2. The Relative Major/Minor Relationship
    3. Minor Scale Syllable Names
  8. Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales

    1. The Harmonic Minor Scale
    2. The Ascending Melodic Minor Scale
    3. Minor Scale Key Signature
  9. Intervals

    1. Interval Naming
    2. Perfect and Major Intervals
    3. Major vs. Minor
    4. Perfect and Diminished Intervals
    5. Augmented Intervals
    6. Compound Intervals

  10. More about Music Theory

    1. Famous Composers and Musicians
    2. The Future of Music
    3. The History of Music Theory
    4. Musical Genre
  11. Instruments

    1. Brass Family
    2. String Family
    3. Woodwind
    4. Percussion Family
    5. Keyboard Family
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