文档介绍：Contents
Preface ..................................................................................................................................2
Chapter One - Notes and Note Values ..............................................................................................3
Chapter Two - Stave, Bar Lines and Time Signatures .............................................................................7
Chapter Three - Notes on Stave and Clefs ....................................................................................... 12
Chapter Four - Rests and More on Note Values .................................................................................. 18
Chapter Five - The Major Scale .................................................................................................... 22
Chapter Six - The Chromatic Scale ................................................................................................ 25
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Preface
e to this theory book! I want to tell you now that this won’t be like any other theory book that you have ever
read. This theory book is going to be more relaxed and more fun. I believe that learning is much better when it feels
good and so, that is the feeling that we are going to try and create.
When you start learning from this book you may find some things that you don’t fully understand. My advice for when
this happens is to not worry about it. Music theory is a vast plex topic and some things will take time to
fully understand. Basically, in the beginning i will give you knowledge on a need to know basis; this way you won’t
get overloaded.
Let’s push on and get into the fun of learning music!
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Chapter One - Notes and Note Values
In this; the first lesson, we are going to look at notes and time values. Let’s first take a look at notes.
Notes are a little tricky because, in music, the term ‘note’ has a few different meanings.
The definition of a musical note:
A. A tone of definit