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Music theory terms

In this section we will explain only musical terms with music examples and audio. In our opinion it is senseless to explain 'dry' terms as 'allegro', 'a cappella' etc.

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Subject: notation

• Clefs and notes

Subject: intervals

• Determine the basic interval
• Intervals

Subject: scales

• Major scales (sharp scales)
• Major scales (flat scales)
• Pentatonic scales

Subject: melody

• Passing tones
• Neighbor tones

Subject: harmony

• Enharmonic change
• New chord building
• Ninth chord
• Passing notes
• Polychords
• Polytonality
• Subdominant
• Seventh chords
• Seventh chords: root and inversion
• Triads
• Triads: root position and inversion

Subject: rhythm and meter

• Complementary Rhythm
• Hemiola
• Syncopation
• Triplet