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© 2023 C. Floyd Richmond, published by musictheory.tech Available for educational use by students and teachers at no cost as described here. (Terms) Derivative versions are allowed as described here. (Terms) Show/Hide Book Download docx: click or right-click Download pdf: click or right-click Video description This book provides a fast-paced review of music theory from the fundamentals of diatonic harmony through advanced chromatic harmony and into post-tonal and contemporary music including jazz and popular music. The videos below entitled "A Music Theory Minute" explain concepts from the book and correlate with each section. The section below entitled "Theory Practice Activities" contains practice and assessment activities from musictheory.net, teoria.com, rhythmrandomizer.com, and floydrichmond.com/usetech/musicalflashcards/ which correlate with the book. The book is free for use in educational settings as long as all terms and conditions found on the first page are observed. All versions must be free, copyright notices may not be removed, terms of distribution may not be changed, etc. See the book for more details. Additional music theory resources are found further below. This YouTube video has a fast-paced review of the most basic fundamentals of music: Music Theory in 16 Minutes A Music Theory Minute by Floyd Richmond A review of essential topics in music theory which correlate with the book. These videos review theory from the most basic to advanced concepts.
Theory Practice Activities and Assessments assembled by Floyd Richmond Assessment activities of essential topics in music theory which correlate with the book. The following activities are from musictheory.net, teoria.com, https://www.rhythmrandomizer.com/, and Floyd Richmond UseTech Musical FlashCards Follow these instructions to save your score. To complete musictheory.net activities, click the link shown.
Have a friend grade you as shown and submit your grade to your teacher. To complete UseTech Musical FlashCards activities, click the link shown. Complete the on-screen activity and print/save the score report. Submit your grade to your teacher. | ||
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Notes, Staves, Clefs musictheory.net |
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Identify 10 notes on the treble clef. Identify 10 notes on the bass clef. Identify 10 notes on the alto clef. Identify 10 notes on the tenor clef. Identify 10 notes on a keyboard. Identify 20 notes on the treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs with ledger lines. |
Place 10 notes on the treble clef staff. Place 10 notes on the bass clef staff. Place 10 notes on the alto clef staff. Place 10 notes on the tenor clef staff. Place 10 notes on a keyboard. Place 20 notes on the treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs with ledger lines |
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Notes, Staves, Clefs https://www.floydrichmond.com/usetech/musicalflashcards/ |
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Identify 13 notes on the treble clef. Identify 13 notes on the bass clef. Identify 13 notes on the alto clef. Identify 13 notes on the tenor clef. |
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Rhythms https://www.rhythmrandomizer.com/ |
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Click the link below. Click New Rhythm. Click Start
Playback. Clap the rhythm. Have a friend grade
you: (1 error = A, 2 = B, 3 = C, etc.). If you do
multiple problems, times that number of problems (example – do 5 problems A=
5 or less = 8, 10 or less = B, etc.) Submit your grade to your
teacher. All problems have a 4 beat count-off. Level 1 – 4/4 (Q, QR, EE, E.S) Q=96 (2 bars) Level 2 – 4/4 (Add: SSSS, SSE, ESS, SES, TTT) Q=88 (2 bars) Level 3 – 4/4 (Add: Dotted Note Combinations) Q = 88 (2 bars) Level 4 – 4/4 (Add: Eight Rest Combinations and EQE) Q = 80 (2 bars) Level 5 – 4/4 (Add: Quarter and eighth tuplets) Q = 80 (2 bars) Level 6 – 4/4 (Most everything reasonable) Q = 80 (4 bars) Level 7 – 6/8 (Basic 6/8 rhythms) Q = 88 (4 bars) Level 8 – 6/8 (Add: SE combinations) Q = 72 (4 bars) Level 9 – 6/8 (Add duplets and other SE combinations) Q = 72 (4 bars) Level 10 – 6/8 (Most everything reasonable) Q = 72 (4 bars) |
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Key Signatures musictheory.net |
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Identify 10 - major key signatures. Identify 15 - number of sharps and flats - major. Identify 10 – minor key signatures Identify 15 – number of sharps and flats – minor Identify 15 – major or minor key signatures Identify 15 – number of sharps and flats – major or minor |
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Key Signatures https://www.floydrichmond.com/usetech/musicalflashcards/ |
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Identify 15 - major key signatures. Identify 15 – minor key signatures Identify 30 – major and minor key signatures |
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Key Signatures teoria.com |
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Identify 15 major key signatures Identify 15 major and minor key signatures |
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Scales musictheory.net |
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Identify 10 Mm scales. Identify 10 modes |
Listen and identify 10 Mm scales. Listen and identify 10 modes. |
Construct 10 Mm scales Construct 10 modes. |
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Intervals musictheory.net |
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(Intervals – No Quality) |
Major and Perfect Intervals |
Maj, Min, Dim, Aug |
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Identify 15 |
Identify 15 |
Identify 15 |
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Construct 10 |
Construct 10 Staff |
Construct 10 Staff |
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Identify 10 Keyboard |
Identify 10 Keyboard |
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Listen and identify 10 Staff |
Listen and identify 10 Staff |
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Chords musictheory.net |
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Identify 10 Chords Mm°+ |
Listen and Identify 10 Mm°+ |
Build 10 Chords Mm°+ |
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with inversions |
with inversions |
with inversions |
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Seventh Chords musictheory.net |
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Identify
10 Seventh Chords, with
inversions |
Listen and Identify 10, with
inversions |
Build 10 Chords, with
inversions |
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Only M7, Mm7, m7 Only Æ7, °7 |
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Check out these additional sites of interest: Theory Practice Sites At musictheory.net, you can find tutorials and practice quizzes on numerous topics in diatonic and chromatic theory. There are also ear training activities. At teoria.com, you can find tutorials and practice quizzes on numerous topics in diatonic and chromatic theory. There are also ear training activities. Information from Zvony Nagy and Sam Zerin Flip Grid This allows a teacher to post a written prompt, and then students upload video responses. You can set a time limit on the responses, so that the video cuts off after, say, 2 minutes. But the really great thing about FlipGrid is that it turns your classroom into a social network: students can watch, like, AND REPLY to their classmates' videos, and since it's all video-based, students actually see each other. In my own classroom teaching, I've used FlipGrid in lieu of weekly response papers, but I could also see it being used more frequently, in real-time, during an online class. Noteflight.com This is a free online music notation tool. Teachers can pay for an educator subscription, which allows you to create music theory assignments, assign them to your students, view their completed work, offer feedback by editing their work in a different color, and more. With the teacher subscription, all of your students get a free premium subscription to the website, so that they can create unlimited scores with any of dozens of musical instruments. The teacher subscription also comes with a library of pre-existing worksheets and assignments, in case you don't have time to create your own. Trainer.ThetaMusic.com Online music theory computer games. This is my favorite of the various such websites, for a number of reasons. First, you can create a teacher studio account in order to assign games/levels and track your students' progress. Second, instead of just plunking everything out on a piano, it uses a wide variety of instrumental timbres AND ensembles, often using musical examples that actually sound like real music. Third, there are tons of engaging and educational games to choose from, organized by skill/topic. YouTube channels -- there are so many of them, but if you're new to this, I would recommend that you browse through the following very well-done and popular channels. You can assign some of these videos to your students as homework, watch them during class to spark discussion, ask your students to create their own response videos, etc:
Blogs and Podcasts -- similarly, there are many blogs and podcasts that can be helpful. Here are just a few; again, as with YouTube, e-mail me if you'd like more specific recommendations:
Kind regards from Rhode Island, Sam Zerin P.S. I’d recommend checking out Artusi’s excellent theory software. For more info, go to https://www.artusi.xyz/ Other Resources by Floyd Richmond> Free Saxophone Fingering Program Javascript Quiz Templates - for those wising to create their own interactive online materials. | ||
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