Chapter II: Preface: iii

I. RHYTHM: NOTE VALUES: TIME SIGNATURES: TEMPO 3

II. THEORY OF SCALES (Major and Minor) 10

The Major Scale 11

The Minor Scale 21

III. INTERVALS AND CHORD BUILDING 32

Inversion of Intervals 36

Chord Construction 38

Inversion of Triads 40

The Seventh Chord 41

Inversion of Seventh Chords 43

IV. EPITOMIZED ACOUSTICS 47

V. EAR TRAINING 51

The Normal Intervals of the Major Scale 52

The Normal Intervals of the Minor Scale 55

Altered Intervals 56

Arpeggio Chords 60

Two Voiced Chords 61

The Four Voiced Chord 63

ESSENTIALS OF MUSIC THEORY