Pyramind Training Series: Music Theory, Songwriting, and the Piano
Work Flow---Producing, Composing, and Recording Projects
By Matt Donner, Lynda Arnold, Anthony Michael Peterson, Steve Heithecker, Jay Wiltzen, and Alex Blue
Pro Audio Piano Book & DVD
Item: 00-34398
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This easy-to-understand and in-depth guide to the language of music covers the essentials producers and engineers need to understand music theory and song writing. This book provides an understanding of music and the keyboard that will help you write better songs and unlock a wide range of emotions through the basic tools of music theory. The enclosed DVD provides video lessons that clarify key topics from the book.
Contents
| Title | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| At Pyramind | |
| At Large | |
| Preface | |
| We Made These Books for Producers | |
| Why Create a Book Series? | |
| How to Use These Books | |
| Introduction: Welcome to Music Theory X | |
| Section 1: Rhythm | |
| What Is Rhythm? The Up and Down of It All | |
| Subdivisions of the Beat (or Note Durations) | |
| Rests and Accents | |
| Worksheet 1.1: Building Your First Rhythm | |
| Swings, Shuffles, Dots, and Ties | |
| Time Signatures (A.K.A. Meter) | |
| Chops Test | |
| Section 2: The Major Scale-Notes and Intervals | |
| Building the Major Scale: The Notes and the Staff | |
| Building Intervals | |
| Worksheet 2.1: Attaching Emotion to Intervals, #1 | |
| Worksheet 2.2: Piano Technique Introduction, Intervals | |
| DVD Callout: Music Theory and Piano: 5-Finger Technique | |
| DVD Callout: Music Theory and Piano: Full C Major Scale | |
| DVD Callout: Music Theory and Piano: Dyads | |
| Interval Inversions | |
| Worksheet 2.3: Melodic Intervals and Inversions | |
| Harmonic Intervals (Dyads) | |
| Worksheet 2.4: Attaching Emotion to Intervals, #2 | |
| Chops Test-Piano Technique Introduction | |
| Section 3: The Major Scale-Triads | |
| Introduction to Triads | |
| The Major Triad | |
| The Minor Triad | |
| The Diminished Triad | |
| The Augmented Triad | |
| The Suspended Triad (Two Forms) | |
| Worksheet 3.1: Attaching Emotion to Intervals #3 | |
| Harmonizing the C Major Scale | |
| Worksheet 3.2: Dyad and Triad Piano Techniques | |
| DVD Callout: C Major-Music Theory and Piano: Triads | |
| Triad Cadences | |
| Authentic Cadence | |
| Half Cadence | |
| Plagal Cadence | |
| Deceptive Cadence | |
| Worksheet 3.3: Cadences in Action | |
| Chops Test: Dyads, Triads, and Cadences | |
| Section 4: Songwriting | |
| Getting Started | |
| Worksheet 4.1: Building Your First Song-Rhythm | |
| Exercise #1: Hip-Hop | |
| Exercise #2: Pop/House | |
| Exercise #3: Rock | |
| DVD Callout: The I-IV-V and Rhythm Tracking Parts 1, 2 & 3 | |
| Triads and Inversions | |
| Triad Substitutions | |
| Triads and Inversions | |
| Worksheet 4.2: Using Inversions to Play Triad Progressions | |
| DVD Callout: I-IV-V Rhythm Practice, Part 5 | |
| Chops TestÑThe C Major Scale, Intervals, Dyads, Triads, Inversions, And Voice Leading | |
| Section 5: Beyond C Major--The Chromatic Scale | |
| Worksheet 5.1: The Chromatic Scale | |
| The Circle of Fifths | |
| The Circle of Fourths | |
| The Circle of Fifths/ Fourths and Triads | |
| Worksheet 5.2: The Circle of Fifths/Fourths | |
| DVD Callout: The Circle of Fifths and Fourths--A Musical Exercise | |
| The Relative Minor | |
| Chops Test: Chromatic Scale, Circle of Fifths, and the Natural Minor | |
| Section 6: Beyond the Triads: Seventh Chords | |
| Seventh Chord Inversions | |
| Worksheet 6.1: Attaching Emotions to the Seventh Chords and Their Inversions | |
| Seventh Chords and Dominance | |
| Extended Chords (Ninths, Elevenths, Thirteenths) | |
| Piano Work--Dominance and the Blues | |
| Chops Test: Compose a Unique Blues Piece | |
| Section 7: Way Beyond C Major: An Introduction to Modes | |
| The Major Modes | |
| Lydian Mode | |
| Mixolydian Mode | |
| Dorian Mode | |
| Aeolian Mode | |
| Phrygian Mode | |
| Locrian Mode | |
| Worksheet 7.1: Modes | |
| Worksheet 7.2: Songwriting with Modes | |
| Chops Test: The Modes | |
| Section 8: Where to Go from Here? |
Additional Information
| Series: | Pyramind Training Series |
| Author: | Matt Donner, Lynda Arnold, Anthony Michael Peterson, Steve Heithecker, Jay Wiltzen, Alex Blue |
| Instrument: | Piano |
| Format: | Book & DVD |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Item Number: | 00-34398 |
| ISBN 10: | 0-7390-7193-9 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-0-7390-7193-9 |
| UPC: | 038081400884 |
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