Professional preparatory music theory: Basic elements of music theory.

Chapter 3 of the Basic elements of music theory – by Oscar van Dillen ©2014-16

 

The advanced learning book can be found at Outline of basic music theory.


Pages and chapters:

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Musical notation
Chapter 3: Building blocks of harmony – Scales
Chapter 4: Building blocks of harmony – Intervals
Chapter 5: Building blocks of harmony – Chords
Chapter 6: Keys and key signatures
Chapter 7: Further study

Exercises in reading and writing

Rhythmic solfeges

audio files in three tempi of the rhythmic building blocks are on soundcloud

Melodic solfeges

Harmonic solfeges

Comprehensive solfeges

Online media

Soundcloud

Audio files in three tempi of the rhythmic building blocks can be found here

YouTube

Instruction on rhythm 1


Instruction on rhythm 2

Instruction on rhythm 3

Further study

Oscar van Dillen ©2014-2018