From Alfred Music Publishing

Alfred's Essentials Of Music Theory is designed for students of any age, whether listeners or performers, who want to have a better understanding of the language of music. In this all-in-one theory course, the student will learn the essentials of music through concise lessons, practicing music reading and writing skills in the exercises, improving listening skills with the available ear-training CDs (sold separately), and testing knowledge with a review that completes each unit.

Book 1 (Lessons 1-25) includes the following subjects:

• Staff, Notes, and Pitches
• Treble & Bass Clefs
• Grand Staff & Ledger Lines
• Note Values
• Measure, Bar Line, and Double Bar
• 2/4, 3/4 & 4/4 Time Signatures
• Whole, Half & Quarter Notes/Rests
• Dotted Half & Quarter Notes
• Ties & Slurs
• Repeat Sign, 1st & 2nd Endings
• Eighth Notes & Rests
• Dynamic Signs, Tempo Marks & Articulation
• D.C., D.S., Coda & Fine
• Flats, Sharps & Naturals
• Whole & Half Step, Enharmonic Notes

Book 2 (Lessons 25-50) includes the following subjects:

• Tetrachords & Major Scales
• Key Signatures
• Chromatic Scale
• Intervals, Circle of Fifths
• Perfect, Major & Minor Intervals
• Augmented & Diminished Intervals
• Solfège & Transposition
• Sixteenth Notes & Rests
• Dotted Eighth Notes & Eighth Note Triplets
• Common Time & Cut Time
• 3/8 & 6/8 Time Signatures
• Pick-up Notes & Syncopation
• Primary & Major Triads
• Scale Degree Names
• Dominant 7th Chord