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Preface	p. iii
Note to Students	p. vi
Introduction	p. 1
The Piano	p. 1
Elements of Music: Melody, Rhythm, Harmony, and Form	p. 5
Summary	p. 6
	p. 7
Exploring the Keyboard	p. 10
Names of the White Keys	p. 10
Sharps and Flats	p. 13
Names of the Black Keys	p. 13
... MOREComposing Projects	p. 16
Chapter Evaluation	p. 18
Chapter 2	p. 19
Whole Steps and Half Steps	p. 19
Major Five-Finger Pattern	p. 20
Notes and Rests	p. 23
Beat and Meter	p. 25
Treble and Bass Clef Notation	p. 29
Key Signatures	p. 33
Composing Project	p. 36
Ensemble Playing	p. 36
Repertoire	p. 36
Technique Exercises	p. 38
Chapter Evaluation	p. 40
Chapter 3	p. 43
Interval Reading	p. 43
Transposition	p. 46
Rhythm	p. 49
Harmony	p. 51
Chords	p. 51
Composing Project	p. 54
Ensemble Playing	p. 55
Repertoire	p. 55
Technique Exercises	p. 56
Chapter Evaluation	p. 59
	p. 63
Rhythm	p. 63
Dotted Notes and Rests	p. 63
Upbeats	p. 67
Harmony	p. 71
Triads	p. 71
Tonic Chord (Major)	p. 73
Form	p. 76
Phrases	p. 76
Composing Project	p. 77
Ensemble Playing	p. 78
Repertoire	p. 79
Technique Exercises	p. 81
Chapter Evaluation	p. 83
	p. 85
Melody	p. 85
Minor Five-Finger Pattern	p. 85
Intervals	p. 87
Harmony	p. 90
Major and Minor Triads	p. 90
Minor Triad	p. 92
Tonic Chord (Minor)	p. 93
Rhythm	p. 95
Composing Project	p. 96
Ensemble Playing	p. 97
Repertoire	p. 97
Technique Exercises	p. 98
Chapter Evaluation	p. 101
	p. 103
Melody	p. 103
Introduction to Scales	p. 103
Identification of Scale Tones	p. 105
Major Key Signatures	p. 106
Intervals	p. 110
Major Scale Fingering	p. 111
Harmony	p. 114
Tonic and Dominant Chords	p. 114
Composing Project	p. 119
Ensemble Playing	p. 119
Repertoire	p. 120
Technique Exercises	p. 122
Chapter Evaluation	p. 123
	p. 127
Harmony	p. 127
Primary Chords	p. 127
Twelve-Bar Blues Progression	p. 129
Rhythm	p. 134
Syncopation	p. 134
Form	p. 137
Sectional Form	p. 137
Composing Project	p. 139
Ensemble Playing	p. 139
Repertoire	p. 139
Technique Exercises	p. 142
Chapter Evaluation	p. 144
	p. 147
Harmony	p. 147
Seventh Chord	p. 147
Chord Inversions	p. 150
I and IV6/4 Chords	p. 151
Nonchord Tones	p. 153
I and V6/5 Chords	p. 155
I, IV6/4, and V6/5 Chords in Selected Major Keys	p. 157
Harmonization	p. 163
Rhythm	p. 166
Compound Meters	p. 166
Composing Project	p. 169
Ensemble Playing	p. 169
Repertoire	p. 170
Technique Exercises	p. 172
Chapter Evaluation	p. 174
	p. 177
Melody	p. 177
The Minor Scales	p. 177
Natural Minor Scale	p. 178
Minor Key Signatures	p. 180
Harmonic Minor Scale	p. 182
Melodic Minor Scale	p. 183
Identification of Scale Tones	p. 184
Identifying Minor Keys	p. 185
Harmony	p. 187
Primary Chords in Minor	p. 187
Relative Majors and Minors	p. 195
Parallel Majors and Minors	p. 196
Form	p. 197
Theme and Variations	p. 197
Rhythm	p. 201
Composing Project	p. 202
Ensemble Playing	p. 202
Repertoire	p. 202
Technique Exercises	p. 204
Chapter Evaluation	p. 207
	p. 209
Melody	p. 209
Pentatonic Scales	p. 209
Modes	p. 211
The Whole-Tone Scale	p. 214
The Blues Scale	p. 216
Bitonality	p. 217
Atonality	p. 218
Rhythm	p. 220
Shifting Meter	p. 220
Asymmetric Meter	p. 222
Composing Project	p. 223
Ensemble Playing	p. 224
Repertoire	p. 224
Technique Exercises	p. 226
Chapter Evaluation	p. 229
Supplementary Music	p. 233
Supplementary Classical Piano Literature	p. 233
Supplementary Blues, Boogie, and Ragtime	p. 253
Supplementary Songs with Accompaniments	p. 258
Supplementary Songs (Melodies Only)	p. 265
Ensemble Music	p. 270
Appendixes	p. 301
Musical Terms and Signs	p. 301
Treble and Bass Clef Notation/Octave Identifications	p. 304
Circle of Fifths (Major and Minor Keys)	p. 305
Major Scales	p. 306
Minor Scales	p. 309
Intervals and Chords	p. 313
Selected Primary Chords	p. 315
Accompaniment Patterns	p. 317
Chords and Chord Symbols (Lead Sheet Notation)	p. 321
Timeline of Western Art Music and History	p. 324
Timeline of Selected Keyboard Composers and Keyboard Instruments	p. 326
Biographical Sketches of PianoLab Composers	p. 330
Glossary	p. 333
Classified Indexes	p. 339
Index of Titles	p. 341
Subject Index	p. 343
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Carolynn A. Lindeman (D.M.A., Stanford University) is Professor of Music at San Francisco State University.

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