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
- Reading and writing scales (pdf)
- Reading and writing intervals (pdf)
- Reading and writing triads (pdf)
- Reading and writing seventh chords (pdf)
- Reading piano positions (pdf)
- Reading string quartet positions (pdf)
- Exercise in barring and beaming (pdf)
- Decyphering time signatures (pdf)
- Exercise in writing time signatures (pdf)
Rhythmic solfeges
audio files in three tempi of the rhythmic building blocks are on soundcloud
Melodic solfeges
- Melodic building blocks (MBB) – only in C, one page (pdf)
- Lower hexachord MBB – only in C, one page (pdf)
- MBB in all keys G clef (pdf)
- MBB in all keys F clef (pdf)
- MBB lower hexachord in all keys G clef (pdf)
- MBB lower hexachord in all keys F clef (pdf)
- All MBB in all keys – 2 sided reversible booklet (pdf)
- Slow Solfeges 1 – basic chromatic neighboring tones in C (pdf)
- Slow Solfeges 2 – advanced chromatic neighboring tones in C (pdf)
- Slow Solfeges 1 in ALL KEYS (pdf)
- Slow Solfeges 2 IN ALL KEYS (pdf)
- Solfeges in concentric chromaticism, recognizing keys (pdf)
Harmonic solfeges
- Exercise in various scales (pdf)
- Harmonic building blocks – concentric progressions (pdf)
- Harmonic building blocks – excentric progressions (pdf)
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