"Music Theory Primer"

by Thom Gustafson

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Introductory theory

• Page 1: Scale definition, whole steps, half steps
• Page 2: Chromatic scale
• Page 3: Assignments 1 and 2, Major Scale
• Page 4: Major Scale formula
• Page 5: Assignment 3
• Page 6: Assignment 3 (contd), Minor Scales
• Page 7: Natural Minor Scale formula
• Page 8: Assignment 4
• Page 9: Assignment 4 (contd).
• Page 10: Key Signatures, Intervals
• Page 11: Intervals, M2
• Page 12: m2, M3, m3
• Page 13: Assignment 5, P4, P5
• Page 14: Augmented and diminished intervals
• Page 15: Tritone, Assignment 6, M6