A Complete Self-Instruction Music Course

Using today's popular worship choruses, this course will teach you to read music, understand and play by chords, show you how to modulate to any key and give you the foundation for playing by ear. This course has proved to be very helpful for church music programs and colleges. Most chapters have review tests so you can mark your improvement, and a final exam at the end of the book that makes learning music theory fun, fulfilling and rewarding.

These workbook is not stand-alone product, but is designed to be used with The Worship Musician's Theory Course - 6 Tape Teaching Set (Cassette) which is sold separately.

Table of Contents

Lesson 1 Know Your Notes by Name How Notes are Named How Notes Are Written Musical Notation Treble Clef or G Clef Bass Clef or F Clef Notes Above and Below the Staff The Grand Staff Review Lesson 2 Sharps, Flats and Naturals Sharps Flats Enharmonic Notes Natural Signs Double Sharps and Double Flats Review Lesson 3 Whole and Half Steps The Chromatic Scale Review Lesson 4 The Major Scale I Surrender All Review Lesson 5 Keys of the Kingdom Key Signatures Review Lesson 6 Circle of Fifths Review Lesson 7 Note Durations Notes with Different Shapes Dotted Notes Rests Arise, Shine Tie I Exalt Thee Lesson 8 Time Signatures Meter Common and Cut Time 6/8 Time Signature Triplets To Him Who Sits on the Throne Lesson 9 Rhythm Test Lesson 10 Road Signs and Shorcuts Repeat Signs Endings D.C. and D.S. Al Coda and D.S. al Coda Other Signs and Wonders Sing Hallelujah to the Lord Slurs Staccato Tempo Markings Let God Arise Lesson 11 Rhythm by Ear Rhythm Test

Lesson 12 Intervals Perfect Intervals Major Intervals Minor Intervals Review Lesson 13 Chords and Triads Triads Major Triads Minor Triads Chord Names Bass Lines in Chords As the Deer I Exalt Thee More Intervals in Chords Review Lesson 14 Inversions of Chords 1st Inversion 2nd Inversion 3rd Inversion Lesson 15 Chord Study and Analysis Spirit of the Living God Holy, Holy, Holy Lesson 16 Chords Related to a Key Chords by the number system Power in the Blood Horse and Rider Lesson 17 Transposition Transposing up a minor 2nd Psalm 9 Transposing down a Major 2nd Psalm 9 Lesson 18 Modulation Praise the Name of Jesus Review Lesson 19 Chord Progressions and patterns I, IV, V Chord Progression I, vi, ii, V7, I Chord Progression Chord Patterns Chord Patterns For Open Worship and Improvisation Improvisation Playing By Ear Review In Him We Live Lesson 20 Minor Keys Parallel Minor Relative Minor Major Keys and their Relative Minors Lesson 21 Minor Chords Review Lesson 22 Minor Chord Progression i, V7 Chord Progression Blow the Trumpet i, iv, V Chord Progression The Zeal of God Major influence in the minor Cornerstone

Summary
Final Exam

All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
Sing and Rejoice

Practice Keyboard

Details

Length:	100 pages
Size:	6 x 9 inches
Format:	Softcover
Available Date:	January 1991
Published By:	The Bowersox Institute of Music
ISBN:	1-891599-00-3