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It’s Music, Not Theory, Damn It!
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It’s Music, Not Theory, Damn It!

by Bill Gordon
January 2016
Beginner to intermediate
70 pages
2h 7m
English
Kohler Music Press
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Index

Index instructions:

Words in the Index below are often found in more than one place in the book. For example: 7thChords, 2, 3, 4 means there are four mentions of 7th chords. Tap (or click) the word or number to access the page that contains reference to the word.

 

Symbols

 

1st ending

2nd ending

7th chord(s), 2, 3, 4

8va

8ve

 

A

 

A cappella

Accelerando (accel.)

Accent

Accompany, Accompaniment, 2, 3, 4

Adagio

Added 6th chord(s)

Ad libs

Aeolian

Allegro

Andante

Arpeggio

Arrangement

Articulation

A tempo

Attack

Augmented 2, 3, 4

 

B

 

Back beat

Bar Line

Bar (Measure) 2, 3, 4, 5

Bass Clef

Bass line 2, 3, 4, 5

Break

Breakdown 2

Bridge

Broken chord

Build

Button ending

 

C

 

Cadence

Chord changes, 2, 3

Chord chart 2

Chord progression 2

Chords 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7+, 8+, 9

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