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Introduction Equipment Chapter One: Sound Envelopes and the Notation Grid Sound Description The Staff Leger Lines Clefs The Treble Clef The Bass Clef The Percussion Clef The Alto and Tenor Clef Placement of Clefs The Great Staff Homework Additional Practises: New Notation for New Sounds Specific Percussion Clefs Other Moveable C Clefs Hybrid Clefs Chapter Two: Fundamental Rhtyhmic Description Note - heads Stems Stem Length Stem Direction Stem Length in Leger Lines The Quarter Rest The Half Rest The Whole Rest Percussion and Rhtyhm Note - heads Homework Additional Practices Other Percussive Note - heads Chapter Three: Fundamental Pitch Description Placement of Notes on the Staff Accidentals Flats Sharps Naturals Double Flats Double Sharps Spacing of Note - heads in Regard to Accidentals Key Signatures Application of Accidentals The Logic of Accidentals Courtesy Accidentals Key Changes Homework Additional Practises Logic of Accidentals Null Key Signatures Chapter Four: The Notational Grid: Conclusion The Three Regions of the Staff Measures Barlines Single Barlines Double Barlines The "fine" Barline Braces and Brackets Homework Additional Practices Changes of Clef Chapter Five: Time Signatures, Meter, and Tempo Time Signatures Placement of Time Signatures "Common Time" and "Cut time" Changes Meter Metric Placement of Note - heads and Rests Alignment Tempo Markings Changes of Tempo Homework Additional Practices Types of Rhythm Metrical Rhythm Changing Between Simple Time and Compound Time Change of Pulse Note - value Chapter Six: Rhythmic Subdivision of the Pulse Flags Beams Application of Beams Stem Direction of Beamed Note Groups Beam Slant Homework Chapter Seven: Rhythmic Subdivision of the Pulse: Continued Horizontal Beams Primary Beams Secondary Beams Broken Secondary Beams Syncopation Borrowed Metric Groupings Homework Additional Practices "Midway" Beaming of Note Groups Beams as Indicators of Phrasing Chapter Eight: Rhythmic Subdivision of the Pulse: Concluded The Eighth Rest The Sixteenth Rest The Whole Measure Rest Ties Augmentation Dots Dotted Rests Rests in Compound Meters Homework Aditional Practices Smaller Value Rests Ties Attending Voicings Triple Augmentation Dots Chapter Nine: Holds, Pauses, and Repeats Fermatas Pauses Caesuras Fermatas Attending Caesuras Multiple Measure Rests Repeat Brackets Repeat Endings Single Measure Repeats Double Measure Repeats Da Capo and Dal Segno al fine and al Coda Homework Additional Practices Fermatas Attending Barlines The "Grand Pause" Tacet Third Repeat Endings Single Pulse Repeats Col Chapter Ten: Chords, Voicings, and Divisi Parts Chord Symbols Parenthetical Tensions Inversions and Pedals Voicings Alignement of Accidentals Divisi Parts Octave Signs Homework Additional Practices Hybrid Chords and Polychords Divisi Parts: Continued Coll' 8va and Coll' 8vb. Chapter Eleven: Dynamics Location of Dynamic Information Dynamic Level Markings Dynamic Terminology Wedges Homework Additional Practices Location of Dynamics Combined Dynamic Level markings Change of Dynamic :evel on Repeated Sections Chapter twleve: Articulation The "Unarticulated Note" Accent Marks Staccato Marks Legato / Tenuto Marks Plavement of Accent, Staccato, and Legato Markings Slurs Breath Marks Accent Terminology Idiomatic Considerations Homework Additional Practices Combining Accents with Staccato and Legato Markings Combining Accent, Staccato and Legato Markings with Slurs Combining Accent Terms with Dynamics Chapter Thirteen: Ornaments The Portamento The Glissando Trills Tremolos The Unmeasured Tremolo The Measured Tremolo Grace Notes Arpeggios Turns Bends Homework Additional Practices Cues I: Names of Instruments with Abbreviations II: Score Layout III: Instrumental Transpositions IV: Glossary of European Musical Terms