COURSE OVERVIEW

• 1. COURSE MATERIALS 7
• 1a. DO YOU WANT TO COMPOSE MUSIC? 7
• 1b. HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL 7
• 1c. COURSE METHOD OVERVIEW 7
• 1d. COURSE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE 8
• 2. HOW TO USE BAND-IN-A-BOX 9
• 2a. HOW DO I OPEN A BIAB FILE? 9
• 2b. HOW DO I SELECT AND OPEN OLD FOLKS.MGK? 9
• 2c. HOW DO I SWITCH BETWEEN CHORD CHART AND LEAD SHEET? 10
• 2d. WHAT IS A LEAD SHEET? 10
• 2e. PLAY OLD FOLKS.MGK 10
• 2f. HOW DO I STOP PLAYING? 11
• 2g. HOW DO I PLAY FROM ANY BAR? 11
• 2h. HOW DO I CHANGE SONGS? 11
• 3. HOW DO I FIND ANSWERS WHEN I HAVE QUESTIONS? 11
• 3a. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT BIAB? 11
• 3b. DO YOU HAVE A MUSICAL QUESTION? 11

LESSON 1: HOW TO READ AND WRITE MAJOR SCALES

• 4. HOW TO READ AND WRITE MUSIC WITH BIAB 12
• 4a. KEYBOARD NOTE-NAMES 12
• 4b. WHAT IS AN ACCIDENTAL? 13
• 4c. NOTE-NAMES ON A LEAD SHEET STAFF 13
• 4d. HOW GRAPHIC SHAPES INDICATE PITCH AND DURATION 15
• 4e. TIME SIGNATURES 16
• 4f. HOW TO GET BIAB ON-LINE NOTATION HELP 17
• 5. HOW TO SPELL MAJOR SCALES 18
• 5a. SCALES 18
• 5b. HALF-STEP AND WHOLE-STEP 18
• 5c. SCALE-STEP NAMES 18
• 5d. THE MAJOR SCALE HALF-STEP, WHOLE-STEP PATTERN 19
• 6. HOW TO DO EXERCISE 1a 20
• 6a. HOW DO I FIND EXERCISE 1a? 20
• 6b. HOW DO I ENTER NOTES ON THE LEAD SHEET? 20
• 6c. HOW DO I MOVE THE LEAD SHEET? 21
• 6d. LEAD SHEET BAR LINES AND DOTTED GRAPH LINES 21
• 6e. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 1a 22

LESSON 1 CONTINUED: KEY AND SCALE, F, Bb, D, A MAJOR SCALES

• 7. KEY AND SCALE 25
• 7a. KEY 25
• 8. HOW TO DO EXERCISES 1b, 1c, 1d 25
• 8a. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 1b 25
• 8b. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 1c 27
• 8c. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 1d 27

LESSON 2: TRIADS, CHORD NAMES, ROMAN NUMERALS, CHORD PROGRESSION

• 9. TRIADS 28
• 9a. WHAT IS A TRIAD? 28
• 9b. WHAT ARE THE INTERVALS IN TRIADS? 28
• 9c. TRIAD QUALITIES 30
• 9d. HOW DO CHORD NAMES INDICATE TRIAD SPELLING? 31
• 10. THE CHORD PROGRESSION 33
• 10a. WHAT DO ROMAN NUMERALS INDICATE? 33
• 11. HOW TO DO EXERCISES 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e. 34
• 11a. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 2a 34
• 11b. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 2b 35
• 11c. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 2c 36
• 11d. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 2d 36
• 11e. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 2e 37

LESSON 3: A, D, E, G, C MINOR SCALES

• 12. HOW TO SPELL MINOR SCALES 38
• 12a. THERE ARE 3 MINOR SCALE PATTERNS 38
• 12b. NATURAL MINOR HALF-STEP, WHOLE STEP PATTERN 39
• 12c. MELODIC MINOR HALF-STEP, WHOLE-STEP PATTERN 40
• 12d. HARMONIC MINOR HALF-STEP, WHOLE-STEP PATTERN 41
• 13. HOW TO DO EXERCISES 3a, 3b, 3c 42
• 13a. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 3a 42
• 13b. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 3b 43
• 13c. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 3c 44

LESSON 4: TRIADS IN C MINOR, D MINOR, E MINOR, G MINOR, A MINOR

• 14. TRIADS IN MINOR SCALES/KEYS 45
• 14a. TRIAD QUALITIES IN MINOR 45
• 15. HOW TO DO EXERCISES 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e 46
• 15a. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 4a 46
• 15b. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 4b 47
• 15c. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 4c 47
• 15d. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 4d 48
• 15e. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 4e 48

LESSON 5: CADENCES

• 16. CADENCES 49
• 16a. WHAT IS A CADENCE? 49
• 17. HOW TO DO EXERCISES 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e: 50
• 17a. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 5a 50
• 17b. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 5b 51
• 17c. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 5c 52
• 17d. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 5d 52
• 17e. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 5e 53

LESSON 6: HOW TO NAME CHORDS

• 18. HOW TO DO EXERCISES 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d 54
• 18a. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 6a 54
• 18b. HOW DO I TYPE CHORD NAMES ON THE LEAD SHEET? 55
• 18c. HOW DO I TYPE ROMAN NUMERALS ON THE LEAD SHEET? 56
• 18d. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 6b 56
• 18e. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 6c 57
• 18f. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 6d 57

LESSON 7: MELODY, CHORD TONES AND NON-CHORD TONES

• 19. MELODY 58
• 19a. WHAT IS A MELODY? 58
• 19b. WHAT IS VOICE LEADING? 58
• 19c. WHAT ARE CHORD TONES AND NON-CHORD TONES? 58
• 19d. WHAT IS A NON-CHORD TONE PATTERN? 59
• 19e. WHAT ARE NON-CHORD TONE NAMES? 59
• 19f. FREQUENT NON-CHORD TONES 60
• 20. HOW TO DO EXERCISES 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d 61
• 20a. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 7a 61
• 20b. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 7b 63
• 20c. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 7c 64
• 20d. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 7d 64

LESSON 8: SEVENTH CHORDS, RHYTHMIC VARIETY

• 21. SEVENTH CHORDS 65
• 21a. WHAT IS A SEVENTH CHORD? 65
• 21b. HOW ARE SEVENTH CHORDS NAMED? 65
• 22. HOW TO DO EXERCISES 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d 71
• 22a. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 8a 71
• 22b. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 8b 72
• 22c. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 8c 73
• 22d. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 8d 74

LESSON 9: MELODIC HARMONIZATION

• 23. HARMONIZATION 75
• 23a. HOW DO I SELECT CHORDS? 75
• 23b. WHAT IS HARMONIC RHYTHM? 76
• 23c. WHAT IS THE NORMAL ORDER OF CHORDS SPELLED FROM THE SAME SCALE? 76
• 24. AABA FORM 77
• 24a. WHAT IS MUSICAL FORM? 77
• 25. HOW TO DO EXERCISES 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d 77
• 25a. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 9a 77
• 25b. HOW DO I TYPE CHORDS ON THE LEAD SHEET? 78
• 25c. HOW DO I SELECT CHORDS FOR BARS 1-8? 78
• 25d. HOW DO I COPY REPEATED BARS? 79
• 25e. HOW TO HARMONIZE THE BRIDGE, BARS 17-24 79
• 25f. HOW DO I TYPE THE ROMAN NUMERAL CHORD PROGRESSION ABOVE THE LEAD SHEET? 80
• 25g. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 9b 80
• 25h. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 9c 81
• 25i. HOW TO COMPLETE EXERCISE 9d 82

LESSON 10: STYLE, PARTS MARKERS, COMPOSING FROM A CHORD PROGRESSION

• 26. STYLE 83
• 26a WHAT IS STYLE? 83
• 26b. WHERE ARE THE BIAB STYLES? 83
• 26c. HOW DO I USE BIAB STYLES? 83
• 27. PARTS MARKERS 83
• 27a. WHAT IS A PARTS MARKER? 83
• 28. HOW TO DO EXERCISES 10a, 10b, 10c 84
• 28a. HOW TO COMPLETE Aexer_10a 84
• 28b. HOW TO COMPLETE Aexr_10b 86
• 28c. HOW TO COMPLETE Aexer_10c 87

LESSON 11: COMPOSING ORIGINAL SONGS

• 29. OTHER SONG SETTINGS IN BIAB 89
• 29a. WHAT ARE OTHER SONG SETTINGS? 89
• 29b. HOW DO I SET CHORUS REPEATS? 89
• 30. HOW TO COMPOSE ORIGINAL SONGS ON THE TEMPLATES 90
• 30a. HOW TO COMPLETE SONG TEMPLATE 1 90
• 30b. HOW TO COMPLETE SONG TEMPLATE 2 92
• 30c. HOW TO COMPLETE SONG TEMPLATE 3 92
• 31. CLOSING WORDS AND FINAL CADENCE 93

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