Flippin’ Theory!

A supplemental webtext for the flipped music theory classroom
by David Kulma

Table of Contents

Front Matter

• Introduction
• Glossary

Basic Musicianship

• The Musical Alphabet
• The Piano Keyboard
• How to Read Pitch
• How to Read Rhythm
• Understanding Meter

Fundamentals

• Note Names and Clefs
• Meters
• Pitch Collections, Scales, and Key Signatures
• Solfege and Scale Degrees
• Transposition
• Intervals
• Basic Notation
• Pitch-Class Integers

Melody and Counterpoint

• Analyzing Melodies
• Writing Melodies
• Modes
• Counterpoint Guidelines
• First Species Counterpoint
• Second Species Counterpoint
• Third Species Counterpoint
• Fourth Species Counterpoint

Harmony

• Figured Bass
• Triads and Seventh Chords
• Roman Numerals and Inversion Symbols
• Leadsheet Symbols
• Nonchord Tones
• Harmonic Function
• Classical Cadences
• Basics of Classical Harmonic Syntax
• Harmonic Sequences

Part Writing

• Basic Part Writing Principles and Style Guidelines
• Spacing, Motion, and Doubling
• Parallels and More: Things to Avoid
• Root Position Triads: Three Basic Movements
• Part Writing Tonic and Dominant
• Part Writing Subdominant and Supertonic
• First Inversion Triads
• Second Inversion Triads
• Other Triads
• Seventh Chords

Chromaticism

• Secondary Dominants

Rock and Popular Music

• Form
• Harmony

Videos

• Theory II