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Music: front cover

Bench Degree
MUSIC

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  1. Copyright
  2. On the Cover
  3. Before You Start
  4. Chapter 1: One String Is a Chord
  5. Chapter 2: Pitch and the Octave
  6. Chapter 3: The Harmonic Series
  7. Chapter 4: Beats, Roughness and Why Two Notes Fight
  8. Chapter 5: The Ratios You Can Hear
  9. Chapter 6: Building a Scale from Fifths
  10. Chapter 7: Why the Steps Are Not Even
  11. Chapter 8: The Comma That Will Not Close
  12. Chapter 9: Temperament
  13. Chapter 10: The Church’s Modes
  14. Chapter 11: Major, Minor and the Leading Tone
  15. Chapter 12: Keys and Transposition
  16. Chapter 13: Chant Without a Clock
  17. Chapter 14: Pulse, Meter and Rhythm
  18. Chapter 15: Measuring Time
  19. Chapter 16: The Invention of Simultaneity
  20. Chapter 17: Counterpoint You Can Hear
  21. Chapter 18: Imitation, Canon and Fugue
  22. Chapter 19: The Bass Takes Charge
  23. Chapter 20: Chords
  24. Chapter 21: Cadence and Tension
  25. Chapter 22: Modulation
  26. Chapter 23: Dances and Suites
  27. Chapter 24: Ritornello and the Concerto
  28. Chapter 25: Sonata Form and the Classical Turn
  29. Chapter 26: What the Instruments Allowed
  30. Chapter 27: What You Now Know
  31. Appendix A: The Bench
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