The Best Music Theory Book for Beginners 2: The Power of Tension, Resolution, and Inversion (The Best Music Theory Books for Beginners)

Dive deeper into the “why” and “how” of music with the tools of tension, resolution, and inversion! Complete book contents below:\nRhythm 5: How to Understand, Write, and Perform Eighth Notes
10. Eighth Notes
10. Beat Divisions
11. Downbeat & Upbeat
12. How to Write Whole, Half, Quarter, and Eighth Notes
17. How to Count and Clap Eighth Notes
20. How to Write Music 3\n25. Rhythm 6: Strong & Weak Beats: Eighth Notes
26. Strong and Weak Beats
28. Strong and Weak Beats:
28. Strong and Weak Beats:
29. Time Signature:
29. Strong and Weak Beats:
31. Meter\n33. Rhythm 7: Eighth Rests & Single Eighth Notes
34. Single Eighth Notes
35. Eighth Rests
37. How to Write Music 4
43. Composition Ideas\n45. Rhythm 8: Dotted & Double-Dotted Notes & Rests
46. Dotted Quarter Note
48. Double-Dotted Half Note
49. Dotted Quarter Rest\n51. Rhythm 9: Anacrusis & Ties
52. Anacrusis
55. Review: Ties\n57. Rhythm 10: Repeat Signs, Marks, & Symbols
58. Measure Repeat Signs
60. Multiple Repeat Signs
62. 1st and 2nd Endings
64. Other Repeat Marks
67. Tempo Marks\n69. Dynamic Marks 1 & Performance Marks 1
70. Dynamics 1
72. Performance Marks 1\n75. Articulation Marks 1
76. Staccato
77. Slurs & Legato\n81. Pitch and Notes 5: Bass Clef
82. Notes on the Staff: Review
84. Clef Connections
85. Bass Clef: Level 1 Theory Review\n91. Pitch and Notes 6: More Theory
92. The Grand Staff 1
93. Accidentals 2\n95. Pitch and Notes 7: Simple Intervals 2
96. Simple Intervals: Review
97. Interval Distance Shortcut 1
98. Augmented Seconds: A2
99. Simple Interval Inversions
100. Interval Distance Shortcut 2
101. Consonance & Dissonance 1
102. Augmented Fifths: A5\n103. Pitch and Notes 8: Scales 2
104. New Major Scales
105. New Natural Minor Scales
106. Major Pentatonic Scale
107. Minor Pentatonic Scale
109. Harmonic Minor Scale
111. Real Melodic Minor Scale
113. Classical Melodic Minor Scale
115. All Minor Scales\n117. Harmony 2: Power Chords
118. Power Chords
120. Power Chord Inversions\n121. Harmony 3: Triads 2
122. Triad Quality
124. Arpeggios 1: Triads
125. Alberti Bass 1: Triads
125. Broken Chords 1: Triads
126. Inversions 1: Triads
127. Figured Bass 1: Triads
129. Slash Chords 1: Triads
130. Scales Harmonized to the Fifth 1
132. Scales Harmonized to the Fifth: Inversions\n133. Harmony 4: Seventh Chords 1
134. Seventh Chords
135. Seventh Chord Quality 1
136. Classical Seventh Chord Symbols
137. Arpeggios 2: Seventh Chords
137. Broken Chords 2: Seventh Chords
138. Major Scales Harmonized to the Seventh
140. Natural Minor Scales Harmonized to the Seventh\n143. Analysis 2: Lyrics in Modern Popular Music
144. How to Identify Rhymes
145. Rhyme Scheme and Analysis\n146. Analysis 3: Modern Popular Music Form
147. Parts of Songs
152. How to Perform a Form Analysis\n153. Analysis 4: Dominant to Tonic Tension
154. Inversion Chords Analysis
155. v or V?
157. V or V7?
159. Dominant Tonic Analysis
161. Level 2 Analysis\n162. How To Write Music 2: Songs & Compositions\n163. How to Write Songs\n168. How to Write Compositions