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Bringing Stories to Life Through Music — Composer, Educator, & Author Specializing in Emotional Storytelling
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From The Musical Storyteller 3rd edition
by Stephen Berkemeier

Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Audio 1.1_Vertical Interval and Horizontal Interval
Minor 2nd (Half Step)
Major 2nd (Whole Step)
Minor 3rd
Major 3rd
Perfect 4th
Tritone
Perfect 5th
Minor 6th
Major 6th
Minor 7th
major 7th
Octave
Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Audio 2.1_Counting in Fours
Audio 2.2_Counting in Three's
Audio 2.3_Counting in Two's
Audio 2.4_The Seasons as Rhythm
Audio 2.5_I Appreciate All Music
Audio 2.6_Triplets
Audio 2.7_Quintuplets
Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Audio 3.1_C Major Scale
Audio 3.2_C Major Triad
Audio 3.3_C Minor Triad
Audio 3.4_C Diminished Triad
Audio 3.5_C Augmented Triad
Audio 3.6_C Major 7th
Audio 3.7_C Minor 7th
Audio 3.8_C Minor Major 7th
Audio 3.9_C Half Diminished 7th
Audio 3.10_C Diminished 7th
Audio 3.11_C Dominant 7th
Audio 3.12_Authentic Cadence
Audio 3.13_Deceptive Cadence V7 to VI-
Audio 3.14_Deceptive Cadence V7 to III-
Audio 3.15_Half Cadence
Audio 3.16_Plagal Cadence
Audio 3.17_Chord Progression Sample
Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Audio 4.1_Relative Major then Minor Scale
Audio 4.2_Sample Chord Progression
Audio 4.3_Sample Chord Progression
Audio 4.4_Sample Chord Progression with Bass line
Audio 4.5_Chord Progression Voice Leading Example
Audio 4.6_Sample Chord Progression
Audio 4.7_Simple Substitution Example 1
Audio 4.8_Simple Substitution Sample 2
Audio 4.9_Simple Substitution Sample 3
Chapter 5
Chapter 5
Audio 5.1_C Ionian
Audio 5.2_D Dorian
Audio 5.3_E Phrygian
Audio 5.4_F Lydian
Audio 5.5_G Mixolydian
Audio 5.6_A Aeolian
Audio 5.7_B Locrian
Audio 5.8_ Dorian Cadence (E minor to D minor)
Audio 5.9_ Dorian Cadence (G major to D minor)
Audio 5.10_ Sample Chord Progression
Audio 5.11_ Modal Reharmonization
Audio 5.12_Modal Reharmonization Sample 2
Chapter 6
Chapter 6
Audio 6.1_Default Bassline Example
Audio 6.2_Default Bassline with Rhythm
Audio 6.3_Rhythmic Bassline with Added 5ths
Audio 6.4_Anticipation
Audio 6.5_Pickup Tone
Audio 6.6_Simple Bassline
Audio 6.7_Inversions in Bassline
Chapter 7
Chapter 7
Audio 7.1_Extended Chords of the Major Key
Audio 7.2_Extended Chords of the Minor Key
Audio 7.3_Extending Triads (Sample)
Chapter 8
Chapter 8
Audio 8.1_Basic Chord Progression (Sample)
Audio 8.2_Secondary Dominant Sample
Audio 8.3_Different Types of Secondary Dominants
Audio 8.4_Secondary Diminished
Audio 8.5_Jazz Cadences
Audio 8.6_Gear Shift Up
Audio 8.7_Gear Shift Down
Audio 8.8_Common Chord Modulation
Audio 8.9_Modal Modulation
Audio 8.10_Secondary Dominant Modulation
Audio 8.11_Modulating to Relative Keys
Chapter 9
Chapter 9
Audio 9.1_Goose Eggs
Audio 9.2_Neighbor Tones
Audio 9.3_Double Neighbor Tones
Audio 9.4_Consonance in Action
Audio 9.5_Staggered vs Articulated Dissonance
Audio 9.6_Escape tones
Audio 9.7_Suspensions and Retardations
Audio 9.8_Anticipations
Audio 9.9_Chromatic Passing Tones
Audio 9.10_Appoggiaturas
Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Audio 11.1_Counting the Beat
Audio 11.2_Counting the Pulse
Audio 11.3_Staccato Comparison
Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Audio 12.1_Fate Motif
Audio 12.2_Batman Motif
Audio 12.3_Starting with Pitch
Audio 12.4_Adding Rhythm
Audio 12.5_Our Motif
Chapter 13
Chapter 13
Audio 13.1_Question Phrase
Audio 13.2_Answer Phrase
Audio 13.3_Original Motif
Audio 13.4_Rhythmic Augmentation
Audio 13.5_Rhythmic Diminution
Audio 13.6_Rhythmically Transformed
Audio 13.7_Metric Displacement
Audio 13.8 _Changing Time Signatures
Audio 13.9_Accentuation
Audio 13.10_Chromatic Sequencing
Audio 13.11_Diatonic Sequencing
Audio 13.12_Exact Melodic Inversion
Audio 13.13_ Diatonic Melodic Inversion
Audio 13.14_Complete Retrograde
Audio 13.15_Rhythmic Retrograde
Audio 13.16_Melodic Retrograde
Audio 13.17_Fragmentation
Audio 13.18_Interval Expansion and Contraction
Audio 13.19_Quantitative Embellishment
Audio 13.20_Qualitative Embellishment
Audio 13.21_Reduction
Audio 13.22_Reconstruction
Audio 13.23_Sentence Structure A
Audio 13.24_Sentence Structure A'
Audio 13.25_Sentence Structure B
Audio 13.26_Sentence Structure C
Audio 13.27_Period Structure
Audio 13.28_Sequencing Structure
Chapter 14
Chapter 14
Audio 14.1_Sample Chord Progression
Audio 14.2_Initial Motif
Audio 14.3_Initial Target Tones
Audio 14.4_Chords first melody
Audio 14.5_Sample Melody
Audio 14.6_Harmonized Melody
Chapter 17
Chapter 17
Audio 17.1_Species 1
Audio 17.2_Species 2A
Audio 17.3_Species 2B
Audio 17.4_Species 3
Audio 17.5_Species 4
Audio 17.6_Species 5
Audio 17.7_Cantus Firmus
Audio 17.8_Counterpoint Sketch
Audio 17.9_Counterpoint Sample
Audio 17.10_Call and Response
Audio 17.11_Active vs Inactive
Audio 17.12_Filler
Audio 17.13_Rhythmic Ostinato
Audio 17.14_Harmonic Ostinato
Audio 17.15_Melodic Ostinato
Chapter 23
Chapter 23
Audio 23.1_Staccato Violin
Audio 23.2_Spiccato Violin
Audio 23.3_Tremolo Violin
Audio 23.4_Trill Violin (Major 2nd)
Audio 23.5_Pizzicato Violin
Audio 23.6_Bartok Pizzicato Violin
Audio 23.7 _ Sul tasto (Violin Section)
Audio 23.8_Sul Ponticello (Violin Section)
Audio 23.9 _ Col Legno Battuto Violin
Audio 23.10_Con Sordino Violin
Audio 23.11_Legato Violin
Chapter 24
Chapter 24
Audio 24.1_Marcato (English Horn)
Audio 24.2_Legato Oboe
Audio 24.3_FLutter Tongue (Flute
Chapter 25
Chapter 25
Audio 25.1_Flutter Tongue (Trumpet)
Audio 25.2_Cuivre (Horns)
Audio 25.3_Muted Trumpet
Chapter 27
Chapter 27
Audio 27.1_Like Doubling
Audio 27.2_Unlike Doubling
Audio 27.3_Additive Accentuation
Audio 27.4_Additive Crescendo
Audio 27.5_Subtractive Decrescendo
Audio 27.6_Registral Accentuation
Audio 27.7_Registral Accentuation B
Audio 27.8_Coloristic Accentuation
Audio 27.9_Orchestral Resonance
Chapter 29
Chapter 29
Audio 29.1_Monophonic Texture
Audio 29.2_Simplified Variation
Audio 29.3_Flourishing Embellishment
Audio 29.4_Rhythmic Embellishment
Audio 29.5_Chordal Texture
Audio 29.6_Sustained Chords
Audio 29.7_Rhythmic Chords
Audio 29.8_Arpeggiated Chords
Chapter 30 & 31
Chapter 30 & 31
Audio 30.1_Out of the Box
Audio 30.2_Subtle Sequencing
Audio 31.1_Dovetailing
Chapter 32
Chapter 32
Audio 32.2_Out of the Box
Audio 32.3_Subtle Sequencing
Chapter 34
Chapter 34
34.1_Pink Noise
34.2_Trumpet Mix 20%
34.3_Trumpet Mix 80%
34.4_Realistic Tail
34.5_Extra Long Tail
34.6_Soft Room
34.7_Hard Room
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