Edly's quick guide to notation -- The musical alphabets : natural & chromatic -- The major scale -- Major keys & key signatures -- Diatonic intervals -- Chords : triads -- Diatonic harmony -- Chord inversion -- Chromatic intervals -- I, IV, V & the twelve bar blues -- iim, iiim, vim, & vii° -- Minor scales & keys -- The circle of fifths (& fourths) -- Chords : 7ths (& 6ths) -- Diatonic chords & functions -- Interval inversion -- Intervals for ear-training -- Secondary chords -- Transposition -- Cadences -- Tritone substitution -- Natural modes -- Pentatonic & blues scales -- More scales -- Chords : 9ths, 11ths, & 13ths -- Chords : summary & exceptions -- Diatonic modal chords -- Blues structure pt. 2 -- Some other common song forms -- Improvisation ideas -- By ear -- Prelude to the remaining chapters -- Choosing extensions & alterations -- Ingredients of voicings -- Categories of voicings -- Voice leading -- Harmonizing a melody -- Analyzing chord progressions -- Reharmonization.