| Scales and Chords | Major and Minor Scales, Triads, Seventh Chords, Extended Harmonies |
| Musical Texture | Monophony, Polyphony, Homophony, Homorthythmic, Antiphonal |
| Harmonies in Motion | Tonic, Dominant, Subdominant/Super Tonic, Mediant/Submediant, Six-Four Chords |
| Cadences | Authentic (PAC/IAC), Half Cadence, Phrygian Half, Plagal, Deceptive motion |
| Voice-Leading | Neighbor/Passing Chords, Voice Exchange, Voice Leading |
| Phrase Models | Tonic-Predominant-Dominant-Tonic, Tonic-Predominant-Dominant, Retrogressions |
| Non-chord Tones | Passing, Neighbor, Appoggiatura, Suspensions, Pedals |
| Harmonic Sequences | Root motion by second, third, and fourth (fifth) |
| Chromaticism | Applied Chords, Modal Mixture, Tonicization/Extended Tonicization, Modulation, Neapolitan, Augmented Sixth Chords |
| Form | Binary, Ternary, Rondo, Sonata, Fugue, Variations, Strophic |
Music Theory Examples by Black Composers 