Music Theory – Beginner
Comprehensive Music Theory – Learn Music Theory for Harmonium, Guitar, Violin, etc.
If you don’t know music theory, or if you have tried learning on your own and found it to be super confusing and difficult to understand, then let me reassure you that you have nothing to worry about; follow me, and I will be your humble tour guide into the crazy world of music.
What you’ll learn
- How to read music
- Understand rhythm
- What are scales
- What are semitones & whole tones
- What are accidentals
- Major & Minor scales
- What is key signature
- Determining the key signature for scales
- Finding the key
- Chromatic scales
- Whole tone scales
- Pentatonic scales
- The blues scales
- Octatonic scales
- What are modes
- Simple time
- Simple duple, triple, and quadruple time
- Compound time
- Compound duple, triple, and quadruple time
- Hybrid meters
- Triplets
- What are chords
- Intervals
- Major & minor chords
- The dominant 7th chord
- The diminished 7th chord
- What are cadences
- Perfect cadence
- Plagal cadence
- Imperfect cadence
- Transposition
- Transposing to another clef
- Transposing to a new key
- Transposing for other instruments
- Short score Vs open score
- Writing Melody
- Writing a response to the melody
- Key terms to know
Who this course is for:
- This course is for people who have little to no knowledge of Music Theory
- For people who tried learning Music Theory on their own but struggled with some of the confusing and tough concepts
- For all music lovers; whether you play the piano, the guitar, the violin, some other instrument, or even if you don’t play any instruments… there’s something for everyone here
- Those who want to learn how music works and how it is constructed at a core level
- Those who want to write their own songs, or learn how others go about writing their songs
Section 1: Introduction & Reading Music
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2. Reading Music – Staff & Clefs
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3. Reading Music – Length of Notes
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4. Reading Music – Time Stamps
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5. Reading Music – Other Elements
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6. Reading Music – Piano Score (The Grand Staff)
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7. Reading Music – Understanding Rhythm
Section 2: Major & Minor Scales - Music Theory
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8. What are Scales?
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9. Semitones, Whole Tones, & Accidentals
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10. Major Scales
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11. Minor Scales
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Quiz 1: Scales Quiz
Section 3: Key Signatures In Depth - Music Theory
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12. Reviewing Accidentals + Introducing Key Signature
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13. Determining the Key Signature for Scales
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14. Finding the Key of a Melody
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Quiz 2: Key Signature Quiz
No there is no prior experience required
All the basics will be covered in the course
