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Music Theory Comprehensive Complete! (Parts 1, 2, & 3) by Udemy
A Complete College-Level Music Theory Curriculum. **IAOMEI Certified**
Course Highlights
- Read Music Using Proven Techniques
- Understand All the Symbols (Not Only the Notes) of a Music Score
- Read, Play, and Count Rhythms Accurately
- The elements of the Score
- Pitch Names
- Pitch Classes
- Octaves
- The White Keys
- The Black Keys (not the band!)
- Half-Steps and Whole-Steps
- Clefs
- Intervals
- Naming Octaves
- Identifying Notes on the Staff
- Identifying Notes on the Keyboard
- Beat and Beat Divisions
- Tempo
- Downbeats and Upbeats
- Dotted Rhythms
- Time Signatures
- Ties
- Accidentals
- Form in Music Notation
- Chromatic and Diatonic scales
- Ordered Pitch Class Collections
- The pattern of a Major Scale
- Scale Degrees
- Solfege
- Writing melodies with major scales
- Analyzing melodies
- What it means to be "in key"
- Key signatures
- How to identify key signatures
- Popular song analysis
- Building triads (chords)
- Diatonic chord progressions
- Roman numeral analysis
- Inversions
- Finding chords by formula
- The thirds inside of a chord
- Finding fifths by finding thirds
- Diminished triads
- Augmented triads
- Chords on the guitar
- Full Analysis: Canon in D (Pachabel)
- Full Analysis: Minuet in G (Bach)
- 7th Chords
- Major 7th Chords
- Minor 7th Chords
- Dominant 7th Chords
- Tendency Chords
- Using the Circle of Fifths for Songwriting and Composition
- Borrowing from Closely Related Keys
- Scale Degree Names
- Tendency Tones
- Compound Meters
- Compound Meter Signatures
- Reading and Writing Compound Meters
- Triplets, dubplets, and Quadruplets
- Finding Minor keys by alternations to Major
- Patterns in Minor keys
- Relative Minor keys
- Parallel Minor keys
- Minor keys in the Circle of Fifths
- Using Minor Keys for Songwriting and Composition
- Diatonic Chord Progressions in Minor
- The V Chord and Minor and the Leading Tone Problem
- Harmonic Minor Scales
- Melodic Minor Scales
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
8 Topics
Welcome & Overview
My Approach To Music Theory
Tools You Will Need For This Course
Update! MuseScore 3.0
Download: Staff Paper
About Notation Software Programs
Asking Questions
A Really Big Table of Contents
5 Topics
The Elements of the Score
Pitch Names
Pitch Classes
Octaves
Worksheet No. 1 (DOWNLOAD)
6 Topics
Why We Use a Keyboard
The White Keys
The Black Keys (Not the band...)
Half-Steps and Whole-Steps
A Little Review of What We've Learned So Far
Worksheet No. 2 (DOWNLOAD)
8 Topics
Staff Overview
Clefs
Treble Clef Refresher
Naming Notes and Intervals
Octave Names
UPDATE: Naturals
Update: Key Signatures
Worksheet No. 3 (DOWNLOAD)
9 Topics
Rhythmic Subdivisions
Download: A helpful PDF
Dots
Rests
Time Signatures
Ties
UPDATE! Triplets
Languages
Worksheet No. 5 (DOWNLOAD)
4 Topics
Dynamics and Repeats
Accidental Behavior and Naturals
Form
Worksheet No. 6 (DOWNLOAD)
3 Topics
Places to Find Scores Online
Tips for Practicing Notes and Rhythms
A Bunch of Practice Music! (DOWNLOAD)
1 Topic
Thanks & Bye! (For now!)
3 Topics
Welcome & Overview
Tools we will use in this course
DOWNLOAD: Staff Paper
4 Topics
What are scales and why do we care?
Definitions: Chromatic and Diatonic
Ordered Pitch Class Collections
Chromatic Scales
5 Topics
The Whole-Half Pattern
Scale degrees and Tonic
Scale Degrees and Solfege
How to Practice
DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 1
4 Topics
Using major scales (writing a melody)
Melody Analysis
What does it mean to be "in key"?
DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 2
4 Topics
Major Key overview
What is a key signature?
Identifying key signatures
DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 3
9 Topics
What are chords?
Song analysis
Triads
Building Triads
The Diatonic Chord Progression
Inversions
Roman Numerals
Song analysis version 2
DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 4
5 Topics
The inside of a triad
The third holds the power
Finding chords by half-step
Finding fifths by thirds
DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 5
5 Topics
Diminished Triads
Augmented Triads
Adding more octaves to triads
Chords on the Guitar
DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 6
9 Topics
Analysis Overview
Analysis: Canon in D (Pachabel)
Non-Chord Tones
Minuet in G File
Analysis: Minuet in G (Bach) - Part 1
Analysis: Minuet in G (Bach) - Part 2
Analysis: Minuet in G (Bach) - Part 3
DOWNLOAD: PDF of full Analysis
DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 7
8 Topics
What are 7th Chords?
The 4 Types of 7th Chords
Major 7th Chords
Minor 7th Chords
Blues and the Dominant 7th Chord
DOWNLOAD: PDF of Minuet in G including 7th Chords
7th Chord reference sheet
DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 8
2 Topics
What comes next?
Thanks & Bye!
3 Topics
Welcome & Overview (Part 3)
Tools We Will Use in this Course
[DOWNLOAD] Blank Staff Paper
3 Topics
Keys and Key Signatures
Diatonic Chord Progressions
Tendency Chords and the V Chord
3 Topics
The Circle of Fifths
Using the Circle of Fifths for Songwriting and Composition
Borrowing from Closely Related Keys
4 Topics
Why Do We have Scale Degree Names?
The Scale Degree Names
Tendency Tones and Direction
[DOWNLOAD] Worksheet No. 1
5 Topics
Definitions of Compound Meters
Compound Meter Signatures
Another Perspective
Example Piece
[DOWNLOAD] Worksheet No. 2
3 Topics
Triplets: When Rhythms Don't Fit Into the Grid
How Triplets Work
Other Tuplets
9 Topics
Minor Keys Overview
Alternations to Major
Whole-Half Pattern
Relative Minor
Parallel Minor
A Few Bonus Videos
Natural Minor Scales
Keys and Scales
[DOWNLOAD] Worksheet 3
3 Topics
Minor keys and the Circle of Fifths
New Circle of Fifths Graphics
More Options for Closely Related Keys
5 Topics
Why we care about Diatonic Chord Progressions
The Pattern
Diatonic Chord Progressions in Relative Keys
Diatonic Chord Progression in Minor - The V Chord and the Leading Tone
[DOWNLOAD] Worksheet No. 4
6 Topics
The Three Types of Minor Scales
The Harmonic Minor Scale
The Melodic Minor Scale
Example: Greensleeves
Comparing the Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales
[DOWNLOAD] Worksheet No. 5
7 Topics
Analysis Overview
[DOWNLOAD] Greensleeves Score
Greensleeves Analysis
[DOWNLOAD] PDF of my Analysis
[DOWNLOAD] The Scientist Score
The Scientist Analysis
[DOWNLOAD] PDF of my Analysis
4 Topics
My Latest String Quartet
What next?
Thats all for now!
Bonus Lecture: Discount Offers & Mailing List
Music Theory Comprehensive Complete! (Parts 1, 2, & 3)
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