Music Theory Comprehensive Complete! (Parts 1, 2, & 3)

U1: Getting Started

• 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
• A Really Big Table of Contents

U2: All The Little Dots

• The Elements of the Score
• Pitch Names
• Pitch Classes
• Octaves
• Worksheet No. 1 (DOWNLOAD)

U3: The Keyboard Layout

• 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)

U4: Pitch Notation on the Staff

• Staff Overview
• Clefs
• Treble Clef Refresher
• Naming Notes and Intervals
• Octave Names
• UPDATE: Naturals
• Update: Key Signatures
• Worksheet No. 3 (DOWNLOAD)

U5: Notating time on a Musical Staff

• Rhythmic Subdivisions
• Download: A helpful PDF
• Dots
• Rests
• Time Signatures
• Ties
• Languages
• Worksheet No. 5 (DOWNLOAD)

U6: Score Symbols and Conventions

• Dynamics and Repeats
• Accidental Behavior and Naturals
• Form
• Worksheet No. 6 (DOWNLOAD)

U7: Putting it All Together

• Places to Find Scores Online
• Tips for Practicing Notes and Rhythms
• A Bunch of Practice Music! (DOWNLOAD)

U8: Part 1: Wrap Up

• Thanks & Bye! (For now!)

U9: Music Theory Comprehensive: Part 2- Chords, Scales, & Keys - Introduction

• Welcome & Overview
• Tools we will use in this course
• DOWNLOAD: Staff Paper

U10: Chromatic & Diatonic Scales

• What are scales, and why do we care?
• Definitions: Chromatic and Diatonic
• Ordered Pitch Class Collections
• Chromatic Scales

U11: The Major Scale

• The Whole-Half Pattern
• Scale degrees and Tonic
• Scale Degrees and Solfege
• How to Practice
• DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 1

U12: Scales and Keys

• Using major scales (writing a melody)
• Melody Analysis
• What does it mean to be "in key"?
• DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 2

U13: Major Keys

• Major Key overview
• What is a key signature?
• Identifying key signatures
• DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 3

U14: Chords!

• What are chords?
• Song analysis
• Triads
• Building Triads
• The Diatonic Chord Progression
• Inversions
• Roman Numerals
• Song analysis, version 2
• DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 4

U15: Dissecting Triads

• The inside of a triad
• The third holds the power
• Finding chords by half-step
• Finding fifths by thirds
• DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 5

U16: More with Triads

• Diminished Triads
• Augmented Triads
• Adding more octaves to triads
• Chords on the Guitar
• DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 6

U17: Pieces for Analysis

• 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

U18: 7th Chords

• 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

U19: Welcome & Overview

• Welcome & Overview 
• Tools We Will Use in this Course
• [DOWNLOAD] Blank Staff Paper

U20: Review

• Keys and Key Signatures
• Diatonic Chord Progressions
• Tendency Chords and the V Chord

U21: The Circle of Fifths

• The Circle of Fifths
• Using the Circle of Fifths for Songwriting and Composition
• Borrowing from Closely Related Keys

U22: Scale Degree Names

• Why Do We have Scale Degree Names?
• The Scale Degree Names
• Tendency Tones and Direction
• [DOWNLOAD] Worksheet No. 1

U23: Compound Meters

• Definitions of Compound Meters
• Compound Meter Signatures
• Another Perspective
• Example Piece
• [DOWNLOAD] Worksheet No. 2

U24: Triplets, Duplets, and Quadruplets

• Triplets: When Rhythms Don't Fit Into the Grid
• How Triplets Work
• Other Tuplets

U25: Minor Keys

• 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

U26: Minor Keys and the Circle of Fifths

• Minor keys and the Circle of Fifths
• New Circle of Fifths Graphics
• More Options for Closely Related Keys

U27: Diatonic Chord Progressions in Minor

• 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

U28: Minor Scale Variations: Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales

• 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

U29: Analysis

• Analysis Overview
• [DOWNLOAD] Greensleeves Score
• Greensleeves Analysis
• [DOWNLOAD] PDF of my Analysis
• [DOWNLOAD] The Scientist Score
• The Scientist Analysis
• [DOWNLOAD] PDF of my Analysis

U30: Wrap Up

• What next?
• Thats all for now!

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