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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