Category: Music Theory

Music Theory

Triads From The Major Scale

MUSIC THEORY • Lesson 11 Triads from the Major Scale Stack 1, 3, and 5 to build chords. Learn major, minor, and diminished. Start simple

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Scale Degrees

MUSIC THEORY • Lesson 10 Scale Degrees Number every note in the major scale. Learn the classic names. See why numbers let you move in

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Major Scale Pattern

Audio 0:06 On our last video we learned about the major scale, specifically the C major scale, which goes like this. We are going to

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Octave

Audio Quick reminder about octaves. In music, an Octave is the interval between one musical pitch and another with double its frequency. Here is an

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Major Scale

Audio a Scale is any set of musical notes ordered by fundamental frequency or pitch. A scale ordered by increasing pitch is an ascending scale,

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Semitones

Audio Understand Semitones. A Semitone, also called a half step or a halftone, is the smallest musical interval. The interval between two adjacent notes in a

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Whole Tone

Audio Understand Whole Tones. A Whole Tone, also called a whole step, is the interval movement of two semitones moved apart to the left or

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Flats

Audio What is a Flat? In music notation, a Flat is when you go down in pitch. In reference detail, you are “lowering” the note

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Sharps

Audio When you have memorized the white keys, it is important to understand the concept of the black keys and their relation to the white

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Notes and Pitch

Audio Now that we know that the 7 Letters used in music are A, B, C, D, E, F, G.  Let’s go over some examples