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Music Theory Comprehensive: Part 2 - Chords, Scales, & Keys
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Introduction
Welcome & Overview -
Tools we will use in this course
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Update! MuseScore 3.0
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DOWNLOAD: Staff Paper
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Chromatic & Diatonic ScalesWhat are scales, and why do we care?
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Definitions: Chromatic and Diatonic
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Ordered Pitch Class Collections
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Chromatic Scales
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The Major ScaleThe Whole-Half Pattern
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Scale degrees and Tonic
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Scale Degrees and Solfege
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How to Practice
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DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 1
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Scales and KeysUsing major scales (writing a melody)
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Melody Analysis
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What does it mean to be "in key"?
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DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 2
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Major KeysMajor Key overview
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What is a key signatures?
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Identifying key signatures
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DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 3
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Chords!What are chords?
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Song analysis
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Triads
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Building Triads
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The Diatonic Chord Progression
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Inversions
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Roman Numerals
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Song analysis, version 2
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DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 4
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Dissecting TriadsThe inside of a triad
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The third holds the power
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Finding chords by half-step
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Finding fifths by thirds
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DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 5
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More with TriadsDiminished Triads
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Augmented Triads
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Adding more octaves to triads
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Chords on the Guitar
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DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 6
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Pieces for AnalysisAnalysis Overview
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Analysis: Canon in D (Pachabel)
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Non-Chord Tones
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Minuet in G File
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Analysis: Minuet in G (Bach) - Part 1
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Analysis: Minuet in G (Bach) - Part 2
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Analysis: Minuet in G (Bach) - Part 3
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DOWNLOAD: PDF of full Analysis
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DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 7
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7th ChordsWhat are 7th Chords?
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The 4 Types of 7th Chords
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Major 7th Chords
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Minor 7th Chords
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Dominant 7th Chords
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DOWNLOAD: PDF of Minuet in G including 7th Chords
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Blues and the Dominant 7th Chord
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7th Chord reference sheet
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DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 8
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Wrap UpWhat comes next?
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Thanks & Bye!
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Bonus Lecture
You also can’t go wrong with some good old-fashioned staff paper.