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OVERVIEW
Music Theory Course - OVERVIEW
PART 1 - FUNDAMENTALS
Lesson 0: Making Your Own Music
Lesson 3: Visible Relationships
PART 2 - CHORDS
Lesson 8: Exploring Harmonic Space
PART 3 - TIME
Lesson 9: Music = Space + Time
Lesson 11: The History of Notation
PART 4 - COMPOSITION
Lesson 12: The Layers of Music
Lesson 13: The Art of Songwriting
Lesson 14: How to Structure Songs
Lesson 15: The Power of Perspective
PART 5 - IMPROVISATION
Lesson 16: The Fretboard Matrix
GENERAL
How (NOT) to Learn Music Theory
The Biggest Challenge to Learning Music Theory
How to Keep Music Theory Manageable
Do You Really NEED Music Theory?
NOTES
The Major Scale Informs the Vocabulary of Music
Making Sense of Musical Labels
INTERVALS
The Hidden Symmetry of Music Theory
The Geometric Symmetry of Music
GENERAL
Just Got Guitar Labels - What's Next?
How to Apply ColorMusic Guitar Labels
The 3 Essential Patterns (concentric rings)
At the Intersection of Infinite Patterns
GUITAR FRETBOARD
The Guitar's Standard Tuning - EXPLAINED
Guitar - Intervals 1 and #4/b5
GUITAR KEYS
GUITAR CHORDS
CAGED Guitar Chords (right-handed)
Basic Guitar Chords - Ionian (right-handed)
Basic Guitar Chords - Ionian (left-handed)
How to Play CHORDS using SCALES
Guitar - Chords in the Key of Gb (Ionian)
Guitar - Chords in the Key of Db (Ionian)
Guitar - Chords in the Key of Ab (Ionian)
Guitar - CHords in the Key of Eb (Ionian)
Guitar - Chords in the Key of Bb (Ionian)
Guitar - Chords in the Key of F (Ionian)
GUITAR CHORD PROGRESSIONS
Guitar - F Ionian Progression (I-iii-vi-V)
Guitar - Chord Progressions (Ionian)
GUITAR CHORD INVERSIONS
Key of C - Chord Inversions (Guitar)
Key of G - Chord Inversions (Guitar)
Key of D - Chord Inversion (Guitar)
Key of A - Chord Inversions (Guitar)
Key of E - Chord Inversions (Guitar)
GUITAR RELATIVE MODE CHORDS
C Relative Modes - Guitar Chords
G Relative Modes - Guitar Chords
D Relative Modes - Guitar Chords
A Relative Modes - Guitar Chords
E Relative Modes - Guitar Chords
B Relative Modes - Guitar Chords
GENERAL
The Circle of Fifths - What it Really Is (and Isn't)
Chord Names in the Circle of Fifths
Why the Circle of Fifths is Important
The Ring of Scales (circle of fifths)
Circle of Fifths - chord diagram (letters)
Spirals in the Circle of Fifths
Spirals in the Circle of Fifths (diagrams)
Changing Keys - Can't Help Falling in Love
GUITAR
Guitar Chords - Circle of Fifths
Circle of Fifths - Guitar Lesson
Left-handed Guitar - Circle of Fifths
PIANO
The Piano Ring (circle of fifths)
Circle of Fifths - Keyboard and Colors
CIRCLE OF THIRDS
Circles of Fifths and Thirds - summary
Circle of FIFTHS vs. Circle of THIRDS
GENERAL
The 4 Most Basic Types of Chords
Songwriting with Chord Substitutions
Playing with Chord Substitutions
Chord Names and Numbers Explained
Chord Symmetry in Music (and what it means)
EXTENDED CHORDS
How to Make Boring Chords Sound Better
Finding Extended Chords in a Key
PROGRESSIONS
Progressions are like Melodies
RELATIVE MODES
Relative Modes (tables and fretboards)
The 7 Relative Modes (pitch space)
Morphing Music with Modes - Pachelbel's Canon
PARALLEL MODES
Parallel Modes and the Connections between Keys
Circle of Fifths - modes intro
Intro to Modes in the Circle of Fifths
IONIAN
DORIAN
Dorian Mode Chords (quick overview)
PHRYGIAN
LYDIAN
GENERAL
Songwriting Tip - Starting with Lyrics
The Link Between Melodies and Chords
How Cadences Work (music theory)
Exploring Harmonic Space in the Circle of Fifths
The Circle of Fifths for Songwriting
Writing Songs with the Circle of Fifths
Using This Pattern to Write Chord Progressions
They Wrote This Song Using the Circle of Fifths
Dorian Vamp Geometry (diagrams)
Borrowed Chords (song diagrams)
OTHER
Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Daydream Believer (The Monkees)
Birdhouse in Your Soul (intro)
Ed Sheeran's Songwriting Trick
All I Want for Christmas is You
All I Want for Christmas is You (guitar diagrams)
Winter Wonderland (guitar chords)
Songwriting Tricks - Sting and The Police
Every Breath You Take (The Police)
Circles of Thirds and Fifths in Songwriting
Wonderful Christmastime - Paul McCartney
House of the Rising Sun - music theory
My Sweet Lord (George Harrison)
Master Songs with the Circle of Fifths
PIANO KEYBOARD
Just Got Piano Labels - What's Next?
How to Apply ColorMusic Piano Labels
PIANO CHORDS
Piano - Chord Progressions (Ionian)
C Ionian - Chord Formula (I Root)
Easy Trick to Play Piano Chords
PIANO KEYS
Piano - Chords in the Key of C (Ionian)
Piano - Chords in the Key of G (Ionian)
Piano - Chords in the Key of D (Ionian)
Piano - Chords in the Key of A (Ionian)
Piano - Chords in the Key of E (Ionian)
Piano - Chords in the Key of B (Ionian)
Piano - Chords in the Key of Gb (Ionian)
Piano - Chords in the Key of Db (Ionian)
Piano - Chords in the Key of Ab (Ionian)
Piano - Chords in the Key of Eb (Ionian)
UKULELE CHORDS
OVERVIEW
STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS
WIND INSTRUMENTS
GENERAL
Theory, Compound Intervals, and Extended Chords
Harmony, Modulation, and Composition
Chords in a Key, and Voice Leading
Circle of Fifths, Escher, and Origins
Leonardo da VInci and Music Theory
Piano Progressions, Diagram Evolution, and 4 Chords
Did the Beatles Know Music Theory?
The Beatles and the Circular Nature of Music
Inspiration ... and what to do with it
September 2023 (Updates, Lesson 14)
