Basics
  • INTRODUCTION: What is Music Theory?
  • What is Sound?
  • Frequency
  • Pitch
  • Relatiive vs Absolute Pitch (Perfect Pitch)
  • The Musical Alphabet
  • Time
  • Harmony and Melody
Introduction to Notation
  • Introduction to Musical Notation
  • Helmholtz Pitch Notation
  • Scientific Pitch Notation
  • Staffs and Ledger Lines
  • Treble Clef
  • Bass Clef
  • Grand Staff
  • Memorizing Bass and Treble Clef
  • Accidentals
  • Writing Accidentals on a staff Properly
Intervals
  • Scale Degrees
  • Interval Sizes by Scale Degree
  • How to Calculate Interval Sizes by using a staff (easy)
  • Compound Intervals
  • Adding Intervals
  • Half Steps and Whole Steps
  • Perfect and Major Intervals
  • Minor Intervals
  • Diminished Intervals
  • Augmented Intervals
  • Intervals Review!
  • Mod 12 System
  • Intervals on the staff, Figuring out Intervals (like a boss!)
  • Flipping the Interval
Major and Minor Scales
  • How to play any Major Scale
  • How to figure out Intervals and Scales without memorizing
  • Playing in the Scale
  • Natural Minor Scale
  • Harmonic Minor Scale
  • Melodic Minor Scale
Introduction to Chords
  • Introduction to Triads!
  • Major Triads
  • How to play Minor Triads
  • How to Play Diminished Triads
  • How to play Augmented Triads
  • Writing Triads on a Staff
  • How to Read Triads on a Staff
  • How to Play Major 7th Chords
  • How to Play Dominant 7th Chords
  • How to Play Minor 7th Chords
  • How to Play Half Diminished 7th Chords
  • How to Play Fully Diminished 7th Chords
  • How to Play Every Triad and 7th Chord!
  • Practice with 7th Chords!
  • Different Ways to Play Chords
  • Chord Notation
Introduction to Time signature
  • 4/4 Common Time Signature
Key Signatures and the Circle of 5ths
  • Introduction to Key Signatures
  • Introduction to the Circle of 5ths Part 1
  • Introduction to the Circle of 5ths Part 2
  • Circle of Fifths
  • Creating Scales using the Circle of 5ths!
  • How to Recreate the Circle of 5ths from Memory
  • Minor Scales on the Circle of Fifths
  • How to Find Relative Minor Scales
  • Chromatic Scale and Whole Tone Scale
Reading Music
  • Tempo and BPM (Beats Per Minute)
  • How to Draw Notes
  • Whole, Half, Quarter, 8th, 16th and 32nd Notes
  • Whole, Half, Quarter, 8th, 16 and 32nd Rests
  • How to Count 8ths and 16ths!
  • Subdivision
  • Musical Fractions and Inserting Barlines
  • Dotted Notes
  • Double Dotted Notes
  • Ties and Slurs
  • Introduction to Tuplets
  • Triplets! How to Read and Play Them
  • Understanding Swing
  • Polyrhythm
  • Time Signatures
  • Cut Time Break Down
  • Compound Time Signatures
  • Twos and Fours in Compound Time
  • Asymmetric Time Signatures
  • Tempo Terms
  • Dynamic Markings, Forte, Piano, etc
  • Crescendos and Decrescendos
  • Important Tempo Terms
  • More Important Terms
  • Music Structure (Dai Segno and Da Capo)
  • Repeats
Chord Progression
  • Scale Degrees and Chord Progression