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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
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
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
GENERAL
The Circle of Fifths - What it Really Is (and Isn't)
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
SONGWRITING
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
CIRCLE OF THIRDS
Circles of Fifths and Thirds - summary
Circle of FIFTHS vs. Circle of THIRDS
GENERAL
Songwriting Tip - Starting with Lyrics
The Link Between Melodies and Chords
THE BEATLES
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
Songwriting Tricks - Sting and The Police
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)
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)
OVERVIEW
STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS
WIND INSTRUMENTS
UKULELE CHORDS
GENERAL
Theory, Compound Intervals, and Extended Chords
Harmony, Modulation, and Composition
Chords in a Key, and Voice Leading
Circle of Fifths, Escher, and Origins
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
