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OVERVIEW

Music Theory Course - OVERVIEW 

PART 1 - FUNDAMENTALS

Lesson 0: Making Your Own Music 

Lesson 1: How to See Sound 

Lesson 2: Notes and Intervals 

Lesson 3: Visible Relationships 

Lesson 4: Scale Degrees 

PART 2 - CHORDS

Lesson 5: How to Build Chords 

Lesson 6: Chord Progressions 

Lesson 7: How Chords Function 

Lesson 8: Exploring Harmonic Space 

PART 3 - TIME

Lesson 9: Music = Space + Time

Lesson 10: How Notation Works

Lesson 11: The History of Notation 

GENERAL

Is Music Really Invisible?

The 5 Steps to ColorMusic

The 3 Most Important Patterns

What Geometry Sounds Like

The Biggest Challenge to Learning Music Theory 

Why Use Shapes and Colors? 

Colors and Shapes Explained

How to Keep Music Theory Manageable 

Role of Theory in Songwriting 

NOTES

The Major Scale Informs the Vocabulary of Music

Guide to Note Names in Music 

Making Sense of Musical Labels 

Enharmonic Note Names 

INTERVALS

Interval Names in Music 

Scale Degrees (in all keys) 

The 6 Geometric Patterns 

The Symmetry of Music 

The Geometry of Music Applied 

The Geometric Symmetry of Music

The Spiral of Compound Intervals

GENERAL

Where to Get Labels

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 Fretboard Map

Interval Symmetry (summary)

Guitar - Intervals 1 and #4/b5 

Guitar - Intervals 4 and 5 

Guitar - Intervals 3 and b6 

Guitar - Intervals b3 and 6

Guitar - Intervals 2 and b7 

Guitar - Intervals b2 and 7 

GUITAR KEYS

Guitar - Interval Patterns

Guitar - Key of C 

Guitar - Key of G 

Guitar - Key of D 

Guitar - Key of A

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) 

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 ChordMap™ is Available!

ChordMap™ Quick Start

Introducing the ChordMap™

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) 

Circle of Fifths - all keys 

Circle of Fifths (symmetry) 

Spirals in the Circle of Fifths 

Spirals in the Circle of Fifths (diagrams) 

GUITAR

Guitar Chords - Circle of Fifths

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

Circle of FIFTHS and THIRDS

Circles of Fifths and Thirds - summary 

Circle of FIFTHS vs. Circle of THIRDS 

The Circle of Fifths - and Extended Chords 

The Circle of Thirds (Ionian)

FORMULA TABLES

Key of C

GUITAR

Guitar Scales for Beginners (music theory)

D Dorian on the Guitar

The Pentatonic Scales

GENERAL

The 4 Most Basic Types of Chords

The 4 MOST IMPORTANT Chords 

The Hidden Symmetry of Chords

Roman Numerals Explained

Playing with the ChordMap

Chord Theory Videos

EXTENDED CHORDS

Intro to Seventh Chords

Intro the Extended Chords 

Finding Extended Chords in a Key

Extended chords - C Ionian

PREOGRESSIONS

Progressions are like Melodies

I-V-vi-IV progressions (all keys)

Harmony Videos

RELATIVE MODES

Relative Mode Tables

The 7 Relative Modes (pitch space)

Modes Videos

PARALLEL MODES

The 7 Parallel Modes (table)

Parallel Modes and the Connections between Keys

Circle of Fifths - modes intro

Parallel Mode Labels

Modes - Relative vs. Parallel

Intro to Modes in the Circle of Fifths

C Parallel Modes 

IONIAN

Ionian Mode Chords (table)

DORIAN

Dorian Mode Chords (table)

Intro to the Dorian Mode

Dorian Mode Patterns (piano)

Dorian Mode Chords (quick overview)

Extended Chords - D Dorian

Dorian Mode Progressions

PHRYGIAN

Phrygian Mode Chords (table)

Intro to the Phrygian Mode

Phrygian Mode (piano)

Phrygian Dominant Chords

LYDIAN

Lydian Mode Chords (table)

GENERAL

Chord Theory and Songwriting 

Song Sections Explained

Balance in a Song 

Intro to Cadences

Song Structure Videos

Song Insight Videos

THE BEATLES

In My Life - The Beatles

All My Loving - The Beatles

Tell Me Why - The Beatles

Music Vocab and John Lennon 

OTHER

Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley

Daydream Believer (The Monkees)

Birdhouse in Your Soul (intro)

Ed Sheeran's Songwriting Trick

How to Write a Good Love Song

Despacito + Shivers (mashup)

All I Want for Christmas is You 

Winter Wonderland

PIANO KEYBOARD

Where to Get Labels

Just Got Piano Labels - What's Next?

How to Apply ColorMusic Piano Labels

PIANO CHORDS

Basic Piano Chords - Ionian 

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) 

Piano - Chords in the Key of Bb (Ionian) 

Piano - Chords in the Key of F (Ionian) 

OVERVIEW

How to Play ANY Instruments 

Instrument Charts Intro 

STRINGED INSTRUMENTS

Banjo finger chart 

Mandolin finger chart

Bass Guitar finger chart

KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS

Vibraphone note chart 

Glockenspiel note chart

WIND INSTRUMENTS

Euphonium finger chart 

Clarinet finger chart

UKULELE CHORDS

Ukulele Chords - Ionian (right-handed)

GUITAR

Guitar for Beginners book (RIGHT-handed) 

Guitar for Beginners book (LEFT-handed) 

PIANO

Piano for Beginners book 

UKULELE

Ukulele for Beginners book (RIGHT-handed) 

Ukulele for Beginners book (LEFT-handed) 

GENERAL

Answers to 5 Common Questions 

Theory, Compound Intervals, and Extended Chords 

The Art and Science of Music 

Harmony, Modulation, and Composition 

Chords in a Key, and Voice Leading 

Circle of Fifths, Escher, and Origins 

M.C. Escher 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 

Community Updates / Q&A 

Updates / Q&A 

Guitar ChordMap 

Office Hours Q&A 

Open Office Hour Q&A 2 

Open Hour 3 

Open Hour 4 

Open Hour 5 

Open Hour Q&A 6 

Open Hour Q&A 7 

Open Hour Q&A 8a 

Open Hour Q&A 8b (resumed) 

Open Hour 10  

Open Hour Q&A 11 

Music astrology ... sort of 

Open Hour Q&A 12 

Open Hour Q&A 13 

Updates Live Stream

The NEW Website

GENERAL

You Don't Need Music Notation 

Music Theory vs. Notation 

PITCH

What the Clefs REALLY Mean

CONTACT:  mycolormusic@gmail.com

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