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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
COLOR NOTATION TOOL
How to Read Music Notation (quick start)
Bach
Coldplay
Elvis Presley
Keane
Leonard Cohen
No Doubt
Radiohead
Simon & Garfunkel
The 59th Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
GENERAL INFO
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
Where to FIND Secondary Dominants
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
How (NOT) to Learn Music Theory
Circle of Fifths = Chromatic Scale
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
Music Vocabulary: Letters vs. Numbers
INTERVALS
The Hidden Symmetry of Music Theory
The Geometric Symmetry of Music
RELATIVE MODES
Relative Modes (tables and fretboards)
The 7 Relative Modes (pitch space)
Morphing Music with Modes - Pachelbel's Canon
Eb Relative Mode Chord Extensions
PARALLEL MODES
The Modal Spectrum (guitar theory)
Parallel Modes and the Connections between Keys
Circle of Fifths - modes intro
Intro to Modes in the Circle of Fifths
C Parallel - Theory, Piano, Guitar
Db Parallel - Theory, Piano, Guitar
IONIAN
C Ionian Chords (circle of thirds)
DORIAN
Dorian Mode Chords (quick overview)
PHRYGIAN
LYDIAN
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)
G Chords - Circle of Thirds (guitar)
GUITAR CHORD PROGRESSIONS
Guitar - F Ionian Progression (I-iii-vi-V)
Guitar - Chord Progressions (Ionian)
GUITAR IONIAN 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 MIXOLYDIAN INVERSIONS
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
Gb Relative Modes - Guitar Chords
Db Relative Modes - Guitar Chords
GUITAR PARALLEL MODES
GENERAL
Playing with the ChordMap (sevenths version)
Songwriting Tip - Starting with Lyrics
The Link Between Melodies and Chords
How to USE the Andalusian Cadence
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)
Ed Sheeran's Songwriting Trick
Songwriting Tricks - Sting and The Police
Circles of Thirds and Fifths in Songwriting
Master Songs with the Circle of Fifths
THE BEATLES
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
I Should Have Known Better - The Beatles
OTHER
All I Want for Christmas is You
All I Want for Christmas is You (guitar diagrams)
Another One Bites the Dust (Queen)
Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley)
Can't Help Falling (secondary dominants)
Daydream Believer (The Monkees)
Don't Look Back in Anger (Oasis)
Every Breath You Take (The Police)
Feliz Navidad (Jose Feliciano)
God Only Knows (The Beach Boys)
Happy Xmas (War is Over) - John Lennon
House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Xmas
Last Christmas (George Michael)
My Sweet Lord (George Harrison)
Wear Your Love Like Heaven (Donovan)
Winter Wonderland (guitar chords)
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)
C Ionian Chords - Circle of Fifths (guitar)
CHORD FORMULAS
EXTENDED CHORDS
How to Make Boring Chords Sound Better
Finding Extended Chords in a Key
PROGRESSIONS
Progressions are like Melodies
GENERAL
FORMULA TABLES
GUITAR
Guitar Scales for Beginners (music theory)
Major Pentatonic Scale - diagrams
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)
OVERVIEW
STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
Ukulele Chords - Ionian (right-handed)
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
The Musical Insights of Escher
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)
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