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List of Lessons
Basics of Music logo
List of Lessons
Pitch
1
Intro to Notation
2
The Musical Alphabet
3
The Staff and Clefs
4
Remembering Treble Clef Notes
5
Remembering Bass Clef Notes
6
Ledger Lines
7
The Grand Staff
8
Scientific Pitch Notation for Octaves
9
Accidentals
10
The C Clef
11
Remembering Alto Clef Notes
12
Remembering Tenor Clef Notes
Duration and Tempo
1
Anatomy of Notes and Rhythm
2
Compare Durations with a Grid
3
The Rest: Notating Silence
4
Drawing Stems, Flags, and Beams
5
Dots and Ties
6
Tempo
Meter
1
Beat and Meter
2
Reading Musical Time: Time Signatures, Measures, and Barlines
3
Playing Simple Rhythms
4
Playing Eighth Notes
5
Playing Dotted Quarters
6
Intro to Compound Meter
7
Playing Basic Compound Rhythms
8
More Common Compound Rhythms
The Piano Keyboard
1
The Piano Keyboard
2
The Piano Keyboard: Steps and the Black Keys
Major Scales and Key Signatures
1
The Major Scale
2
Intro to Notating Scales
3
The Key Signature
4
The Circle of Fifths
5
Key Signatures: Reading Notes in Context
Minor Scales and Key Signatures
1
The Minor Scale
2
Relative Major and Minor
3
Adding Minor to the Circle of Fifths
4
Intro to Minor Variants and Harmonic Minor
5
Melodic Minor
6
Melodic Minor in Context
7
Parallel Minor
8
Recognizing Major and Minor Scales
9
Key Signatures: Scales in Context
Intervals
1
Intro to Intervals: Size
2
Interval Families
3
Major and Minor 2nds and 3rds
4
Quality for 4ths and 5ths
5
Major and Minor 6ths and 7ths
6
Augmented and Diminished for Major/Minor Intervals
7
The Unison and Octave
8
The Complete Interval Chart
9
Using the Major Scale to Find Intervals
10
Interval Inversion
Chords
1
Introduction to Chords: The Triad
2
Triads: Augmented and Diminished
3
Using the Major Scale for Triads
4
Building Triads
5
Inverting Triads
6
Labeling Triad Positions with Figured Bass
7
Triads in a Major Key
8
Seventh Chords: Major, Minor, and Dominant
9
Seventh Chords: Half and Fully Diminished
10
Inverting Seventh Chords
11
Labeling Seventh Chord Positions with Figured Bass
12
The 12-Bar Blues
13
Chord Symbols
Guitar
1
Choosing an Instrument, Sitting Position, and Tuning
2
Terms and Symbols
3
Chord Charts Intro and a First Chord
4
The D Chord
5
The G and C Chords
6
The D7 and Em Chords
Guitar: Romanza
1
Romanza Part 1: Melody on the First String
2
Romanza Part 2: Arpeggio
3
Romanza Part 3: Adding a Bass Note
4
Romanza Part 4: The Half Bar
5
Romanza Part 5: The Full Bar
Guitar: Malagueña
1
Malagueña Part 1: Moving the E Chord
2
Malagueña Part 2: The Opening Melody
3
Malagueña Part 3: Second Phrase
4
Malagueña Part 4: Phrases 3-4
Guitar: Reading
1
The Staff and the Treble Clef
2
Remembering Treble Clef Notes
3
Notes on the First String
4
Reading on the First String, Part 1
5
Reading on the First String, Part 2
6
Notes on the Second String
7
Reading on the Second String
8
Reading on the Second String, Part 2
Guitar: Technique
1
Daily Technique 1
2
Daily Technique 2
3
Daily Technique 3
4
Daily Technique 4
Review
1
Pitch and Rhythm Review
2
Pitch Review
3
Duration Review
4
Simple and Compound Meter Review
5
Major Scales and Keys Review
6
Minor Scales and Keys Review
7
Intervals Review
8
Triad Review
9
Triad Review with Figured Bass