Getting Started
  • Welcome & Overview
  • My Approach To Music Theory
  • Tools You Will Need For This Course
  • Update! MuseScore 3.0
  • Download: Staff Paper
  • About Notation Software Programs
  • Asking Questions
  • A Really Big Table of Contents
All The Little Dots
  • The Elements of the Score
  • Pitch Names
  • Pitch Classes
  • Octaves
  • Worksheet No. 1 (DOWNLOAD)
The Keyboard Layout
  • Why We Use a Keyboard
  • The White Keys
  • The Black Keys (Not the band...)
  • Half-Steps and Whole-Steps
  • A Little Review of What We've Learned So Far
  • Worksheet No. 2 (DOWNLOAD)
Pitch Notation on the Staff
  • Staff Overview
  • Clefs
  • Treble Clef Refresher
  • Naming Notes and Intervals
  • Octave Names
  • UPDATE: Naturals
  • Update: Key Signatures
  • Worksheet No. 3 (DOWNLOAD)
Notating time on a Musical Staff
  • Rhythmic Subdivisions
  • Download: A helpful PDF
  • Dots
  • Rests
  • Time Signatures
  • Ties
  • UPDATE! Triplets
  • Languages
  • Worksheet No. 5 (DOWNLOAD)
Score Symbols and Conventions
  • Dynamics and Repeats
  • Accidental Behavior and Naturals
  • Form
  • Worksheet No. 6 (DOWNLOAD)
Putting it All Together
  • Places to Find Scores Online
  • Tips for Practicing Notes and Rhythms
  • A Bunch of Practice Music! (DOWNLOAD)
Part 1: Wrap Up
  • Thanks & Bye! (For now!)
Music Theory Comprehensive: Part 2 - Chords, Scales, & Keys - Introduction
  • Welcome & Overview
  • Tools we will use in this course
  • DOWNLOAD: Staff Paper
Chromatic & Diatonic Scales
  • What are scales, and why do we care?
  • Definitions: Chromatic and Diatonic
  • Ordered Pitch Class Collections
  • Chromatic Scales
The Major Scale
  • The Whole-Half Pattern
  • Scale degrees and Tonic
  • Scale Degrees and Solfege
  • How to Practice
  • DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 1
Scales and Keys
  • Using major scales (writing a melody)
  • Melody Analysis
  • What does it mean to be "in key"?
  • DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 2
Major Keys
  • Major Key overview
  • What is a key signature?
  • Identifying key signatures
  • DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 3
Chords!
  • What are chords?
  • Song analysis
  • Triads
  • Building Triads
  • The Diatonic Chord Progression
  • Inversions
  • Roman Numerals
  • Song analysis, version 2
  • DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 4
Dissecting Triads
  • The inside of a triad
  • The third holds the power
  • Finding chords by half-step
  • Finding fifths by thirds
  • DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 5
More with Triads
  • Diminished Triads
  • Augmented Triads
  • Adding more octaves to triads
  • Chords on the Guitar
  • DOWNLOAD: Worksheet No. 6
Pieces for Analysis