MUSIC THEORY

Reading Notation: Bass Clef and Note Duration

Why Read Notation? Many professional musicians are quoted saying that they do not know how to read music or that they do not music theory. That might seem glamorous, not knowing theory and being a pro. However, if you want to be a pro, you will most likely benefit from knowing theory and notation. Reading…

Reading Notation: Introduction

Why Read Notation? Many professional musicians are quoted saying that they do not know how to read music or that they do not music theory. That might seem glamorous, not knowing theory and being a pro. However, if you want to be a pro, you will most likely benefit from knowing theory and notation. Reading…

Other Seventh Chords

In a past blog post, I discussed the dominant seventh chord; what it is, how it’s formed, and when it’s used. In this blog, you’ll learn about the other forms of seventh chords along with examples of them being used.

Dominant Seventh Chords

Seventh Chords A seventh chord is a chord formed from a triad and an interval of a seventh above the chord’s root note. A “seventh chord” most often refers to a dominant seventh chord. There are many different types of seventh chords, however. Often a seventh chord was used to emphasize a movement towards another…

Neapolitan Chords

Two of everyone’s favorite things are ice cream and music. So the “coolest chord name ever” award is definitely given to Neapolitan chords. Sadly, it is not named after the type of ice cream though. In this lesson, you’ll learn everything you need to know about this tasty chord as well as hear some examples…

The Blues Scale

The term “blues scale” describes a few different scales actually. In this lesson, we focus on the most common form, the hexatonic (six note) blues scale which is a minor pentatonic scale with an added flattened (lowered) fifth degree. If you don’t know the pentatonic scale yet, don’t worry. Everything you need to know about…

Intervals

Often music theory can seem like math, it seems difficult to learn and put to use. Learning intervals is an important step in music theory, however. It’s also not that difficult! Intervals help you understand the major scale, keys, chords, the circle of fifths, and much more. They can also be used to describe dissonance…

The Circle Of Fifths

The circle of fifths, not to be confused with the circle of death, is often viewed as too confusing and too complicated to learn. There are a bunch of seemingly random letters on a shape. These letters are not random and the circle of fifths is not all that hard to learn. After reading this…

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