Guitar & Microsoft Excel
What you'll learn
- Grasp the Fundamentals of Music Theory: Acquire a solid understanding of essential music theory concepts as they relate to the guitar.
- Master Excel for Musical Applications: Learn to utilize Microsoft Excel as a unique and effective tool for mapping and analyzing guitar fretboard patterns.
- Construct and Navigate Guitar Fretboard Spreadsheets: Develop the skills to create detailed Excel worksheets that represent the guitar fretboard.
- Understand Open Position in the Key of C: Dive deep into the key of C in open position, gaining insights into chord constructions & scale relationships
- Analyze Chords and Scales: Explore and understand the relationship between chords and scales, enhancing your ability to analyze and interpret music.
- Improve Fretboard Visualization: Enhance your mental representation of the guitar fretboard, allowing for quicker navigation and more fluent play.
- Apply Theory to Practical Play: Translate theoretical knowledge into practical skills, improving your guitar playing and musical comprehension.
- Enhance Musical Creativity: Use your newfound knowledge and skills to experiment with and create your own musical compositions and arrangements.
- Build a Comprehensive Musical Toolbox: Equip yourself with a versatile set of skills and knowledge that can be applied across various musical genres.
- Develop a Unique Approach to Guitar Learning: Experience a novel and engaging method of learning guitar theory, setting a strong foundation.
- Navigate and Customize the Provided Excel Worksheet: Learn to effectively use and modify the provided Excel worksheet for your own musical practice.
Requirements
- Familiarity with Excel: While advanced Excel skills are not required, a basic understanding of how to navigate and use Microsoft Excel will be helpful. Participants should know how to open and save files, enter data into cells, and navigate between different parts of the worksheet.
- Access to a Guitar: Participants need to have a guitar available for practice and application of the concepts taught in the course.
- Access to Microsoft Excel: A computer with Microsoft Excel installed is required to participate in the course and complete the exercises.
- Openness to Learning: A willingness to learn and an open mind are crucial, as this course takes a unique approach to guitar theory.
- Commitment to Practice: As with any musical endeavor, regular practice is key to understanding and mastering the concepts taught in the course.
- Internet Connection: If the course is taken online, a stable internet connection is required to access course materials and participate in any live sessions.
- Desire to Explore Music Creatively: A passion for exploring music and a desire to understand the guitar on a deeper level will enhance the learning experience.
- Patience and Persistence: Learning music theory and Excel simultaneously can be challenging, so patience and persistence are essential.
Description
Discover a groundbreaking approach to mastering guitar music theory with a course designed for aspiring guitarists ready to explore the fretboard like never before. By leveraging the untapped potential of Microsoft Excel, a tool rarely associated with music theory, this course offers a fresh and innovative perspective that will change the way you perceive and play the guitar.
This course is not your typical music theory class. We understand that the guitar fretboard can be viewed as a spreadsheet, making Excel an exceptional tool to deepen your understanding and unlock new potentials. From constructing detailed Excel worksheets that mirror the guitar fretboard, to mapping out chords and scales, this course ensures a comprehensive and hands-on learning experience.
The first section of the course is dedicated to building a robust Excel worksheet that will serve as your guide and companion throughout your musical journey. Whether you're keen on enhancing your Excel skills or solely focused on the music theory aspect, this course caters to you. We provide step-by-step guidance for constructing the worksheet, ensuring you grasp the fundamentals of both Excel and music theory. For those more inclined towards the theory, a completed copy of the worksheet is provided at each stage, allowing you to dive straight into the musical exploration.
In a unique twist, the worksheet is formatted with the lowest guitar string at the top, mirroring the way most guitarists visually perceive the fretboard while playing. This intuitive layout ensures a seamless transition from theory to practice, enhancing your ability to visualize and navigate the fretboard with ease.
As the course progresses, we delve into the key of C in open position, unraveling its mysteries with unparalleled detail. You will learn to construct and analyze each chord within this key, mapping them onto the fretboard, fingering the positions, and understanding their relationship with the C Major scale. By contrasting the C Major Scale with the scale of each chord, you gain a holistic understanding of musical relationships and patterns, enriching your theoretical knowledge and practical skills simultaneously.
This is more than just a course; it's an innovative journey that blends the power of Excel with the beauty of guitar music theory, ensuring you emerge with a solid foundation and a new-found appreciation for the fretboard. Join us on this unique adventure and transform your approach to guitar theory and practice!
Who this course is for:
- Guitarists Seeking a Deeper Understanding: Guitar players who have mastered the basics but want to delve deeper into the theory behind the music, gaining a more comprehensive understanding of scales, chords, and progressions.
- Music Theory Enthusiasts: Individuals with an interest in music theory who are looking for innovative and practical ways to apply theoretical concepts directly to the guitar.
- Excel Users Interested in Music: Those proficient in Excel who are interested in exploring its applications beyond the traditional office setting, particularly in creative and musical domains.
- Self-Learners: Individuals who prefer a hands-on, interactive learning style, and are looking for a course that provides practical skills and knowledge that can be applied immediately to their guitar playing.
- Music Educators: Teachers and instructors looking for new and engaging methods to introduce or reinforce music theory concepts to their students.
- Songwriters and Composers: Musicians involved in songwriting or composition who want to enhance their understanding of how different chords and scales can be used effectively in their work.
- Technology Enthusiasts: Those who have an interest in exploring unconventional uses of software like Excel, particularly in artistic and musical contexts.
- Beginner Excel Users: Individuals with basic Excel skills who are looking to improve their proficiency while also learning about music theory.
- Creatives Looking for a New Approach: Artists, musicians, and creatives who are always on the lookout for innovative approaches to enhance their skills and understanding of their craft.
- Lifelong Learners: Anyone with a curiosity about music and technology, and a desire to learn something new and unconventional.
Instructor
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Through working with students from many different schools, Mr. Steele has learned best practices for helping people understand accounting fast. Learning new skills and finding the best way to share knowledge with people who can benefit from it is a passion of his.
Mr. Steele has experience working as a practicing Certified Public Accountant (CPA), an accounting and business instructor, and curriculum developer. He has enjoyed putting together quality tools to improve learning and has been teaching, making instructional resources, and building curriculum since 2009. He has been a practicing CPA since 2005. Mr. Steele is a practicing CPA, has a Certified Post-Secondary Instructor (CPI) credential, a Master of Science in taxation from Golden Gate University, a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics with an emphasis in accounting from The University of California Santa Barbara, and a Global Management Accounting Designation (CGMA) from The American Institute of CPA (AICPA).
Mr. Steele has also authored five books that can be found on Amazon or in audiobook format on Audible. He has developed bestselling courses in accounting topics including financial accounting and QuickBooks accounting software.
In addition to working as an accountant, teaching, and developing courses Mr. Steele has helped create an accounting website at accountinginstruction, a YouTube channel called Accounting Instruction, Help, and How Too, and has developed supplemental resources including a Facebook Page, Twitter Page, and Podcasts that can be found on I-tunes, Stitcher, or Soundcloud. Mr. Steele's teaching philosophy is to make content applicable, understandable, and accessible.
Adult learners are looking for application when they learn new skills. In other words, learners want to be able to apply skills in the real world to help their lives. Mr. Steele’s formal accounting education, practical work experience, and substantial teaching experience allow him to create a curriculum that combines traditional accounting education with practical knowledge and application. He accomplishes the goals of making accounting useful and applicable by combining theory with real-world software like Excel and QuickBooks.
Many courses teach QuickBooks data entry or Excel functions but are not providing the real value learners want. Real value is a result of learning technical skills like applications, in conjunction with specific goals, like accounting goals, including being able to interpret the performance of a business.
Mr. Steele makes knowledge understandable by breaking down complex concepts into smaller units with specific objectives and using step by step learning processes to understand each unit. Many accounting textbooks cram way too much information into a course, making it impossible to understand any unit fully. By breaking the content down into digestible chunks, we can move forward much faster.
Mr. Steele also makes use of color association in both presentations and Excel worksheets, a learning tool often overlooked in the accounting field, but one that can vastly improve the speed and comprehension of learning accounting concepts.
The material is also made understandable through the application of concepts learned. Courses will typically demonstrate the accounting concepts and then provide an Excel worksheet or practice problems to work through the concepts covered. The practice problems will be accompanied by an instructional video to work through the problem in step by step format. Excel worksheets will be preformatted, usually including an answer tab that shows the completed problem, and a practice tab where learners can complete the problem along with a step by step presentation video.
Mr. Steele makes learning accounting accessible by making use of technology and partnering with teaching platforms that have a vision of spreading knowledge like Udemy.