Guitar Music Theory in Excel-Scales, Intervals, Modes & More
What you'll learn
- Identify different types of scales and intervals.
- Compare various scale formulas and their uses.
- Construct the musical alphabet and number the notes.
- Analyze the modes and their interrelations.
- Create a table of interval names.
- Discover how intervals form the building blocks of chords and scales.
- Assemble a fretboard diagram for identifying notes in scales and chords.
- Visualize relationships between notes using a circular format.
- Apply music theory concepts directly to enhance guitar playing.
Requirements
- Commitment to Practice: Willingness to practice regularly and engage with course materials.
- Access to a Guitar: You will need a guitar (acoustic or electric) to practice and apply the concepts learned in the course.
Description
Welcome to the Guitar Music Theory Workshop! This course is designed for guitar enthusiasts looking to deepen their understanding of music theory in a practical and flexible way. Our focus will be on providing you with essential tools and knowledge to enhance your guitar playing.
You will learn about scales and intervals, gaining a clear understanding of different types of scales and how intervals shape musical harmony. We'll delve into various scale formulas, comparing them and learning how to construct and utilize them effectively. You'll build the musical alphabet and number the notes to comprehend their relationships.
The course will cover modes, listing and analyzing them, and discussing their interrelations and applications in music. You'll create a table of interval names and discover how intervals form the building blocks of chords and scales. We'll also assemble a fretboard diagram to help you identify notes in scales and chords.
Additionally, we'll arrange notes in a circular format to visualize relationships between notes and understand chord construction. Throughout the course, you'll use flexible worksheets tailored to support your learning and guitar practice, engage in hands-on activities to reinforce theoretical concepts, and apply music theory directly to your guitar playing for immediate results.
Join us in this comprehensive workshop and unlock the full potential of your guitar playing through a solid foundation in music theory!
Who this course is for:
- Beginner to Intermediate Guitarists: Those who have basic guitar skills and wish to expand their theoretical knowledge to improve their playing.
- Self-Taught Musicians: Guitarists who have learned to play by ear and want to understand the underlying theory behind the music.
- Music Students: Individuals studying music who want to apply theoretical concepts directly to the guitar.
- Aspiring Songwriters and Composers: Musicians looking to enhance their songwriting and composition skills by gaining a deeper understanding of music theory.
- Guitar Teachers: Educators who want to improve their teaching methods by incorporating music theory into their lessons.
- Hobbyists: Enthusiasts who play guitar for fun and want to enrich their musical experience through theory.
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.