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How to Understand Music Better and Unleash Your Creativity

Name: How to Understand Music Better and Unleash Your Creativity
Rating: 4.5 (9 reviews)

Geared Towards Beginners, but Seasoned Players can Benefit...

Created byStewart Johnson

Last updated 11/2017

English

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What you'll learn

Understand How Chords Work
Understand How Scales Work
Understand How Keys Work
Understand How Music Works...
Understand How Songs Work (how to write)

Course content

11 sections • 64 lectures • 9h 18m total length

Major, Minor and Seven Chords13:50
This video is an overview of the three fundamental chord groups major, minor, and seven and how they work.

Key of C9:47
This video gets into the chords used in the key of C Major.
Key of D9:38
This video gets into the chords used in the key of D Major.
Key of A8:27
This video gets into the chords used in the key of A Major.
Key of E6:50
This video gets into the chords used in the key of E Major.
Key of F7:14
This video gets into the chords used in the key of F Major.
Key of G9:51
This video gets into the chords used in the key of G Major.
Key of E minor9:42
This video gets into the chords used in the key of E minor.
Key of D minor6:49
This video gets into variations used for the key of Dminor.

A7 Blues7:42
This video gets into the chords used in blues for the key of A.
C7 Blues6:31
This video gets into the chords used in blues for the key of C.
E7 Blues8:33
This video gets into the chords used in blues for the key of E.
D7 Blues5:42
This video gets into the chords used in blues for the key of D.
G7 Blues4:19
This video gets into the chords used in blues for the key of G.

A Blues3:51
This video gets into variations used in blues for the key of A.
C Blues5:22
This video gets into variations used in blues for the key of C.
D Blues4:03
This video gets into variations used in blues for the key of D.
E Blues5:00
This video gets into variations used in blues for the key of E.
G Blues4:23
This video gets into variations used in blues for the key of G.
Key of A minor6:13
This video gets into variations for the key of A minor.
Folk Progression8:22
Here's a fun folk progressions for you to try out.
60's Rock5:07
Nostagia Rock.

Major 7 Chords13:27
This covers the Major 7 Chord
9 Chords9:40
This video covers the nine chord.
Major 6 Chords12:17
This video covers the major 6 chord.
The 11 Chord9:19
This video gets into the 11 chord and how it works.
The 13 Chord6:48
This video gets into the mechanics of the 13 chord, the biggest chord in the book!
The Major 9 Chord6:43
This video goes over the major 9 chord.
The Minor 9 Chord10:47
This video covers the minor 9 chord.
The Minor 7 Chord11:02
This video covers Minor 7 Chords.
Minor 11 Chords7:32
This video covers minor 11 chords
Minor 6 Chords12:29
This video covers minor 6 chords
Major 13 Chords8:19
This video goes over major 13 chords and how they work.
Minor 13 Chords6:12
This video covers the minor 13 chords.

Part One9:50
Part Two9:26
Part Three8:19
Explore the primordial pattern in the key of C, learn about major and minor chords, sharps and flats, and extended chords like major six and minor nine to boost creativity.
Part Four7:39
Apply pattern-based theory on the fretboard, connecting notes, scales, and major, minor, and seventh chords, and use the cage system to identify shapes across the guitar.
Part Five9:12
Explore the diminished chord as an unstable harmony built from one flat three five, hear its resolution to G, and learn CAGED-based patterns across the fretboard.
Part Six9:12
Learn to build and identify major, minor, augmented, and diminished chords, explore triads and scale degrees, and extract a key via chord progressions on guitar and piano.
Part Seven10:03
Part Eight6:39
Explore how intervals shape chord moods by examining unison, major second, minor third, and patterns on the piano, and how major, minor, diminished, and augmented chords form from these relationships.
Part Nine 16:40
Explore the circle of fifths, its major and relative minor relationships, and how sharps, flats, the chromatic scale, and the pentatonic scale illuminate fretboard patterns for creative music understanding.

3-5-1 Triads on the GBE Strings9:50
This series is on 3-5-1 chords on the high G-B-E Strings.

1 - Root
3 - Third
5 - Fifth
5-1-3 Triads on the GBE Strings 8:10
This series is on 5-1-3 chords on the high G-B-E Strings.

1 - Root
3 - Third
5 - Fifth
1-3-5 Triads on the GBE Strings 7:37
This series is on 1-3-5 chords on the high G-B-E Strings.

1 - Root
3 - Third
5 - Fifth
1-3-5 Triads on the DGB Strings8:58
This series is on 1-3-5 chords on the high D-G-B Strings.

1 - Root
3 - Third
5 - Fifth
5-1-3 Triads on the DGB Strings 6:25
This series is on 5-1-3 chords on the high D-G-B Strings.

1 - Root
3 - Third
5 - Fifth
3-5-1 Triads on the DGB Strings 6:49
This series is on 3-5-1 chords on the high D-G-B Strings.

1 - Root
3 - Third
5 - Fifth
3-5-1 Triads on the EAD Strings 8:11
This series is on 3-5-1 chords on the low EAD Strings.

1 - Root
3 - Third
5 - Fifth
1-3-5 Triads on the EAD Strings7:13
This series is on 1-3-5 chords on the high EAD Strings.

1 - Root
3 - Third
5 - Fifth

Major 6 Chord Inversion6:22
Major 7 Chord Inversion8:58
Minor 6 Chord Inversion6:32
Learn to form and voice a minor six chord on guitar, including one three five six voicings, inversions (root and first), muting strings, and practical fingerings for clean sounds.
Minor 7 Chord Inversion8:23
Dominant 7 Inversion8:48
Learn dominant seven inversions, moving from root position to first, second, and third inversions, and explore four-note chords as movable voices and passing chords.

Requirements

Willingness to follow the course in its entirety and commit 20-30 minutes per day of solid practice time (cell phone OFF practice)

Description

This Course is Guaranteed... to Get You Results in 8 Unique Ways...

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The 8 Crucial Things this Course Will Help You Do ...

Teaching music (formal and informal) for 17 years I've noticed one thing ....

Learning music does NOT have to be difficult to be effective.

In fact, most would agree some of the best music is
easy to play (3 chords). Am I right??

Simple is good...but this is even better...

When your done with just a few lessons you'll be able to
play and write some great sounding songs by simply
applying what you learn. If your a beginner you'll be amazed
at how quickly long hidden concepts "snap" into place.

You'll learn to connect ALL the dots and inspire you to master
an instrument.

This PROVEN course will show you how to:

Quickly begin playing cool chords and songs (NO twinkle little star)
Figure things out by ear and create your own tunes with what you learn
Learn to write REAL songs with my fail-safe songwriting stencil
Easily get scales/chords and how to use them to play in any key fast
Avoid common pitfalls of learning an instrument and jump WAY ahead
Grab 100+ custom PDF's to help you better comprehend through visuals
Save $thousands$ in lessons by getting 'how it all fits together' 100%
Your friends will literally FREAK out when they hear you play after the course

You'll be surprised when you discover...

When you get done with this course you'll have a better more sturdy
grasp on the musical system than most people get in a lifetime.

I am spilling the beans and not holding back anything in this course.

Here are ALL the tricks and tips I learned from pros in the industry
taken from over 25 total years of total experience.

Also, enjoy all the extra free stuff I've included for you!

I'm looking forward to your testimonial and enjoy the course!

Cheers, Stu

PPS - You don't have to decide right now - take 30 days to
preview the course with Udemy's guarantee to ensure your getting
what you want and need out of it. :)

PPS - Do NOT listen to folks that tell you your too old <= thats b********t!

Who this course is for:

Folks that are tired of messing around and want to cut through the smoke and mirrors!
Folks that want to really understand how it all 'fits together' and how to apply the knowledge
People that want to play better than most private teachers in under ONE year
People that want to take what they learn here and explore other instruments (the info in this course will show you this!)

How to Understand Music Better and Unleash Your Creativity

What you'll learn

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Course content

The 3 Primary Chord Groups1 lecture • 14min

Easy Progressions in Common Keys8 lectures • 1hr 8min

Blues and Sevens Section5 lectures • 33min

Extended Blues Progressions8 lectures • 42min

Intermediate/Advanced Chord Voicings12 lectures • 1hr 55min

Music Theory Section9 lectures • 1hr 27min

Advanced Triads and Movable Chords8 lectures • 1hr 3min

Scales 2 lectures • 29min

Odds and Ends4 lectures • 26min

Advanced Chord Inversions5 lectures • 39min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: