Learn the Basics of Music Theory and all the Major Scales

Name: Learn the Basics of Music Theory and all the Major Scales
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Learn basic musical intervals, major scales and the names of the keys that are on the piano

Created byOluwayanmife Akintola

Last updated 8/2024

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What you'll learn

You will learn the basics of Music Theory
You will learn all the Major Scales
You will learn the names of the Keys that are on the Piano
You will learn basic Musical Intervals

Course content

1 section • 17 lectures • 57m total length

Introduction | Layout of the Piano5:13
Explore the piano layout by identifying the 12-key keyboard, white and black keys, and the repeating pattern of seven white notes and five black keys, from low to high pitch.
Names of the notes that are on the Piano and the Keyboard7:21
Explore how piano keys are named: white keys from C to B, black keys as sharps or flats, and examples like C sharp and D flat on the keyboard.
Musical Intervals7:31
Explore musical intervals as the distance in pitch between two notes, learn half steps and whole steps, and define octaves by the distance between the same letter keys.
How to build Major Scales6:55
Learn how to build major scales from any key using the whole and half step formula, starting from a key to form an eight-note major scale.
C Major Scale3:17
Learn to build the C major scale using the whole step, whole step, half step pattern from C, and apply it to form the C major scale.
C# Major Scale3:34
Apply the major scale formula using whole and half steps to build the C-sharp major scale, with clear examples of half steps and whole steps.
D Major Scale2:56
Construct the D major scale by applying the whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half step pattern from D, and learn how whole and half steps define major scales.
E flat Major Scale1:18
Master the E-flat major scale by applying the whole-step, whole-step, half-step pattern to the key of E-flat, reinforcing the major scale formula in this music theory lesson.
E Major Scale1:37
Master the E major scale by applying the whole step and half step formula to build the scale from the key of E and review the pattern across the scale.
F Major Scale3:19
Apply major scale formula to build the F major scale from the starting key of F, using whole steps and a half step, and distinguish half steps versus whole steps.
F# Major Scale1:20
Learn the major scale for the key of F sharp by applying the whole-step and half-step formula, following the sequence whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half.
G Major Scale1:22
Learn how to build the G major scale using whole and half steps, starting from G, and apply the major scale formula.
A flat Major Scale3:24
Apply the major scale formula to construct the A-flat major scale using whole steps and half steps from A-flat.
A Major Scale2:50
Learn to build the major scale for the key of A using the whole-step and half-step formula, and apply the same steps to construct major scales in any key.
B flat Major Scale1:13
Learn the B-flat major scale by following the whole step, whole step, half step pattern from B-flat, and repeat to master the major scale.
B Major Scale3:54
Build B major scale with the major scale formula, moving by whole and half steps, and learn half-step versus whole-step motion with B to C and B to C sharp.
Conclusion0:05

Requirements

You only need a Piano or a Musical Keyboard

Description

In this Course, you will learn the basics of music theory, musical intervals, major scales and the names of the keys that are on the piano. You will learn about the half step interval, the whole step interval and the octave. I will teach you how to build a major scale for each of the 12 keys that are on the Piano. The formula for building a Major Scale will be explained to you.

It is very important that you know all the 12 Major Scales because a lot of songs are based on the Major Scale i.e. there are songs that use most of the notes or all of the notes of the Major Scale. A Musical Scale is a group of musical notes that are ordered by pitch. A scale that is ordered by increasing pitch is known as an ascending scale and a scale that is ordered by decreasing pitch is known as a descending scale. We have different types of scales.

A Major Scale is made up of the same notes irregardless of whether it is played in an ascending way or a descending way i.e. a Major Scale can be played in an ascending and in a descending way with the same musical notes.

Who this course is for:

Anyone that wants to learn all the Major Scales