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Practical Music Theory 101 For Guitar

Name: Practical Music Theory 101 For Guitar
Rating: 4.7 (1266 reviews)

Learn Basic Music Theory For Guitar And Master The Fretboard With Ease!

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Created byHenry Olsen

Last updated 3/2019

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What you'll learn

Learn the musical alphabet and how to master it the easy way and save years of frustration and confusion
Learn to understand and build any chord with ease
Play and understand intervals in any key flawlessly
Learn secret formulas and shortcuts that will save you months of confusion
Instantly master and visualise the entire fretboard
Learn to build and locate triads and "triad islands" all over the neck
Learn and understand all of the musical keys all over the neck with ease
Understand relative major/minor keys and how to use them
Learn sus2, sus4, 7th, minor 7th, 9th,11th, 13, diminished, augmented and many more types of chords
Learn and understand chord inversions and effective ways of using them
Master the major & minor scale in any key
Learn how the notes from the major scale are used to build chords within a key
Learn how to play and visualise the major & minor scale on any string
Learn how intervals relate to chords and their colour

Course content

5 sections • 33 lectures • 5h 12m total length

Welcome to the course!!!2:07
Access course resources by downloading the PDA file from resources to view graphs in each video, and begin mastering guitar and music theory as questions are answered within 24–48 hours.
Let's start learning!17:00
Explore the musical alphabet and the twelve-note cycle, learn how octaves repeat, and memorize the sixth-string notes from open e through the octave, with sharps as half steps.
The magical formula11:00
Master the major scale using the tone tone half tone pattern, map intervals on the guitar in the key of E, and build chords and a scale shape.
The magical scale shape3:33
Master the most important scale shape in the key of E. Practice the 12th to 14th fret notes until confident, and learn to build chords in the next lesson.
How to build a triad3:56
Learn how to build triads on the guitar by using the 1–3–5 notes of a key, forming major, minor, and power chords across the fretboard.
Introduction to triad islands11:06
Master three major triad shapes in the key of E, E shape, D shape, and A shape, using the 5-1-3 interval pattern with 5 as the lowest note.
Triad islands close up9:56
Explore e major triads across the e, d, and h shapes using the 5-1-3 interval pattern, and learn to form minor chords by flattening the third.
A quick review8:20
Master the E major scale using the tone tone half tone formula, learn major triads, and navigate fretboard islands with scale shapes and the caged system.
Adding more notes to our triads11:05
Explore how to enrich triads by doubling the root, third, and fifth across e shape, d shape, and h shape, forming 1-5-1 and 1-3-5 patterns for minor and seventh chords.
Minor triads9:02
Learn how to build minor triads from major chords using a minor third flattened and the 1 3 5 formula, with E and D shapes across the fretboard.
Different keys and how to think about them5:56
Explore how to apply the same scale formula across all keys, using a 12-story building metaphor to build major and minor triads and chords on the guitar.
Let's take a look at the key of A11:37
Explore how to access the key of A by applying the 5-1-3 triad formula, transposing from E to A, and building major and minor triads across the fretboard.
Now, let's look at the key of B9:08
learn to build major triads across the fretboard using the 5-1-3 pattern and shift shapes up a whole note to play in key B.
E to A to B8:25
Practice triads using the E, B, and A shapes across the fretboard, moving from E to B to A and from major to minor chords.

How to unlock any musical key11:50
Apply the tone-tone-half-tone formula to access chords within a key. Understand the major, minor, and diminished sequence for the 1–7 degrees and practice in E major and C major.
More about musical keys5:40
Identify a song’s key by the tonic and major chords, such as C major and G major, then harmonize by transposing shapes to fit the key.
Relative major/minor keys6:05
Learn how parallel and relative major/minor keys share seven chords, using C major and a minor as examples, and how emphasizing major or minor chords changes mood and soloing.

Introduction3:27
Explore the 12-note system and 12 intervals, learn how to sharpen or flatten notes, and transform triads into sus and seventh chords on the guitar using interval knowledge.
All of the intervals10:11
Explore intervals in E, including raised and flat seconds, minor thirds, and the flat seventh. Learn how dominant and major seventh chords shape progressions.
Mastering natural intervals11:47
Master natural intervals in the key of E by counting 1 through 7 across multiple string sets, using pedal E, to build fretboard mastery and ear training for triad modification.
Playing on multiple strings11:39
Explore playing on multiple strings by improvising and connecting notes in the major scale, combining triads and intervals to create melodic lines across strings.

The 6 main triad types and formulas11:43
Master the six main triad types—major, minor, diminished, augmented, sus2, and sus4—and their interval formulas, then extend chords with sevenths for richer rock and pop harmony.
Sus 2 & sus 4 chords13:09
Learn to voice sus 2 and sus 4 chords on guitar by modifying triad islands on E, D, and A shapes, using the 1-5-4 interval pattern.
7th & Maj 7th chords16:12
Explore constructing seventh chords from triads by flattening the root to create dominant seventh chords, and build major seventh chords, with practical fingerings on guitar.
Minor 7th chords17:17
Explore minor seventh chords by flattening the third and seventh to form dominant seventh tones, using E, G, and A shapes and fretboard roots.
Extended chords - 9,11,1316:20
Unpack extended chords in the key of G, focusing on nine, eleven, and thirteen chords, including flat and raised variants, with the dominant seventh.
How to find triad islands in any key11:15
Master movable triad island shapes—the E shape and the A shape—to find chords in any key from root notes on the sixth and fifth strings, and understand inversions and scales.
Chord inversions7:12
Learn guitar chord inversions, including root position, first, second, and third inversions, and seventh chords, across string sets, with slash chords and triads to expand voicing options.
Inversions on different string sets10:55
Learn triad inversions across string sets using D, E, and A shapes; master root-position, second inversion, and first inversion, then discover connections between shapes.

Introduction to chord & scale relationship2:15
Learn how to derive chords from the scale, distinguish major and minor chords in progressions, and harmonize solo and lead guitar parts using scale theory.
Scale chord relationship10:56
Explore how the E major scale builds triads and harmonizes into chords like E major, F# minor, G# minor, A major, and B major for guitar theory.
Adding colour notes to chords within a key10:31
Explore how to color chords within a key by adding safe extensions like sus, add9, and 13, while keeping notes from the major scale to shape bluesy and jazz-influenced harmony.
Conclusion1:43
Reinforce chord interval analysis and visualize intervals to make musical skills automatic through consistent practice. The instructor invites feedback for new lessons and asks for honest reviews.

Requirements

You do not need to read music notation for this course
25 PDF files and charts are included for easy learning

Description

Do you want to understand the fretboard?

Would you like to know how to build any chord?

How about being able to play in any key?

If you answered YES to these questions, then you're in the right place! My name is Henry Olsen, and I've been teaching guitar for eight years. I've taught thousands of students online and one-on-one, and have a 4.5 average rating after almost 3000 reviews on Udemy! Now it's time for me to show you basic, everyday, music theory and how it applies to the guitar. This course is full of practical, everyday examples and explanations that will turn YOU into a guitar wizard.

You will:

- Learn the musical alphabet and how to master it the easy way and save years of frustration and confusion

-Learn to understand and build any chord with ease

-Learn secret formulas and shortcuts that will save you months of confusion

-Play and understand intervals in any key flawlessly

-Instantly master and visualize the entire fretboard

-Learn to develop and locate triads and "triad islands" all over the neck

-Learn and understand all of the musical keys all over the neck with ease

-Understand relative major/minor keys and how to use them

-Learn sus2, sus4, 7th, minor 7th, 9th,11th, 13, diminished, augmented and many more types of chords

-Learn and understand chord inversions and effective ways of using them

-Master the major & minor scale in any key

-Learn how the notes from the major scale are used to build chords within a key

-Learn how to play and visualize the major & minor scale on any string

-Learn how intervals relate to chords and their color

The course also comes with "in-video" scales and charts, so it's easy to follow.

Of course, you also get all of the files as a downloadable PDF so that you can learn anytime and anywhere!

I've been testing and refining this course on real beta students for the past month, and their results have been off the charts! That's why I'm very confident that this course will be an incredible asset in your guitar journey.

Imagine the next time someone asks you to pick up the guitar at a family gathering and NOW you can play songs everyone knows and enjoys with ease and confidence. You'll be the star at the party, and everyone will love you for it! After you join this course, you won't need to imagine anymore. I take you step-by-step and note-by-note through all the elements necessary to make this a reality in a short amount of time!!!

The course also comes with a 42-page picture chord book, so you'll have an easy time following along with all the lessons.

This method has WORKED on thousands of students, and I know it will work for you!

Become the guitar player you've always dreamed of being and JOIN NOW!!!

You won't regret it!

Here are what some of my students have said in the past!

"Just amazing, Can't ask for more simple and easy step by step learning.

The good thing is I'm learning, and the instructor is proving to be the best. Glad

I found this course! Thank You, sir!"

"I have just completed this course and would comment accordingly.

Extremely well-constructed, laid out and balanced course, targeting all

the key areas of guitars and gear. The information and advice provided

by Henry Olsen gives the student a sound grounding and prepares

them for their journey ahead. I found the lectures most informative and

stimulating and has further invigorated me to explore some new aspects

of my playing too. Highly recommended, and I would urge anyone,

certainly a beginner, to work through this course. Thank you, Will."

See you inside!

Henry

Who this course is for:

If you want to understand the fretboard and mechanics of music (scales and chords) this course is for you!

Practical Music Theory 101 For Guitar

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Course content

Music Theory 10114 lectures • 2hr 2min

Musical Keys3 lectures • 24min

Going deeper with intervals4 lectures • 37min

Chord time!!!8 lectures • 1hr 44min

Chord & scale relationships4 lectures • 25min

Requirements

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