Music Theory Comprehensive: Part 1 - How To Read Music
What you'll learn
- Read Music Using Proven Techniques
- Understand All the Symbols (Not Only the Notes) of a Music Score
- Read, Play, and Count Rhythms Accurately
- Chords on the guitar
- Augmented triads
- Diminished triads
- Finding fifths by finding thirds
- The thirds inside of a chord
- Finding chords by formula
- Inversions
- Roman numeral analysis
- Diatonic chord progressions
- Building triads (chords)
- Popular song analysis
- How to identify key signatures
- What it means to be "in key"
- Analyzing melodies
- Writing melodies with major scales
- Solfege
- Scale Degrees
- The pattern of a Major Scale
- Ordered Pitch Class Collections
- Chromatic and Diatonic scales
- Accidentals
- Ties
- Time Signatures
- Dotted Rhythms
- Downbeats and Upbeats
- Tempo
- Beat and Beat Divisions
- Identifying Notes on the Keyboard
- Identifying Notes on the Staff
- Naming Octaves
- Intervals
- Clefs
- Half-Steps and Whole-Steps
- The Black Keys (not the band!)
- The White Keys
- Pitch Classes
- Pitch Names
- The elements of the Score
Requirements
- I'll be using a piece of software in this course that I would like students to get. Don't worry - it's free! And works on Mac and PC programs. I'll tell you more in the first few videos.
Description
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Welcome to the COMPLETE Music Theory Fundamentals Guide!
This is a class designed for the average person who is ready to dive into music! Whether you are a beginning musician, an active musician, or an aspiring musician - this class is perfect for you.
For years I've been teaching Music Theory in the college classroom. These classes I'm making for Udemy use the same syllabus I've used in my college classes for years, at a fraction of the cost. I believe anyone can learn Music Theory - and cost shouldn't be a barrier.
My approach to music theory is to minimize memorization. Most of these concepts you can learn by just understanding why chords behave in certain ways. Once you understand those concepts, you can find any scale, key, or chord that exists. Even invent your own. If you've tried to learn music theory before, or if you are just starting out - this series of courses is the perfect fit.
Dr. Allen is a professional musician, top-rated Udemy instructor, and university professor. In 2017 the Star Tribune featured him as a "Mover and a Shaker," and he is recognized by the Grammy Foundation for his music education classes.
Throughout this class, If you get stuck, you can review the videos or post a question, and I'll back to it as fast as possible.
This class is Part 1: How To Read Music. In it, we will work through all the elements of notated music, and how it all works.
In this class, we will cover:
My approach to Music Theory
Tools you will need to learn Music Theory quickly and efficiently
Music software: Notation programs
The elements of the Score
Pitch Names
Pitch Classes
Octaves
The White Keys
The Black Keys (not the band!)
Half-Steps and Whole-Steps
Clefs
Intervals
Naming Octaves
Identifying Notes on the Staff
Identifying Notes on the Keyboard
Beat and Beat Divisions
Tempo
Downbeats and Upbeats
Dotted Rhythms
Time Signatures
Ties
Accidentals
Form in Music Notation
...and much, much more!
And of course, once you sign up for Part 1 - Reading Music & The Symbols of Music Notation, you automatically get huge discounts on all the upcoming parts of this class.
You will not have another opportunity to learn Music Theory in a more comprehensive way than this.
All the tools you need to successfully learn Music Theory is included in this course and the entire course is based on real-life experiences - not just academic theory.
Please click the "Take This Course" button so you can launch your music career today.
Test Prep:
This course is perfect for prep for the Praxis II Test (ETS Praxis Music), The ABRSM Music Theory Exam (up to Grade 8), AP Music Theory Exam, College Placement Exams (Music Theory), and other common secondary and post-secondary placement exams.
** I guarantee that this course is the most thorough music theory course available ANYWHERE on the market - or your money back (30-day money-back guarantee) **
Closed captions have been added to all lessons in this course.
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Who this course is for:
- This course is designed for students who have either never tried to learn music theory before, or tried and couldn't come grasp the concepts.
- This is a course for students who want to understand everything about music theory, for the ground up.
Instructor
Jay is a #1 best selling music teacher on Udemy. He is the author of the #1 best selling music theory course on Udemy, "Music Theory Comprehensive" (21 parts), and Music Theory for Electronic Musicians (5 parts), which have been purchased by more than 170,000 students in 11 languages in 196 countries. He is also the author of the best-selling book, Music Theory for Electronic Musicians.
He is a PhD in music, university professor, and a best selling music producer. He brings this authenticity to all of his Udemy courses.
Jason Allen (better known as J. Anthony Allen) has worn the hats of composer, producer, songwriter, engineer, sound designer, DJ, remix artist, multi-media artist, performer, inventor, and entrepreneur. Allen is a versatile creator whose diverse project experience ranges from works written for the Minnesota Orchestra to pieces developed for film, TV, and radio. An innovator in the field of electronic performance, Allen performs on a set of “glove” controllers, which he has designed, built, and programmed by himself. When he’s not working as a solo artist, Allen is a serial collaborator. His primary collaborative vehicle is the group Ballet Mech, for which Allen is one of three producers.
J. Anthony Allen teaches at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, MN, where he runs the Music, Media, and Management program. He is also an Ableton Live Certified Trainer, co-founder, owner and CEO of Slam Academy, a multimedia educational space in downtown Minneapolis, the CTO of Ion Concert Media, and sole owner and producer of music education courses under the umbrella of Punkademic Courses. Recently, Allen founded Hackademica – an innovative net-label for new music.
J. has a PhD in music composition, 2 Master’s degrees in music composition and electronic music, and a bachelor's degree in guitar performance. Through his academic travels, Dr. Allen has received numerous awards along the way.
If you run into him on the street, he prefers to be addressed as J. (as in, Jay.)