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Music Music Fundamentals Music Theory

Music Theory for Pop and Rock Musicians

Learn the theory to help you play almost any song in any key!
Rating: 4.4 out of 54.4 (30 ratings)
128 students
Created by Dave Betts
Last updated 5/2017
English
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30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • By the end of this course you will learn key principles to vastly improve your musicianship, as well as understanding how to play almost any song in any key!

Requirements

  • It is helpful to have a knowledge of the note names on your chosen instrument, but not essential.

Description

Do you want to VASTLY improve your effectiveness in a band setting? If so, this course is for you!

Developed as the result of nearly a decade of teaching, "Music Theory for Pop and Rock Musicians" focuses on the ESSENTIAL theoretical knowledge needed to prepare you for a contemporary music setting as quickly as possible. 

Rather than the traditional classical theory method, which focuses on stave notation from the outset, this course instead starts with the fundamental building blocks of Western music, such as the major scale, building chords and the Nashville Number System. This enables you to put that theory into practice IMMEDIATELY and will provide a strong foundation on which to build stave notation onto (though it is not covered in this course). 

You will learn how to apply this theoretical knowledge to a band environment as we discuss how to play almost any song in any key, how to ensure a song is well suited to the vocalist's range and how to be mindful of the frequency spectrum as a band. 

This method of teaching music theory has been hugely successful across many age brackets over the last decade. Why not sign up and see for yourself!

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for anyone interested in learning the crucial building blocks of music without the unnecessary 'extras'

Course content

9 sections • 61 lectures • 2h 0m total length

  • Preview01:59
  • Why learn music theory?
    01:53

  • Section Overview: The Major Scale
    00:32
  • Preview04:07
  • How to figure out major scales
    05:10
  • Major scales: C, E and G
    04:09
  • Major scales: A, E and B
    03:04
  • How to easily remember sharp keys
    03:40
  • Sharp Key Quiz
    5 questions
  • Major scales: F, Bb, and Eb
    03:14
  • Major scales: Ab and Db
    01:52
  • How to easily remember flat keys
    02:47
  • Flat Key Quiz
    5 questions

  • Section Overview: Building Chords
    00:39
  • Understanding triads
    02:44
  • Preview02:58
  • Building chords in a key: C major
    00:52
  • Building chords in a key: G major
    02:51
  • Building chords in a key: F major
    01:56
  • Building chords in a key: Bb major
    01:40
  • Major and Minor Triads Quiz
    5 questions
  • Diminished triads
    01:58
  • Spotting the patterns between keys
    01:07
  • How to find the key of almost any song in seconds!
    02:09
  • Find the Key!
    5 questions

  • Preview00:50
  • The Nashville number system
    04:50
  • Nashville and Roman numerals
    01:40
  • Transposition in practice 1
    01:46
  • Preview02:25
  • Transposition in practice 3
    01:59
  • Two crucial chord progressions: "6m 4 1 5" and "1 5 6m 4"
    02:11
  • Transposition Quiz
    5 questions

  • Preview00:47
  • Octaves
    01:36
  • Power chords
    01:12
  • Preview01:40
  • 'Add' chords
    01:48
  • Slash chords
    03:15
  • Augmented chords
    00:43
  • More Chords Quiz 1
    8 questions
  • Introduction to 7th chords
    00:38
  • Preview01:00
  • Minor 7th chords
    01:03
  • Dominant 7th chords
    01:12
  • More Chords Quiz 2
    5 questions

  • Section Overview: Understanding Rhythms
    00:53
  • Rhythms: quarter notes
    01:12
  • Rhythms: half notes
    01:03
  • Rhythms: whole notes
    01:12
  • Rhythms: eighth notes
    00:57
  • Rhythms: sixteenth notes
    01:17
  • Time signatures
    01:57
  • Rhythm examples and tips
    03:09
  • Tempo
    01:33
  • Triplets
    01:20
  • Dotted notes
    01:06

  • Section Overview: Additional Information
    00:38
  • Dynamics
    01:39
  • Basics of the frequency spectrum
    01:09
  • Arpeggios
    00:47

  • Section Overview: Applying Music Theory to a Band Environment
    00:53
  • Applying basic chords to a piano using Nashville
    01:24
  • Transposing to support the vocalist
    03:08
  • Tranposing for Vocalists Quiz
    4 questions
  • Nashville: piano shortcuts for beginners
    04:10
  • Nashville: guitar shortcuts for beginners
    02:49
  • DRESS Code: How to make a band sound great, fast.
    05:45

  • Congratulations! What's next?
    00:58

Instructor

Dave Betts
Music Director and Tutor
Dave Betts
  • 4.4 Instructor Rating
  • 30 Reviews
  • 128 Students
  • 1 Course

Dave graduated from the Academy of Contemporary Music in 2008, before working as a Music Director for a church in England for 6 years. He coordinated the five bands, played, taught, toured, and trained teams around Europe. During this time he studied a part-time degree at the Open University. 

In 2014 Dave moved to Canada to study a full-time degree, but continued to train musicians, coordinate bands and in his final year, worked part-time as the Music Director for a church. Dave and his wife-to-be, Sharaya, are about to move to Regina, SK, Canada where Dave will work as the Music and Creative Arts Director for Rosewood Park Alliance Church. 

Post-Secondary Education:

Diploma in Contemporary Performance - The Academy of Contemporary Music (UK); BA(hons) Leadership and Management - The Open University (UK); Bachelors in Biblical Studies - Millar College of the Bible (Canada).



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