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Music Theory Made Easy (Lessons 14-27)
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(20 ratings)
167 students
Created byDavid Spondike, Ph.D.
Last updated 2/2019
English

What you'll learn

  • Notate, hear, play, and sing musical intervals
  • Notate, hear, play, and sing minor keys, and the natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales
  • Understand diatonic triads and seventh chords, on the piano keyboard, on the musical staff, and by ear
  • Understand and write Roman Numeral analysis.
  • Read and write Figured Bass
  • Understand Note and Rest Values
  • Understand meter and time signatures
  • Learn to count correctly in 6/8 time
  • Develop a "rhythmic vocabulary" for both simple and compound meters
  • Take rhythmic dictation (write down rhythms you hear)
  • Write down melodies by ear or take melodic dictation
  • Become a better sight reader
  • Excel at your first two semesters of undergraduate theory class

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Course content

7 sections • 46 lectures • 2h 5m total length

  • Intervals Part 1: Introduction1:44

    The first of 11 Lectures on Intervals. Download the Lesson Guide here.

    Intervals are how we describe the relationships between pitches. I have even gone so far as to say that all meaning arises from the relationship between things and is not inherent in the things themselves. Except for those with "Perfect Pitch", we do not expect specific notes, only notes that are a specific distances from other notes.

    Included with this Lesson:

    • Interval Worksheets are included with Lecture 9.
    • Audio Files are included with Lecture 10.
    • Interval Math Worksheets are included with Lecture 11.
  • Interval Intro Quiz
  • Intervals Part 2: Unisons, Seconds, and Thirds5:46
  • Intervals Part 3: Fourths and Fifths4:29
  • Intervals Part 4: Sixths, Sevenths, and Octaves2:16
  • Intervals Part 5: Number and Quality4:05
  • Interval Number and Quality
  • Intervals Part 6: Inversion2:35
  • Intervals Part 7: Consonance and Dissonance2:40
  • Intervals Part 8: Intervals greater than an octave1:11
  • Intervals Part 9: To Be Clear2:36

    Now that you have thoroughly explored intervals, the relationships between notes, download and print worksheets to practice recognizing and notating intervals. As you do the worksheets, play the notes on the piano to reinforce the musical sound in your ear. Sing the pitches. All of this activity will solidify and internalize your musical thinking.

  • Interval Keyboard Quiz
  • Interval Notation Quiz
  • Intervals Part 10: Listening Tricks (Ear Training)2:57

    Learn to recognize intervals by ear. Download the audio files and randomize them in your MP3 player. Download and print the listening answer sheet to help you practice.

  • Interval Listening Quiz
  • Intervals Part 11: Combining Intervals1:32

    Just as you would move back and forth along a ruler or a number line, you can move up and down in pitch space by thinking in musical intervals. By combining intervals, you can increase your ability to think in pitch space. Download and print the worksheets for practice.

  • Interval Math Quiz

Requirements

  • It is strongly suggested that students complete Lessons 1-13
  • Students should understand notation on the treble and bass clef staves
  • Students should understand the major keys and the Circle of 5ths
  • Students should be able to play audio files, print PDF files, and have access to a piano keyboard

Description

5 MINUTE LESSONS plus tons of practice downloads!

All topics include video lesson, lesson guide, practice examples with answer key, vocabulary list, and quiz.

  • Intervals and their qualities

  • Inversions of intervals

  • Consonance & Dissonance

  • intervals greater than an octave

  • Intervals on the staff and on the keyboard

  • Identifying intervals by ear

  • Minor Keys & Key Signatures

  • Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic Minor Scales

  • Triads, their Qualities and Inversions

  • Figured Bass for Triad Inversions

  • Roman Numeral Analysis of Diatonic Triads

  • 7th Chords, their Qualities and Inversions

  • Figured Bass for 7th Chords

  • Roman Numeral Analysis of Diatonic 7th Chords

  • Meter

  • Rhythm

  • Note Values (durations)

  • Rests

  • Beams & Ties

  • Time Signatures

  • Reading Rhythms

  • Melodic Dictation

(Includes 128 worksheets, 130 audio files, and supplement downloads.)

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone interested in learning how music works
  • Any student struggling to understand music theory
  • Piano Teachers
  • Home School Families
  • Band, Choir, and Orchestra Directors

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