Course Description
Learn Music Theory Through Practical One-to-One Classes
Understand how music works and strengthen your listening skills through focused lessons tailored to your experience and goals. Learn to read, interpret and apply musical ideas with guided practice.
Study notes, rhythm, scales, keys, chords, harmony, notation and aural skills, then use them to understand songs and make music with greater confidence.
What you'll learn
- Read and understand common music notation
- Recognize intervals, scales and chord qualities by ear
- Understand rhythm, meter, keys and harmony
- Analyze melodies and chord progressions
- Apply theory through listening and practical exercises
Course Content
- The Musical Alphabet, Notes & Octaves
- The Staff, Clefs & Note Names
- Natural Notes, Sharps, Flats & Accidentals
- Note Values, Rests & Basic Notation
- Pitch, Frequency & Register
- Reading and Writing Simple Musical Examples
- Whole Steps, Half Steps & Semitones
- Building and Naming Musical Intervals
- Interval Recognition by Ear
- Melodic Intervals and Pitch Direction
- Octaves, Enharmonic Notes & Pitch Equivalents
- Applying Intervals in Melodies and Songs
- Major and Minor Scale Patterns
- Tones, Semitones & Scale Degrees
- Building Major, Minor & Pentatonic Scales
- Key Signatures and the Circle of Fifths
- Relative Major and Minor Keys
- Finding the Key of a Melody
- Pulse, Beat & Subdivision
- Note and Rest Values in Practice
- Time Signatures and Musical Meter
- Reading and Counting Rhythmic Patterns
- Syncopation, Ties, Dots & Triplets
- Tempo, Dynamics & Rhythmic Expression
- Building Triads from Scale Degrees
- Major, Minor, Diminished & Augmented Chords
- Seventh Chords and Chord Extensions
- Chord Inversions and Voicing
- Diatonic Chords in Major and Minor Keys
- Common Chord Progressions and Cadences
- Matching Pitch and Singing Back Notes
- Identifying Major and Minor Intervals by Ear
- Recognizing Major, Minor & Seventh Chords
- Hearing Chord Progressions and Cadences
- Melodic Dictation and Short Listening Exercises
- Developing Relative Pitch Through Practice
- Identifying Melody, Harmony & Form in Songs
- Mapping Chord Progressions by Ear
- Analyzing Repetition, Contrast & Song Structure
- Connecting Notation with What You Hear
- Transcribing Simple Melodies and Rhythms
- Applying Theory to Music You Enjoy
- Using Theory in Rehearsal and Performance
- Creating and Harmonizing a Simple Melody
- Choosing Effective Ear-Training Routines
- Building a Personal Listening Practice
- Reviewing Progress and Strengthening Key Skills
- Setting Next Steps for Continued Music Study
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