I spent years off and on trying to get a handle on how music really works. I've read book after book that spends the first 100 pages teaching boring stuff on notation, half of which is not explained well and so doesn't make sense. I've never found that one book that could just explain music in simple terms. I shouldn't even be creating this course. I'm really not qualified in the traditional sense. However, I've searched from every angle and for some reason nobody seems to be able to explain the basics properly. So this is my attempt to do that and save you from throwing your music book at the wall and giving up before you even get started. There is another side of this, too. There is the pipeline of music education. 1. Pick a classical instrument, like piano or a string instrument. 2. Spend years becoming a robot playing other people's songs who died hundreds of years ago. 3. Eventually get board and stop doing anything musical. There are all these other aspects that I will cover that are not talked about. 1. What about learning to improvise? Creating music on the fly? 2. What if you want to create modern music, like your favorite artist, or band, or a song you hear on the radio? 3. What bout learning to remix a song? Or deconstruct a favorite song so you can play it yourself or with your friends? 4. Why cant you pick any instrument and learn it? 5. Why can't you learn multiple instruments? Is it really that hard? 6. What about WRITING music? Why do you just have to be a musical follower your whole life? 7. How can you express yourself with music? What do different musical patterns mean? How do you learn the language? 8. What's the business of music? How do artist get paid? How could you use music in your life? 9. Whats the real structure of music? What's the geometry and math of it? 10. How can I become a better listener? How can I become the kind of person who can listen to a song and pick out each instrument, and explain what they are doing, and appreciate it a the deeper levels? 11. Am I already a musician? It turns out that every time you speak, you are actually creating music, because the tonality of your voice forms a basic melodic soundtrack under everything you say, and the spacing, stress patterns, pauses for breath, and speed of talking you use create the underlying rhythm/beat of your talking. 12. How is poetry related to music? 13. How can I create music using computer software without even learning a single instrument? I answer these questions and more in the course. Even if you know a lot about certain areas of music, I think you'll learn a thing or two in this course. And I hope you'll take part in the discussion section so you can show me where I've made any mistakes or left out important ideas. See you on the inside, Timothy

Become a Figured Bass Pro in 3 Hours (Music Theory) This course explains in clear steps how figured bass works and more importantly how you can master it . We'll also take a quick peek why it exists in the first place! Perfect for ABRSM Grade 6 and Grade 7 Music Theory Candidates Step-by-step methods for acing figured bass exam-style questions Learn how to realize a figured bass Understand all chord inversions including 7th chords and suspensions Learn how to create a figured bass line to fit a given melody All the fundamentals of musical harmony are explained to you, and you'll get plenty of tips on best practice as well, so your harmony will sound great. The course also covers specific exam questions which come up in the ABRSM music theory exams (grades 6 and 7), as well as in the UK A Level Music (technical study paper) and AP Music theory . Each lesson contains real music examples and you get to watch me working through the exam questions in real time. I'll share with you the best way to think through the questions, which rules of harmony have to be obeyed and which are simply guidelines, and how to check through your work to maximize your success. Each musical example is worked through as per the exam question rubric, but I then show you how that music could be further decorated in practice to produce beautiful music - all audio is included of course! Figured bass doesn't have to be difficult. Why not take a look at the free preview lessons to get an idea of how a few rules can be transferred into writing the best possible harmony ! The music fundamentals of figured bass take a little time to learn, but once you have mastered the theory, putting it into practice is the fun part. Join me now and take your music theory to the next level! Keywords: music theory, music fundamentals, figured bass

Learn how to understand complex music theory without ever learning the circle of fifths! This technique has been passed down to me by my professors and his professors before him! In this course you will be able to understand all aspects of basic music theory and grasp a better understanding of the following: Key signatures Triads Scales Rhythmic relationships Chords Melody and Harmony And Much More! The course should take you at least a week of studying and practicing methods introduced in the course curriculum. The course is structured in a fast-pace video by video slideshow with a voice over. Full explanations of each method are provided. You would want to take my course if you are seeking to better your knowledge of music theory and understanding how to read everything involving music scores and triads. All you will need for this course is a pen/pencil. Plenty of blank paper (even staff paper would help) and your brain!

This 32-video course will teach you powerful tools for performing complex rhythms and polyrhythmic cycles, especially those found in Western contemporary classical music, Indian classical music, and jazz. Concepts from the Karnatic rhythm theory of South India are generalized to illustrate rhythmic techniques that can be applied to any style of music and any instrument. Rhythms are learned using vocal syllables called Solkattu. Learn a college semester's worth of material from home. By the end of the course you will be able to perform complex phrases in odd divisions, polyrhythmic cycles up to 9:8, phrases in polyrhythmic frames, and more. You will acquire an exciting collection of raw material for composition and improvisation, as well as new techniques for interpreting scores with rhythmic complexities.

When tutoring music theory at the university-level, I would often see students who struggled in the classroom setting. Much of the time this is because everyone thinks and learns in a different way. What makes sense to some students, might have to be explained another way to others. I have designed this course to address this problem by explaining concepts through several different mediums and in various ways. This course is a standard, university-level music theory class. The material covered at universities in beginner music theory classes is the same material covered here, but here it does not cost nearly as much. Another benefit of this format is one can go through it at their own pace and are not rushed to complete everything throughout one semester. Once purchased, the student will have access to this class for life. So, students will be able to regularly review any concepts they might struggle with. This class is comprised of: Written lectures that operate as chapters for a simplified textbook Video lectures that cover the written material in depth Quick definitions guides for each lecture Exercises to test one’s understanding and answer guides to check each exercise Quizzes for each section Examples of topics covered in this course include: Reading pitch Reading rhythm Reading most other symbols in music notation Tempo Time signatures Tuplets Key signatures Keyboard pitch labeling Dynamic indicators Tone-color Solfège Scale degree numbers Intervals Quality Major and minor scales Modes and pentatonic scales Triads Seventh chords Figured bass Lead-sheet notation Chord progression construction And many more subjects pertaining to the aforementioned material This course is the first in a series that will cover the entirety of undergraduate level music theory classes. Students enrolled in this class will receive discounts on future courses of mine.

In this course you will learn how to read and sing Byzantine music. Those "hieroglyphs" you saw in some books will no longer be unknown to you. Arm yourself with courage and patience because something unprecedented awaits you. This amazing course will open for you a lot of doors in your development and not only. Sing Byzantine!

This course aims to consolidate musical information about how the musical staff relates to nature through the harmonic series. Basically, as sound vibrates, the proportions of those vibrations create overtones that have been observed for many centuries, if not thousands of years. Understanding how they relate to the musical staff can deepen one's theoretical understanding of chords and scales. This is definitely the course for a musical beginner looking to learn more!

Learning how to write and create Music with Music Theory effectively will dramatically improve the quality of your music and the speed you create it. In this course, you will gain a basic understanding of Music Theory and ideas techniques and formulas to use when creating your own electronic music to allow you more options. You'll learn the beauty and the power of the basics of music theory that's used by professionals today. This course will cover such topics as • Major scales • Minor scales • Major chords • Minor chords • Diminished chords • Chord progressions • Relative minors, • Modes, • How to write Melodies • And more What you'll learn in this course will make you a better music producer, and improve your songwriting abilities in any Digital Audio Workstations! Learn to love music theory and creating electronic music with these easy to learn techniques today. Go ahead and click the enroll button, and we'll see you in lesson 1! Cheers, Tomas.

This course gives you the insight and knowledge on how to produce a retro sounding Disco Boogie record inspired by the early 1980's producers such as D-Train, Shep Pettibone and record labels such as Sam Records and Prelude Records. The course is designed for Ableton Live users and should take around 3 hours to create. The course is set out into different sections starting with beat programming right on through to mastering the track. It is structured in a simple and easy to follow manner. You should take this course if you want to extend your genre styles within music production and to gain useful tips on how to create classic Disco music with modern technology.

This Course 1, Section 1 course focuses on learning to notate basic rhythms and notes after listening to a melody. Through listening exercises and instruction, a student will be able to correctly notate a melody. This includes identifying simple time signatures in which the quarter note receives the beat and notate simple rhythms. A student will learn to identify different key signatures and scales and transcribe what they hear.