Your comprehensive Intro to
MUSIC THEORY
Everything I know to help you get started in understanding the building blocks of music!!
We often look at theory as a daunting task of memorization that we may never actually use.
In reality, all music theory is, is a process of identifying and naming things in music that you're already doing!
Intro to Music Theory will help you make sense of it all, in a way that you'll actually use.
Course Curriculum
- Intro To Notation (1:01)
- The Grand Staff (1:51)
- The Treble Clef (3:25)
- The Bass Clef (1:40)
- Filling in the note names (middle C) (8:10)
- Accidentals (6:42)
- What is Rhythm? (0:58)
- Beats and Measures (1:51)
- Note Lengths Explained (8:40)
- Rest Lengths Explained (4:00)
- Tied Notes (2:28)
- Dotted Note (2:31)
- Time Signatures and Tempo (5:14)
- How To Use Notes and Rhythm To Make Music (0:57)
- Whole Steps and Half Steps (4:00)
- Major Scales (4:19)
- Intro To The Number System (1:15)
- Number System (4:20)
- What Is A Chord? (2:13)
- Major VS Minor (2:00)
- Major Triads (1:39)
- Minor Triads (2:05)
- Augmented Triad (1:56)
- Diminished Triad (1:42)
- Inversions (1:51)
- Chord Symbols (2:20)
- Intervals (1:37)
- Major Intervals (3:27)
- Minor Intervals (4:11)
- Downward Intervals (3:07)
- 4 Note Chords (7:16)
- 4 Note Chords (Extended) (4:50)
- Upper Structures (5:37)
- Intro To Minor Scales (1:26)
- The Minor Scales : Natural / Relative Minor (4:01)
- Melodic Minor Scale (2:42)
- Harmonic Minor (1:23)
- Modes of the Major Scale (4:51)
- What Key Is The Song In? (3:11)
- What Is Melody? (1:44)
- Chord Tones VS Non Chord Tones (2:21)
- Leading Tones (4:17)
- What Is A Chord Progression? (2:48)
- Number System Applied to Chords (3:56)
- The V-I Chord Progression: Why It Works (3:01)
- The II-V-I Chord Progression (1:21)
- The IV-I Plagal Cadence (1:16)
- The Circle of Fifths (5:27)
- Song Form (5:10)
Your Guide to Theory
You'll cover all the important first steps towards a fluent understanding of the language of music!
- The Building Blocks of Music
- Notes
- Intervals
- Scales
- Chords
- How to Use the Building Blocks of Music
- Chord Progressions
- Leading Tones
- Why Chords Work
- Putting It All Together
- Song Form
- Composition
- Melody
- Harmony
Meet your instructor
Charles Cornell
Before building a YouTube channel with over 1.2 million subscribers, Charles made a living as a jazz pianist playing gigs and teaching students. With both formal jazz and classical education, he has helped thousands of aspiring musicians take the next steps in their musical journeys. With such an extensive background and knowledge base in applied theory and improvisation, Charles has been able to help students of all levels improve their skills. From complete beginners looking to start learning the piano, to advanced professionals looking to improve their theory knowledge and improvisational vocabulary on their instrument.
