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What you will learn

Play through all the Major Scales (Keys)

Play any chord

Understand Minor Scales (the modes)

Figure out what Key a song is in

Understand and play from a Chord Chart

Description

So many people want to learn music but end up learning to copy what we see on an instrument. I wanted to know more about music than just what is written on the sheet music. I have learned so much since I started my music journey and the foundation is understanding scales and chords.

What does this course teach you?

This course teaches you scales and chords which all your favorite songs are based on. Once you are comfortable and “really” understand the scale your song is written in then the song becomes so much easier. It will cover:

  • Major Scales
  • Minor Scales (modes)
  • Different ways to learn your scales
  • Major, minor, Diminished, and Augmented chords
  • How to read chord variations (sus, 7th, dom7, 5 chords)
  • How to read chord charts
  • How to transpose songs (change the scale or key of the song)

We are going to try very hard to explain all the material in several ways, because everyone learns differently. We are also going to explain a lot of the terms of music so you don’t have to have a musical dictionary at hand. Most of the terms are very basic in music that we will us.

This course includes video of me explaining the process. It also has exercises for you to try out on your and multiple downloads to look over offline.


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Music is a process.

There are some really smart people that might memorize the facts of this course in a week or so. Music is a process though and not just facts. I will show you ways and exercises to use the knowledge in this course in practical ways so the information actually stays with you.

Why should you take this course?

You can take music lessons your whole life and rely on what people tell you. Many people continue to need others to tell them what to do. I won’t be telling you how you should be playing your music at all in this course. I am giving you a tool to understand music. Some people leave the traditional teaching system and go to online song tutorials for their music help but you are still often just listening to someone tell how “they” play the song. This course will show you how to understand the music for yourself and make decisions on how it should be played. It will give you the foundation to not just play music but to create it. 

English
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Content

Introduction

Introduction
Charts and Printouts

Scales

What are Scales
Circle of Fifths
Counting out the steps for Major and Minor Scales
Memorizing the sharps or flats
Hearing the difference of Major and Minor

Chords

Understanding Chords and there importance
Chords based on your scale
Chords by steps
Inversions
Do you know your scale or do you know your scale?
Additional Chords

Ways to use Scales and Chords

Chord Charts
Lead Sheets
Improvising in a song
Transposing
Modes
Looking at Pachelbel’s Canon

Conclusion

Conclusion
Bonus Lecture