The Pillars of Music Theory

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How to Compose Music – Lesson 7 – Small Ternary Form

 

 

Art of Composing

Published on Mar 21, 2012

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http://www.artofcomposing.com/free Learn how to compose music, from start to finish. Be sure to sign up at http://www.artofcomposing.com/free to get the full benefits of the course including summaries of all the lessons, worksheets and additional videos. In this course, you’ll learn about melody, harmony, form, accompaniment, dynamics, articulations and how to make your music generally sound good. Study the ways in which Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven all made their music work.

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Lesson 1 – How to Write a Melody – Learn about how to write a Basic Idea, the real building block of classical music. The easiest way you’ve ever seen, to write a convincing melody.

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Lesson 2 – Harmony 101 – Learn about harmony, and how to make the basic idea you wrote in lesson 1, fit to different harmonies.

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Lesson 3 – The Musical Period – Learn about the musical period, the first of the small theme types that classical composers use in their music.

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Lesson 4 – The Musical Sentence – Learn about the musical sentence, the second of the small theme types that classical composers use in their music.

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Lesson 5 – Functional Harmony – Start to get in depth with your knowledge of harmony. Find out what you’ve been missing that will make writing chord progressions easier than ever.

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Lesson 6 – Harmonic Progressions and Chromaticism – Learn even more about how to use harmony to get the effects you want in your music. Learn about the different types of chord progressions, sequences and how to easily use chromatic harmony.

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Lesson 7 – Your First Complete Piece – Learn about small ternary form, and how all the previous lessons fit together to create a complete piece of music.

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Lesson 8 – The Details – Learn how to use your accompaniment, articulations and dynamics to create a great sounding, convincing piece of classical music.

Learn Beautiful Chord Shapes – Open Voicings

 

 

 

Paul Davids

Published on May 1, 2018

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How to Compose Music – Lesson 2 – Harmony 101, Fit Your Melody to Any Harmony

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Cycle of 4ths – Approach Notes — Ugly Bass Face

So, after watching the Cycle of 4ths video

from Talkingbass last night,

I ran the exercise on the E string a bit before going to bed.

A little while ago, I practiced it again,

this time doing some small variations –

first just running the Cycle and

playing the root & 5th and …

via Exercise: Cycle of 4ths + approach notes — Ugly Bass Face

AP MUSIC THEORY – Guide for Part Writing, Counterpoint, Composition, Figured Bass, Non Chord Tones

 

whsaptheory

Published on Mar 31, 2013

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This video talks about guidelines for successful partwriting and counterpoint Produced for WHS AP Music Theory http://goo.gl/vr5mA LIKE US!! and SHARE and SUBSCRIBE!! https://www.youtube.com/user/whsaptheory https://sites.google.com/a/friscoisd…. Thanks for Watching

AP MUSIC THEORY – Lesson 1: Advanced Music Theory – Keys, Scales, Intervals

 

Declan Plummer

Published on May 11, 2015

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Check out my Website where you can find handouts and other videos about basic music theory and much more! http://www.declanplummer.net Table of Contents Intro: 0:00 Sharp Rule Without Key Signature: 1:08 Sharp Rule With Key Signature: 4:47 Flat Rule Without Key Signature: 7:08 Flat Rule With Key Signature: 10:15 Minor Key Signature: 12:30 Examples: 15:39 Scale Degrees: 21:28 Harmonic & Melodic Minor Scales: 26:04 Interval Definition & Types of Intervals: 30:55 Calculating Intervals: 36:12 Chromatic Intervals: 40:08 Compound Intervals: 47:41 Conclusion: 50:05

 

Lennon, McCartney and You Guys – An AP Music Theory Lesson

Frank Doyle

Published on Jan 1, 2013

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Produced by The New York State Student Music Association, Mr. Doyle’s sample lesson plan invites you into his high school music theory (AP) classroom for a lesson on chordal root movements. Using the harmonic plan from Paul McCartney’s, “Oh Darling” as a four-part Roman numeral exercise, the students explore voice leading, non-harmonic tones, sight-singing, and finally backing up the Beatles original recording with their harmonization. Music theory teachers are encouraged to produce their own original video lesson demonstrations and submit them to the editors of the new, Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy Online (www.jmtp.ou.edu). This exciting website is a valuable resource to all music theory educators.

 

 

Exploring Chromatic Thirds | Music Theory | Composition | Berklee Online

 

 

 

ART OF COMPOSING – What Are Inversions

Art of Composing

Published on Sep 20, 2017

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What are harmonic inversions? If you’re not using them, you run the risk of writing very boring progressions and pieces. But they don’t have to be a scary confusing thing. In this episode, I try to unpack them just a little bit and make them just a little more useful and less intimidating.

ANDREW WASSON – Music Lesson – Harmonic Analysis – Minor Key Theory

Music Theory Lecture – What Every Pro Musician Needs To Know

 

 

Rick Beato

Published on Nov 26, 2016

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This is my first music theory lecture on what every professional musican needs to know. I discuss everything from, key signatures, intervals, buliding triads and seventh chords, extended notes and upper structures, chord construction, harmonic analysis, mode to chord relationship, the major, melodic minor and harmonic minor scales and modes. I also explore the construction of auxiliary scales like:

 

 

Practical Usage of Advanced Musical Theory

 

samuraiguitarist

Published on Dec 7, 2016

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Today we’re looking at some practical applications of advanced musical theory. Make sure you like, comment and subscribe! —————————————-­­­­­­­­­­­­—————————–­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­————- If you enjoyed this video, it would mean the world to me if you considered supporting my channel over at https://www.patreon.com/samuraiguitarist This content takes a lot of time and effort to produce. By supporting my page you make these videos possible! Email me at info@samuraiguitarist.com to inquire about a private Sensei Session via skype —————————————-­­­­­­­­­­­­—————————–­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­————- Links to each point 1. The 50’s Rock and Roll Minor Chord 00:28 2. Squishing and Stretching the Toffee 01:52 3. The Diminished Climb 03:48 4. Using Major and Minor Pentatonics 04:33 5. Chromatic Bebop Lines 06:05 6. IImi bII7 Ima 07:27 —————————————-­­­­­­­­­­­­—————————–­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­————- https://www.facebook.com/samuraiguit https://www.twitter.com/samuraiguit Instagram @samuraiguitarist Snapchat @samuraiguit info@samuraiguitarist.com —————————————-­­­­­­­­­­­­—————————–­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­-­————- Guitarist/Songwriter/Samurai Born in the Manitoba prefecture of Canada, samuraiguitarist, Steve-san Onotera, honed his discipline under the study of the country’s most powerful musical sensei. Bred on rock, raised on the blues, trained in jazz, samuraiguitarist creates incredibly innovative videos that showcase his talents on the guitar.

Tchaikowsky – Waltz of the Flowers Harmonic Analysis by Byron Wiegel

 

Byron Weigel Music Theory

 

Bill Hilton – Piano for Beginners, Lesson 12 || Rhythm reading and new scales

Bill Hilton

Understanding Tuplets

 

 

Jonathan Curtis

 

 

 

Music Theory Fundamentals 1: Notation Basics

 

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What Are The Fundamentals of Teaching Elementary Music? – Mr A’s Music Place

Originally posted on mr a music place

Whether you will be starting your music teaching career next fall,

are assuming your first ever elementary music position

after previously teaching at another level

or an instrumental program,

or are a seasoned elementary music teacher

who benefits from reminders and

self-challenges (that’s me, by the way),

via What Are The Fundamentals of Teaching Elementary Music? — Music Lessons California

Music Theory Doesn’t Stunt Creativity – It Fuels It

Predictably, the people who think music theory is a waste of time are the ones who’ve either never studied it, or who’ve learned to hate the study of it. Just as predictably, the ones who feel that music theory is a must for anyone who writes or performs music are the ones who’ve got a…

via Music Theory Doesn’t Stunt Creativity: It Fuels It — The Essential Secrets of Songwriting

Understanding How Music Composition Works — mr a music place

Over the course of my teaching career, I have had my students do a variety of things under the guise of creating or composing music. Too often, I have expected them to go further with composing than than I had prepared them to go. Part of the the problem for me was that I confused exploration, improvisation, […]

via Understanding How Music Composition Works — mr a music place