Music Reading & Theory Course

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What you will learn in this course

In this course, you will thoroughly learn music theory and music reading, giving you a deep understanding of the foundations of music and, above all, the ability to play any type of sheet music.

You will be able to learn all of this thanks to:

91 videos to thoroughly learn every topic
17 PDF files with practical exercises
More than 130 audio exercises to practice on your own

Please note: These lessons are designed for EVERYONE (beginners and professionals), regardless of the instrument played.

The piano examples used in some videos are included for greater clarity, and using them does NOT require any piano technique knowledge.

Here is the list of video lessons for the course

Part 1: Scale and tonality

Part 2: The role of notes in different tonalities

Part 3: Chords and tonality

Part 1: What is a Musical Interval?

Part 2: The Half Tone and the Whole Tone

Part 3: How to Find the Notes of All Major Scales

Part 4: Practice with G Major Scale and E-Flat Major Scale

Part 1: Melodic intervals and harmonic intervals

Part 2: How to determine the 'Generale Name' of an interval

Part 3: How to find the 'Generale Name' in case of sharps or flats

Part 1: The accidentals (sharp and flat)

Part 2: Diatonic half tones and chromatic half tones

Part 3: The A major scale case

Part 1: How to graphically represent music

Part 2: The properties of sound

Part 1: Where did we leave off last time?

Part 2: Temporary accidentals and permanent accidentals – How to alter current alterations?

Part 3: What double accidentals?

Part 1: What does it mean to keep time and what is a bar?

Part 2: The first graphical symbol to represent sound: a quarter note

Part 3: Other notes of different durations and musical rests

Part 1: the relative minor scale

Part 2: the natural minor scale and the harmonic minor scale

Part 3: the melodic minor scale

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: What are quavers and how to read them

Part 3: What are semiquavers and how to read them

Part 4: Practice pt.1

Part 5: Practice pt.2

Part 2: How to find all the notes of minor scales pt.1

Part 3: How to find all the notes of minor scales pt.2

Part 4: Two examples of applying this method

Part 5: The minor keys

Part 6: The relations between major and minor scales

Part 2: the specific name of an interval

Part 3: major intervals

Part 4: perfect intervals

Part 2: Basic practice 1 (crotchets, minimes, semibreves)

Part 3: Basic practice 2 (quavers and semiquavers)

Part 4: How to find the right “tempo” to practice and perform

Part 5: Practice with other rhythmic figures

Part 2: Above and below major intervals

Part 3: Above and below perfect intervals

Part 4: Practice

Part 5: How to find the specific name for intervals wider than one octave

Part 2: Why it is important to read rests correctly

Part 3: Examples of reading rests

Part 4: Exercises with figures of different duration 1

Part 5: Exercises with figures of different duration 2

Part 6: Exercises with figures of different duration 3

Part 1: How to name the notes and distinguish their pitch

Part 2: What is the staff?

Part 3: What are the clefs?

Part 4: How to read the notes in treble and bass clef

Part 5: The other F clefs and the C clefs

Part 6: How to read the notes written above and below the staff

Part 7: We find a reference sound in order to play any instruments in all clefs

Part 1: How to read pitch and duration of notes together

Part 2: How to find the beats on staff

Part 3: Time signature: how to use it

Part 4: Practical exercises for identifying beats 1

Part 5: Practical exercises for identifying beats 2

Part 1: What consonances and dissonances are

Part 2: The way to classify intervals in consonances and dissonances

Part 3: Practical examples of consonances and dissonances

Part 4: What is 'resolution' and its important consequences in studying harmony

Part 1: How to identify beats in 3/4

Part 2: How to identify beats in 2/4

Part 3: How to keep time in order to distinguish beats

Part 4: A new way to keep time and an exercise to learn how to do it

Part 1: The problem of black keys and how to determine the pitch of notes

Part 2: The first two musical systems

Part 3: How can G sharp and E flat have a different pitch?

Part 4: The equal tempered system and the main consequence of its introduction

Part 1: Essential exercises of music reading

Part 2: How to get the most of audio files

Part 3: How to do exercises correctly

Part 1: Equal tempered scale and harmonic relation

Part 2: What are enharmonic equivalents

Part 3: The first consequence of using of enharmonic relation

Part 4: The second consequence of using of enharmonic relation

Part 5: The third consequence of using enharmonic relation

Part 1: Video Introduction to exercises

Part 1: Video Introduction to exercises

Part 1: Why music is motion

Part 2: What are downbeat and upbeat

Part 3: Binary, ternary and quaternary rhythmn

Part 4: Rhythmic accents: strong beat and weak beat

Part 5: Two considerations about the importance of strong beat

Part 1: Video Introduction to exercises

Part 1: Video Introduction to exercises

Part 1: Video Introduction to exercises

Part 1: Introduction to the new cycle of lessons

Part 2: What is the tie

Part 3: How to read the tie

Part 4: Another example of reading the tie

Part 5: Practical exercise with the tie

Part 6: Exercise to learn to play 1

Part 7: Exercise to learn to play 2

Part 8: How to make the most of the exercises in attachment

Part 1: Introduction to the new lesson

Part 2: The difference between the tie and the slur

Part 3: The quaver group plus semiquaver couple: theoretical explanation 1

Part 4: The quaver group plus semiquaver couple: theoretical explanation 2

Part 5: Practical exercise

Part 6: Exercise to learn to play the quaver group plus the semiquaver couple

Part 1: Introduction to the new lesson

Part 2: Dotted notes

Part 3: The dotted crotchet

Part 4: A trick to read music as best as possible with dotted notes

Part 5: The practical exercise of music reading

Part 6: The exercise to learn to play dotted notes

Part 1: Introduction to the new lesson

Part 2: The dotted quaver (theory)

Part 3: The dotted quaver (practice)

Part 4: Music reading practice

Part 5: Exercise to play the dotted quaver

Part 1: Introduction to the new lesson

Part 2: Double dotted notes: how to read them

Part 3: Music reading practice

Part 4: Exercise to learn to play double dotted minime

Part 1: Introduction to the new lesson

Part 2: Double dotted crotchet (theory and practice)

Part 3: Music reading practice

Part 4: Exercise to learn to play double dotted crotchets

Part 1: Introduction to the new lesson

Part 2: What are demisemiquavers and how to read them

Part 3: Double dotted quavers (theory)

Part 4: Double dotted quavers (practice)

Part 5: Music reading practice

Part 6: The exercise to learn to play double dotted quavers

Part 1: Introduction to the new lesson

Part 2: First new rhythmic group: eight note rest and a couple of semiquavers

Part 3: Practice (first figure)

Part 4: Exercise to learn to play (first figure)

Part 5: Second figure: dotted crotchet and a couple of semiquavers

Part 6: Practice (second figure)

Part 7: Exercise to learn to play (second figure)

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