Chords & Chord Progressions: Diminished 7th Chords, Theory & Ear Training
Lesson Goal: To name, spell, hear, and visualize the keyboard layout for the most commonly used Diminished 7th Chords…
Chords & Chord Progressions: Intervals You Gotta Know
Lesson Goal: To quickly internalize the commonly used Intervals that every musician needs to know… in all spellings… by ear, intellect, eye, and muscle…
Chords & Chord Progressions: Chord Structure using The Number System
Lesson Goal: To understand the Number System for describing Chord Structure… and to use this system for internalizing commonly-used chord types…
Chords & Chord Progressions: Chord Voicing
Lesson Goal: To understand the concept of Chord Voicing… and to start applying this to the way you read, listen, compose, and improvise…
Chords & Chord Progressions: Consonance and Dissonance
An introduction to the harmonic concepts of Consonance and Dissonance and how they inform your music making…
Piano Scales: A Fun and Easy Solfege Ear Training Idea
A fun, simple, and effective way to do Solfege ear training…
Piano Scales: Key Signatures: Major, Minor, Mixolydian, Dorian
An introduction to the concept of Key Signatures and how to apply it to reading music in Major, Minor, Mixolydian, and Dorian keys…
Piano Scales: Modes of the C Major Scale
A deep dive into the theory and ear training for the Modes of the C Major Scale…
Piano Scales: C Minor Scale Study (Natural, Melodic, Harmonic)
Lesson Goal: To quickly internalize the C Minor Scale (Natural, Melodic, Harmonic)… by ear, intellect, eye, and muscle…
Piano Scales: Chromatic Scale Theory & Ear Training
An introduction to the Chromatic Scale and what you really need to understand about names and note sounds, feelings, and functions…