Compose your Music

MUSICAL THEORY: The Complete Course

This course is designed for beginners in Musical Composition that look to build up their musical language before taking the Composition course or any student who wants to know about music!

This course will give you the foundation to reach an advanced level in Musical Theory

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Course Instructor

giselapaterno giselapaterno Author

Elementary: Preparatory Theory

Names of the notes on the keyboard
Before we start
Staff. Treble and Bass Clefs
How this course works
Note Values
Rests. Values
Time Signatures. Simple and Compound Time

Level 1: Basics of Musical Notation – Practical exercises

Notes. Staff. Treble and Bass Clef
Note Values. Tempo and BPM
Rest Duration
Dots and Ties
Accidentals: Flats, Sharps and Natural signs
Time Signatures: Simple and Compound Meter. Duple, Triple and Quadruple Meter
Grouping and Stem direction
Naming Octaves. Octave registres 
Enharmonic notes. Double sharps and flats

Level 2: Time Signatures (Cont.) Intervals

Time Signatures: Odd Meter
Generic Intervals
Specific Intervals
Interval Inversion
How to write intervals
Key Signatures. Circle of fifths

Level 3: Advanced Rhythmic concepts

Triplets, Duplets, Quintuplets and Sextuplets
Dotted Rhythm grouping
Upbeats and downbeats. Anacrusis

Level 4: Scales

Major Scales
Natural Minor Scale
Scale Degrees
Minor Harmonic Scale
Minor Melodic Scale
Roman Numeral Notation

Acoustics: Overtone series and the beginning of Harmony

Overtone series: Harmonicity and inharmonicity as the foundation of Harmony
Relationship between the overtone series and the Major Scales

Triads

Major and Minor Triads
Augmented and Diminished Triads
Root position, First and Second inversion notation
Roman Numeral Analysis
Diatonic Triads

Exercises

Tonic Family
Sub-Dominant Family
Dominant Family
Analysis

Family Chords: Minor Mode

Tonic Family
Sub-Dominant Family
Dominant Family
Analysis

Learn how to track your learners’ course progress in Sensei LMS.
Exercises

Sevenths Chords

Dominant Seventh
Major Seventh
Minor Seventh
Half-Diminished
Fully Diminished
Augmented Sevenths
Seventh inversions
Chord Notation in Roman Numerals
Voicing concepts

Chord Progressions

Common Chord Progressions
Root movements: Strong, mild and Super-strong
Analysis
Exercises

Cadences

Authentic Cadence
Plagal Cadence
Half-Cadence
Deceptive or  Interrupted Cadence

Non-Chord or Non-Harmonic Tones

Active Steps
Non- Accented Passing Notes
Accented and Chromatic Passing Tones
Non-Accented Ancillary or Neighbouring Tones
Accented and Chromatic Ancillary or Neighbouring Tones
Incomplete Neighbour
Appoggiatura
Anticipation
Escape Tones
Suspensions
Retardations
Double Neighbouring or “Cambiata”

Harmonisation of Melodies in Major and Minor Modes

Major Modes
Exercises
Minor Modes
Exercises

Harmonic Rhythm

This section does not have any lessons.

Harmonic Textures

Homophonic
Chordal
Alberti Bass
Intermittent
Complementary

Chord Substitutions

This section does not have any lessons.

Neapolitan Chord

How to build it in Major and Minor Mode
Analysis and examples
Exercises

Tonicization

 Secondary Dominant chords
Examples and Analysis
Exercises
 Secondary Diminished chords
Examples and Analysis
Exercises

Greek Modes

History, structure and Modern uses
Ionian
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Aeolian
Locrian
Gradient of light and dark in Greek Modes
Analysis and exercises

Mode Mixture or Modal Interchange

What is modal interchange and when to use it
Application in Major and Minor Modes
Examples and Analysis
Exercises

Augmented Sixth Chords

Italian
French
German
Swiss or Enharmonic German
Analysis
Exercises

Modulation

What is Modulation and when to use it
Tonicization Versus Modulation
Closely and Distantly related Keys
Modulation by Dominant chords 
Diatonic Pivot Chords and Common Chords
Enharmonic Modulation
Examples and Analysis
Exercises

Revision and Exercises

This section does not have any lessons.

This course will give you the foundation to reach an advanced level in Musical Theory

Categories:

Course Instructor

giselapaterno giselapaterno Author

Elementary: Preparatory Theory

Names of the notes on the keyboard
Before we start
Staff. Treble and Bass Clefs
How this course works
Note Values
Rests. Values
Time Signatures. Simple and Compound Time

Level 1: Basics of Musical Notation – Practical exercises

Notes. Staff. Treble and Bass Clef
Note Values. Tempo and BPM
Rest Duration
Dots and Ties
Accidentals: Flats, Sharps and Natural signs
Time Signatures: Simple and Compound Meter. Duple, Triple and Quadruple Meter
Grouping and Stem direction
Naming Octaves. Octave registres 
Enharmonic notes. Double sharps and flats

Level 2: Time Signatures (Cont.) Intervals

Time Signatures: Odd Meter
Generic Intervals
Specific Intervals
Interval Inversion
How to write intervals
Key Signatures. Circle of fifths

Level 3: Advanced Rhythmic concepts

Triplets, Duplets, Quintuplets and Sextuplets
Dotted Rhythm grouping
Upbeats and downbeats. Anacrusis

Level 4: Scales

Major Scales
Natural Minor Scale
Scale Degrees
Minor Harmonic Scale
Minor Melodic Scale
Roman Numeral Notation

Acoustics: Overtone series and the beginning of Harmony

Overtone series: Harmonicity and inharmonicity as the foundation of Harmony
Relationship between the overtone series and the Major Scales

Triads

Major and Minor Triads
Augmented and Diminished Triads
Root position, First and Second inversion notation
Roman Numeral Analysis
Diatonic Triads

Exercises

Tonic Family
Sub-Dominant Family
Dominant Family
Analysis

Family Chords: Minor Mode

Tonic Family
Sub-Dominant Family
Dominant Family
Analysis

Learn how to track your learners’ course progress in Sensei LMS.
Exercises

Sevenths Chords

Dominant Seventh
Major Seventh
Minor Seventh
Half-Diminished
Fully Diminished
Augmented Sevenths
Seventh inversions
Chord Notation in Roman Numerals
Voicing concepts

Chord Progressions

Common Chord Progressions
Root movements: Strong, mild and Super-strong
Analysis
Exercises

Cadences

Authentic Cadence
Plagal Cadence
Half-Cadence
Deceptive or  Interrupted Cadence

Non-Chord or Non-Harmonic Tones

Active Steps
Non- Accented Passing Notes
Accented and Chromatic Passing Tones
Non-Accented Ancillary or Neighbouring Tones
Accented and Chromatic Ancillary or Neighbouring Tones
Incomplete Neighbour
Appoggiatura
Anticipation
Escape Tones
Suspensions
Retardations
Double Neighbouring or “Cambiata”

Harmonisation of Melodies in Major and Minor Modes

Major Modes
Exercises
Minor Modes
Exercises

Harmonic Rhythm

This section does not have any lessons.

Harmonic Textures

Homophonic
Chordal
Alberti Bass
Intermittent
Complementary

Chord Substitutions

This section does not have any lessons.

Neapolitan Chord

How to build it in Major and Minor Mode
Analysis and examples
Exercises

Tonicization

 Secondary Dominant chords
Examples and Analysis
Exercises
 Secondary Diminished chords
Examples and Analysis
Exercises

Greek Modes

History, structure and Modern uses
Ionian
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Aeolian
Locrian
Gradient of light and dark in Greek Modes
Analysis and exercises

Mode Mixture or Modal Interchange

What is modal interchange and when to use it
Application in Major and Minor Modes
Examples and Analysis
Exercises

Augmented Sixth Chords

Italian
French
German
Swiss or Enharmonic German
Analysis
Exercises

Modulation

What is Modulation and when to use it
Tonicization Versus Modulation
Closely and Distantly related Keys
Modulation by Dominant chords 
Diatonic Pivot Chords and Common Chords
Enharmonic Modulation
Examples and Analysis
Exercises

Revision and Exercises

This section does not have any lessons.

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