Course Structure

  1. Music Theory Foundation
    1. Keyboard
    2. Grand Staff
    3. Octave Identification
  2. Major and Minor Scales and Keys
    1. Major Scales
    2. Scale Degrees / Modes of Major Scales
    3. Minor Scales
    4. Intervals
    5. Key Signatures / Circle of Fifths
  3. Triads
    1. Triads of the Major Scale
    2. Triads of Minor Scales
    3. Triad Inversion
    4. Triads in Functional Harmony / Cadence
  4. Sixth and Seventh Chords
    1. Sixth and Seventh Chords of the Major Scale
    2. Sixth and Seventh Chords of Minor Scales
    3. Guide Tones
    4. Sixth and Seventh Chord Inversion
    5. Sixth and Seventh Chords in Functional Harmony / Cadence
  5. Extended Harmony
    1. Extended Harmony / Alterations
    2. Extended Harmony / Modes of Major Scales
    3. Extended Harmony / Modes of Minor Scales
  6. Diminished Chords
    1. Diminished Chords and Scales
    2. Diminished Chords in Extended Harmony
  7. Tonicization and Secondary Dominants
    1. Tonicization
    2. Secondary Dominants and Diminished Chords in Functional Harmony
    3. Chord Substitutions on Diminished Symmetry
  8. Rhythm
    1. Rhythmic Notation
    2. Meter
  9. Application
    1. Reading a Lead Sheet
    2. Bass Lines
    3. Chord-Scale Pairing
    4. Arpeggios and Target Notes