Understanding music theory gives you the intellectual tools you need for creating music. It expands your musical vocabulary, helps you understand the “why” of putting notes, chords and rhythms together, and gives you a solid foundation to build on. Just do it!
Posts in this Session October 2011
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The Basic Functions of Harmony - Secondary Dominants and How to Use Them
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An Introduction to Cadences - Music Theory: Intervals, and How to Derive Them
- Quick Tip: The Overtone Series
- Quick Tip: Use the Overtone Series for Effective Chord Voicings
- Using Pedal Points
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Electric Guitar Chord Inversions -
Quick Tip: How to Recognize Frequencies -
Introduction to the Major Scale – Basix -
The Harmonized Major Scale