Music Theory Fundamentals

Video lectures, with supporting materials (indented items)

Topic 1: Pitch and Pitch Notation

Topic 2: Major Scales and Keys

Topic 3: Intervals

Topic 4: Minor Scales and Keys

Topic 5: Triads

Topic 6: Seventh Chords

Excellent worksheets, with answer keys, can be found on Gene Biringer's music theory website.

Note for CMU students and other fixed-do users: when doing worksheets on scale degrees, disregard the exercises that use solfege syllables.

Tutoring schedule for the first four weeks:

  • Sun: 6-7, 157
  • Mon: 6-8, mezzanine outside 157
  • Tues: 7-9, mezzanine outside 157
  • Wed: no tutoring Sep 19
  • Thurs: 6-7:30, Maggie Murph Cafe in Hunt Library (this may change after week 1)

 

 

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