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Music Theory Fundamentals

Video lectures, with supporting materials (indented items)

Topic 1: Pitch and Pitch Notation

• Lesson 1: Pitch and Pitch Class
  • ASA pitch designations
• Lesson 2: Pitch Notation and Clefs
  • Clefs

Topic 2: Major Scales and Keys

• Lesson 3: Major Scales; part 1
• Lesson 3: Major Scales; part 2
  • Major Scales
  • Scale Degrees in Major
  • Population Graph
• Lesson 4: Practice with Major Scales
• Lesson 5: Keys and Key Signatures; part 1
• Lesson 5: Keys and Key Signatures; part 2
• Lesson 5: Keys and Key Signatures; part 3
  • Key signature scheme
  • Circle of fifths
  • Key signatures, key signatures in clefs

Topic 3: Intervals

• Lesson 6: Intervals; part 1
• Lesson 6: Intervals; part 2
• Lesson 6: Intervals; part 3
  • Intervals
• Lesson 7: Practice with Intervals
  • Error: ca 8:00, I was clearly thinking of the submediant, not the subdominant...
• Lesson 8: More on Intervals; part 1, Inversion
  • Inversions
• Lesson 8: More on Intervals; part 2, Compound Intervals
  • (Intervals <= 8ve are "simple intervals")
• Lesson 8: More on Intervals; part 3, Interval Counts in Major Scales

Topic 4: Minor Scales and Keys

• Lesson 9: Minor Scales; part 1
• Lesson 9: Minor Scales; part 2
  • Minor Scales
• Lesson 10: Minor Keys
  • Circle of Fifths with both Major and Minor Keys
• Lesson 11: Intervals in Minor Keys

Topic 5: Triads

• Lesson 12: Triads
  • Triads
• Lesson 13: Roman Numerals and Triads in Keys
  • Roman Numerals
• Lesson 14: Triad Inversions and Figured Bass; part 1
• Lesson 14: Triad Inversions and Figured Bass; part 2
  • Triad Inversions
• Lesson 15: Practice with Triads

Topic 6: Seventh Chords

• Lesson 16: Seventh Chords; part 1
• Lesson 16: Seventh Chords; part 2
  • Seventh Chords
  • Roman Numerals for Seventh Chords
• Lesson 17: Inversions of Seventh Chords and Figured Bass
  • Inversions of Seventh Chords
• Lesson 18: Practice with 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.

To find a theory tutor at CMU, consult this page.