Downloadable Guitar Music Theory Course - Part 1
Assuming no prior knowledge of music at all, this is the music theory course that answers all the questions - even the ones you feel might be too stupid to ask.
The course in detail
A brilliantly clear, step by step journey through the maze of music theory! Expert step by step guidance provided. All you have to do is follow the instructions on each video, and we’ll show you, step by step, how to:
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Quickly and easily name any note on the guitar
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Understand the layout of the chromatic scale – the great granddaddy of all scales.
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Understand how to create a major scale in any key by applying a simple to remember formula
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Learn the basics of standard notation so you can read notes off the stave and find them on the guitar.
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Learn the secret to easily working out key signatures – how many sharps and flats in each key and what notes they affect.
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Learn to create your own chord shapes out of thin air by understanding triad formulas
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Master the CAGED system – the heart of the greatest fretboard orientation method ever taught.
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Explore the subject of relative keys that means that you get two scales for the price of one just by changing your mind.
Prerequisites and expected outcome...
Assuming no prior knowledge of music at all, this is the music theory course that answers all the questions – even the ones you feel might be too stupid to ask.
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Build your understanding of music layer by layer In the first lesson we describe how music theory knowledge needs to be built like a pyramid, one layer at a time. The rest of the course helps you work your way up this pyramid with plenty of detailed demonstrations and applications covering every level.
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Good for all guitar players regardless of style or genre This course works equally well on either acoustic or electric guitar. It covers the core elements of music theory that can be applied to all forms of music.
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By the end of the course you will have built a solid foundation of theoretical understanding that will help unleash your musical creativity in all directions – playing, improvising, song-writing, transcribing – even the way you listen to music will be enhanced by deeper understanding.
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Feel your confidence grow! Vitally, completing part 1 of this course should help you realise that any difficulties you may previously have had understanding the principals of music theory were not because you were 'not smart enough' to get it. It is true that music theory is a complex subject, but this complexity has often been magnified many times by very poor methods of teaching it!
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The video content is supported by printouts showing all the key details that you may need to reference from time to time.
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Also included in the course files are 2 mp3 audio tracks specially recorded for the course to use as backing tracks to try out your improvising skills as a way of applying the materials taught on the course.
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Prompt, friendly support available if required. We do all we can in the design of these lessons to anticipate every question or problem that each individual student may have, but of course we know this is impossible. So please, if you have any difficulties at all following this course, or any questions that the materials don’t seem to answer, email us for support – we are always pleased to hear from you!
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Course comprises: 14 Video lessons 2 Backing tracks 15 Printouts