In this episode we’re taking a break from our usual lessons to practice noticing some ingenious song structures used equally effectively by two brilliant composers a couple centuries apart. I wanted t...Show More
In this episode we learn about Chords: the abstract packages of pitches that create (consonant or dissonant) Harmony when played at the same time. We also learn why the Triad is the most common type o...Show More
In this lesson we look at the abstract mathematical form that defines the Major Scale (our familiar Do-Re-Mi sound), how it can be moved around to different starting (or Tonic) pitches on the keyboard...Show More
Today’s bite-sized episode introduces the concept of Tonality. This is the first basic concept that undergirds the arcane world of Harmony. It may be a fancy sounding name, but the concept of tonality...Show More
Since we’ve completed our first big batch of concepts (Beat, Rhythm, Meter, and Melody), I figured it’s time to have an episode that brings them all together and demonstrates how much we can now liste...Show More
In this episode, we’ll learn a new simple melody on the keyboard (this time in the ‘ta-ki-de’ or skipping meter, but still with the classic ABA structure), and discover how complex a melody’s evolutio...Show More
In this episode we learn:
- How the standard keyboard is arranged
- The seven pitch names of the 'white keys' (CDEFGABC), the 'major scale' (Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do), and why it starts again at Do...Show More
In this episode, we review the basics of Meter (from Episode 2); put together rhythm compositions (ta-di feel) from Episodes 1 & 2 to create polyrhythm; and discover what happens when we use longer an...Show More
