Basic Music Theory

Part 1

Chapter 1 An Ultra-Brief History of Musical Notation
Chapter 2 Lines, Lines, Everywhere There's Lines
Chapter 3 More Lines
Chapter 4 Where's the Beat?
Chapter 5 The Sound of Silence
Part 1 Review 35

Part 2

Chapter 6 Meter
Chapter 7 Down With the Count
Chapter 8 New Notes
Chapter 9 Seeing Dots
Chapter 10 Triplets
Part 2 Review
Chapter 11 Don't Say Practice

Part 3

Chapter 12 The Wind-Up and the Pitch
Chapter 13 A Note by Any Other Name Would Sound as Sweet
Chapter 14 Going Over the Clef
Chapter 15 No Trouble with Treble
Chapter 16 The Bass of the Clef
Chapter 17 To Fathom the Rhythm Clef
Part 3 Review
Chapter 18 Musical Terms

Part 4

Chapter 19 Accidentals On Purpose
Chapter 20 The Piano Keyboard
Chapter 21 Major Scales
Chapter 22 Unlock the Secret of Key Signatures
Chapter 23 The Guitar Fingerboard

Part 5

Part 6

Chapter 29 Triads
Chapter 30 Chord Extensions
Chapter 31 Chord Inversions
Chapter 32 Chord Regressions
Part 6 Review

Part 7

About this Course

This course is built around the second edition (2004) of Jonathan Harman's popular music primer, Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music. The informal approach and solid content make this a terrific introduction to music.

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