Lessons

Foundational – making chord construction obvious

Now you’ll explore chord construction. The combination of two or more harmonic intervals constructs a chord. Very often scale no...

Today is about having fun, using double stops from the minor pentatonic. If necessary, remind yourself which notes are tensions. ...

Now let’s break down the short tune I gave as an example last time. Let’s see/listen how it works in creating a sense of the t...

The minor pentatonic provides a huge range of musical possibilities. It can be used to provide chords, melodies, and riffs, with no addition...

If you want to make steady progress, then your practice needs be directed. Please refer back to the Music 101 series if need be. But if ...

Learn here about the semitone, the octave, and how Western music singles out 12 pitches per octave, whose sounds are 0 to 11 semitones above...

In this lesson, you’ll learn some major triad shapes for your musical toolbox and some example chord progressions using these. Major...

In this lesson, you’ll learn some minor triad shapes for your musical toolbox and some example chord progressions using these. The g...

In this lesson, you’ll apply what you know about triads, to search for them in a collection of intervals known as the major scale. You...

Introduction Rhythm is all about organising the occurrence of musical sounds in time. With great music, it’s not long before you sta...