Learn music theory through the lens of songwriting. These tutorials cover the basics of harmony: minor scales, modes, 7th chords, modulations, and more.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know before watching this course
- Why music theory?
- The natural minor scale
- The harmonic and melodic minor scales
- Basic minor scale chord progressions
- A song in a minor key
- What are modes?
- Dorian and Phrygian modes
- Lydian and Mixolydian modes
- Locrian mode and the whole tone scale
- Major 7th chords
- Minor 7th chords
- Dominant 7th chords
- Half-diminished 7th chords
- Chord extensions
- The color tones
- Triads with an added note
- Diminished 7th chords
- Using 7th chords in a song
- Transposing a song for feel change or different voice ranges
- Modulation
- Modulation within a progression
- The pedal point
- Slash chords or upper structures
- Building different harmonies from a single melody
- Exploring modulation and pedal point in a song
- Next steps
Taught by
Julian Velard
