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In this course, you will :
- Learn about music theory as it relates to modern electric and acoustic guitars.
- You can learn to read standard music notation, understand major and minor scales, and identify intervals—the distance between two notes on your guitar—in this course, which is adapted from Guy Capuzzo's popular book Theory for the Contemporary Guitarist.
- Tom Dempsey, the instructor, also covers chord theory as well as alternate minor scales and modes.
- Learn how to solo over 12-bar blues progressions. These lessons are beneficial to all levels of guitarists as well as any musician who wants to improve their understanding of musical theory.
Syllabus :
1. Standard Music Notation
- Notes on the staff
- Accidentals
- Enharmonic equivalents
- Measures
- Note values
- Time signatures
- Ties
- Dots
- Rest values
2. Major Scale
- The major scale
- Sharp scales
- Flat scales
- Keys and key signatures
- Cycle of 4ths and 5ths
3. Minor Scale and Keys
- Relative minor keys
- Natural minor scale
- Parallel minor keys
4. Intervals
- Intervals
- Major and perfect intervals
- Minor, diminished, and augmented intervals
- Simple intervals
- Interval inversion
5. Chord Theory
- Triads
- Major triads
- Minor triads
- Diminished triads
- Augmented triads
- Inverting triads
- Slash chord notation
- Diatonic triads in major keys
- Diatonic triads in minor keys
- 7th chords
- Major 7th chords
- Minor 7th chords
- Dominant 7th chords
- Minor 7b5 chords
- Inverting 7th chords
- Diatonic 7th chords in major keys
- Diatonic 7th chords in minor keys
6. Other Minor Scales
- Harmonic minor scale
- Harmonic minor diatonic triads and 7th chords
- Melodic minor scale
- Melodic minor diatonic triads and 7th chords
7. Modes of the Major Scale
- Modes of the major scale
- Ionian mode
- Dorian mode
- Phrygian mode
- Lydian mode
- Mixolydian mode
- Aeolian mode
- Locrian mode
8. The 12-Bar Blues
- The 12-bar blues progression
- Soloing over the blues: Mixolydian approach
- Soloing over the blues: Dorian approach
