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Complete Music Theory and Fundamentals

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Here is a collection of sites based on music theory and fundamentals, I encourage anyone looking to perfect there music skills at least skim through this material and try to obtain a grasp of it.

Basic Music Theory- Great site of info as well as tests for Music Theory.

Music Theory Site 2- Going over the basics.

Basic Music Fundamentals- Great site with Tests on each area of the standard fundamentals.

Chord House- Great breakdown of how a Scale is made by steps and half steps.

Note Trainer- Teaches you to memorize the locatation of a note on a staff.
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In Addition,

Here is the list of weekly *Piano Lessons* from Afriquedeluxe.

Week 1-How to build major and minor piano scales

Week 2-Piano Chords

Week 3-Scale Tone Chords

Week 4-Arperggios

Week 5-Modes

Week 6-Chord Progressions

Week 7-Chord Inversions
 
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The Staff-

In musical notation, the staff is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces, on which note symbols are placed to indicate their relative pitch. The lines and spaces are numbered from bottom to top; the bottom line is the first line and the top line is the fifth line.

The musical staff can be thought of as a graph of pitch with respect to time; pitches are roughly given by their vertical position on the staff, and notes on the left are played before notes to their right. In both cases, however, the notations are not exactly proportional but are encoded by symbols.

Music on the staff is read from left to right: one note to the right of another means that it is to be played later; how much later depends on the note value of the preceding note, and on the tempo. A time signature indicates the note type receiving one beat and how many of these beats constitute one measure, bar lines groups notes on the staff into measures.

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What is the Circle of 5ths

What is the Circle of 5ths?
The circle of fifths is a diagram used in music theory that helps students memorize and understand the 24 major and minor keys used in music, key relationships, and many chord relationships.

Logically, this diagram is pretty fascinating. It ties together many common relationships found in music. The circle of fifths illustration was conceived by German musician Johann David Heinichen in 1728.

Memorizing the circle of 5ths diagram is worthwhile. It’s not as hard as it seems once you understand the logic behind the circle.


Fifths are musical intervals. The circle of 5ths is an arrangement of the 12 notes of the musical alphabet in a circle. Each note on the circle is a perfect fifth apart.

At the top of the circle we begin on the note C. As you go clockwise around the circle, the notes move in perfect 5ths.

A perfect fifth above C is G, and G is the next note on the circle going clockwise.

A perfect fifth above G is D. D is next on the circle.

Next, a perfect fifth above D is A, and so on. Clockwise, the circle moves through all 12 notes of the musical alphabet going in 5ths finally returning to C.

You will notice at the bottom of the circle three of the notes (B, F#, and C#) have two spellings each. The same pitch can have multiple spellings. These are called enharmonic notes. On the circle B and Cb are enharmonic equivalents. F# and Gb are equal. And, C# and Db are the same note. If you are confused about this, read over the musical alphabet lesson.

The Circle of Fourths

You may notice I call it a circle of 5ths and 4ths. Fourths are another musical interval. If you go counter-clockwise on the circle you will see the notes go in ascending perfect fourths.

From C, a perfect fourth above is F. A perfect fourth above F is Bb, and so on. The notes go in 4ths all the way around the circle when moving counter-clockwise.

Memorizing the Circle of 5ths and 4ths

It will be quite useful for you to memorize the sequence of note names in both fifths and fourths. For starters, bassists play lots of fifths. Knowing the fifth above any note will come in handy. Also, you will see many chord progressions move in fourths. And, it will make memorizing keys and key signatures easier, too.

Learn to recite the notes on the circle from memory. Be able to start on any note (not just C) and go all the way around the circle in both directions.

All you really need to remember is BEAD GCF. The cycle of fourths is BEADGCF with natural notes, followed by BEADGCF with flats. Notice Fb would be equivalent to E. Somewhere you have to flip to the enharmonic equivalent in order to go all the way around.

5ths are the same only backwards — FCGDAEB

4ths: C F Bb Eb Ab Db/C# Gb/F# Cb/B E A D G (C)
5ths: C G D A E B/Cb F#/Gb C#/Db Ab Eb Bb F (C)
 
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