GOAL: Understand the concept of intervals Learn the intervals between all 12 notes Practice identifying the major 3rd, minor 3rd and fifth interval Previous articles in this series – strongly recommended to read these first! Intro to music theory (the 12 notes) Octaves (how to identify notes on the fretboard) The Major Scale The […]
Previous articles in this series – strongly recommended to read these first! Intro to music theory (the 12 notes) Octaves (how to identify notes on the fretboard) The Major Scale The Minor Scale The natural minor scale is contains 7 notes with the following intervals between notes Tone Semi-tone Tone Tone Semi-tone Tone Tone You […]
Previous articles in this series – strongly recommended to read these first! Intro to music theory (the 12 notes) Octaves (how to identify notes on the fretboard) The Major Scale The major scale is the most popular scale in western music. It is recommended to learn the major scale first – as it feels natural […]
Previous articles in this series – strongly recommended to read this first! Intro to music theory (the 12 notes) What is an Octave? When we play notes on a string moving up one fret at a time, the notes are ascending in pitch. Each note is higher than the last. One Octave Higher If […]
The whole foundation of Western Music is based on the concept of 12 notes. The piano keyboard can help us to visualize these notes – The 7 white notes (or natural notes) are C, D, E, F, G, A B – The 5 black notes (sharp notes) are C#, D#, F#, G# and A# (note […]
