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Today's video is my FULL "music theory for dum-dums" crash course! Music theory 101!

Look, I know most people don't think music theory lessons are as interesting as we piano teachers do... so I'm trying to keep this video interesting.

This is going to be music theory explained on a broad level, and all the basic concepts will be laid out for you in this free course.

Specifically, we're going to look at how music chords theory and music scales theory tie together to create a real SONG.

We'll definitely also cover chord progressions theory too.

That's the thing, we can talk about music theory for beginners all day long...

But actually showing you how to USE this within the context of REAL SONGS is what's going to make sense of it all.

When learning about music theory piano is definitely the best instrument to illustrate the concepts on. But what you'll learn in this video is also applicable to guitar, or any other instrument.

(Here's a link to my Piano By Ear course that I mention in the video: https://bit.ly/piano-by-ear-coreylennox)

What we cover in this course:
- Music theory overview
- Melodies
- Scales
- Diatonic chords
- Chord progressions
- Finding the key of a song
- Major & minor chords
- Primary chords
- Minor scales
- Finding the relative and parallel minor scales
- Natural, harmonic, and melodic minor

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:35 Section 1: The Big Picture
1:44 The Song Equation
4:32 Basic Keyboard Layout
5:13 Intervals
6:03 Section 2: Melody & Scales
6:52 Melody Examples
7:45 Why Scales Matter
9:44 How to Make Scales
11:30 The Golden Scale Formula
16:06 Section 2 Action Steps / Recap
16:39 Section 3: Creating Chords
19:26 How Real Songs Use Chords
20:52 Chords From Different Scales
23:03 Section 3 Recap / Action Steps
23:50 Section 4: Chord Progressions
24:14 The Legendary Chord Progression
26:23 Primary Chords
27:20 Transposing Chords
28:40 Section 4 Recap / Action Steps
29:13 Section 5: Finding Your Key
30:05 With Sheet Music
32:00 Without Sheet Music
34:16 Section 5 Recap / Action Steps
34:47 Section 6: Putting it All Together
38:33 Why Bother With Music Theory?
44:27 Section 6 Recap / Action Step
46:11 Chord Types
52:31 Inversions
53:12 Examining Diatonic Chords
55:40 Relative Pitch
57:12 Section 7 Recap / Action Step
57:52 Section 8: Minor Scales
58:48 Relative Method
1:01:41 Parallel Method
1:04:11 Natural Minor
1:04:43 Harmonic Minor
1:06:23 Melodic Minor
1:07:09 Section 8 Recap
1:07:34 Minor Recap Example
1:10:16 Section 8 Action Steps
1:10:38 Section 9: Conclusion
1:10:54 Songwriting
1:11:18 Ear Training
1:12:10 Improvising
1:12:59 Final Thoughts
1:13:41 Final Recap

Remember, the biggest thing is to PRACTICE this stuff (as I show you in the 6th section) in order to get better at it.

Enjoy and let me know if you have any questions!
- Corey

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