MIONLINE SHORT COURSE
Harmony & Theory – Level 1: Introduction to Major Scales
i COURSE OVERVIEW
i YOU’LL LEARN TO
- Learning intervals and their role in defining the distance between notes.
- Exploring how scales and intervals form the basis of melody.
- Studying the role of intervals and scales in harmony and chord construction.
- Developing aural skills to recognize intervals and scale patterns.
- Applying knowledge to musical analysis of compositions.
- Using concepts for composition and improvisation.
- Strengthening performance skills through practical application of scales and intervals.
i LESSON GUIDE
This topic covers the structure of the major scale, including whole steps and half steps, the use of accidentals, enharmonic equivalents, and an introduction to sharp and flat key signatures.
- Understanding the major scale structure
- Whole step and half step patterns
- Using accidentals and enharmonic equivalents
- Identifying sharp and flat key signatures
This topic explores the building blocks of harmony through the study of intervals and triads. Students learn to identify and compare simple and compound intervals, understand how interval inversions work, and apply this knowledge to the construction of triads. These concepts form the foundation for understanding chords, harmony, and musical structure.
- Understanding musical intervals
- Simple vs. compound intervals
- Interval inversions
- Building basic triads
This topic introduces the Circle of Fourths as a framework for understanding relationships between major scales and flat keys. Students learn how flat key signatures are formed and organized, and how the Circle of Fourths helps visualize key order, tonal movement, and harmonic structure in music.
- Understanding the Circle of Fourths and its purpose
- Exploring major scales in flat keys
- Identifying and reading flat key signatures
- Recognizing key relationships and tonal movement
- Applying the Circle of Fourths to composition and improvisation
This topic covers diatonic intervals, including perfect, major, and minor intervals, as well as diminished and augmented intervals. Students learn to identify and understand the sound and structure of each interval from unison to octave.
- Overview of diatonic intervals: perfect, major, minor, diminished, and augmented. Identification and recognition of intervals from unison to octave.
- Identification and recognition of intervals from unison to octave.
- Understanding the sound and structure of each interval.
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