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I didn't really answer the question. With the minors I would still think in terms of a stack of V's of V's but with modal shifts. ii-V is really a v-I relationship that is done without going outside the original key. The ear hears the V-I and perceives it as a powerful progression.

My college theory teacher did not believe in modulation, so he would have called it a V/V/V/V/V/V/V/V/V/V/V/V (a five of five of five of five of ...) Of course I didn't put in all the 7's and M7's etc. I believe the appeal of the progression would be the V-I relationship of all chord changes...

Here is part of a packet I sent home to parents of new students this year: Intervals First of all, an interval is defined as a measure of distance between two pitches (notes, as in higher or lower notes). Two carpenters communicate to each other about how short or long they want a board to be...

BassChuck, I use a lot of repetition. After the summer, my 1st graders were naming the intervals. I bought 11 guitars this year and plan to start applying!

I teach music in an elementary school and my 1st graders learned how to spell triads, construct scales, sight-sing and were at the point of melodic dictation last year in kindergarten. If you are interested in a simplified music theory that you can understand, let me know. I am making a new...

My advice is learn SCALES! Go to a music store and get a book that shows you how to play scales. Learn the major scale first, then minor and blues scales. Once your fingers know where to go in the scale, your ears can start telling them what to play. You may be bound to four fingers in four...