#musictheory

Happy holidays everyone! In this episode of music theory we continue with part 2 of the Context Principle and also discuss circle progressions. Hope you find it educational. I also want to extend a sincere thanks to Valery Amador for featuring the Music Mechanics series in Bass Musician...

Hi friends! In this episode I was invited to give a lecture on music theory at Biola University and wanted to share an excerpt of it with you. Hope you find it educational! Music Mechanics: Biola University Music Theory Lecture - YouTube

Hi friends! In this episode we'll discuss scale and chord relationships for melody and improvisation, the chord-scale system, we'll look at new definitions for modes, learn how modes can be used as independent entities, and the current definition of a scale. We'll also explore the number of...

In this episode of Music Mechanics we'll explore tonality, the tonic, what a tonal center is, and explain the difference between a tonic and a root. We'll also discuss the importance of using specific terminology, atonality, reharmonization, remelodization, and the differences between a tonal...

Hi friends! Hope this is useful. In Music Mechanics 30 we'll continue with the melodic minor scale and discuss the contemporary uses of it. We'll also cover the melodic minor diatonic chord formula, the minor mode, the major mode, chord progressions (harmonic progressions), arpeggiation...

Hi everyone, hope you are well and hope this is useful in explaining where those numbers like I - IV - V and ii - V - I come from. We continue with modes in Episode 28 and revisit diatonic harmony. Then we'll delve into the diatonic chords created from the modes of the major scale along with...

Hi friends, hope this is useful. In Episode 27 we continue with modes and learn two different possible interval formulas for each mode, how to construct them (including a very easy third way), the characteristics and "flavor" of each mode, parent scales, and the natural minor modes. I will...

Happy New Year everyone! Here's to a much better 2021 Hopefully this is useful to you. I am offering FREE lessons in conventional music theory. In episode 26 we'll talk about closed position voicings as well as open position voicings, voicing tendencies as concerned with the register of the...

My series on music theory just started in the new issue of "Bass Musician" magazine! It will be featured twice a month and is starting at the first episode for those of you who would like to learn from the very beginning. Thank you Valery Amador for the wonderful presentation and opportunity! :)...

Hi friends! Hope this is useful. In this episode (Music Mechanics 20) we'll cover how to create a triad on any root, the major/minor/augmented/diminished triads, enharmonic triads, tips to create triads quickly, chord factors, seventh chords (including the major 7th, dominant 7th, minor 7th...

Hi friends! Hope this is useful to you. In Music Mechanics 19 we'll cover interval inversion, harmonic and melodic interval inversion, how to determine or create an interval below a given note, transposition, the definition of chords and harmony, triads, tertian harmony, dyads, power chords...