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Welcome to music theory lesson #3! Congratulations on completing the following lessons already:

Day 1: Major Scales
Day 2: Minor Scales / Blues Scale

... but we still have 8 lessons to explore!

Day 3: Whole Steps, Half Steps & Intervals
Day 4: Major Chords & Minor Chords
Day 5: Chord Inversions
Day 6: Seventh Chords
Day 7: Blues Chord Progression
Day 8: Scales & Chords
Day 9: Ear-Training
Day 10: Playing in every key

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Lesson 3: Whole Steps, Half Steps, and Intervals
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By now, you should already know what Whole and Half steps are.

To review:

Half Step (h): From key to key (no keys in between)
Whole Step (w): Every other key (one key in between)

Equivalents:

2 Half steps = 1 whole step
2 Whole steps = 4 Half Steps
1 Half Step = 1 / 2 Whole Step

Examples:

C to E = 2 Whole Steps / or 4 Half Steps
F to F# = 1 Half Step
G to C = 5 Half Steps / 2.5 Half Steps

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Intervals
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Intervals are important. They form major, minor, and other type of chords.

Do you know what an interval is?

An Interval in music, is the "distance in pitch between two notes." In our 300-pg course, we cover over 7 different types of Intervals (major, perfect, melodic, harmonic, minor, augmented, diminished, etc)

In this lesson, we will cover only two:

Major Intervals & Perfect Intervals

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Major Third:

Is the distance between the root and the (3) degree a major scale.

For example, in (C major), the root is (C) of course, and the (3) degree is: (E).

(C) and (E) played together is classified as a "major third." This is the beginning of a major chord.

Perfect Fifth:

Is the distance between the root and the (5) degree of a major scale.

For example, in (C major), the root is (C), and the 5th degree is: (G)

(C) and (G) played together is classified as a "perfect fifth."

As you will learn tomorrow, these two intervals combine to make up the "major chord."

Try to figure out the major third and perfect fifth intervals in all 12 major keys!

See you tomorrow and thank you for your time!

Jermaine
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More Music Theory Piano Lessons

Major Scales Music Theory

Minor Scales / Blues Scale Theory

Whole Steps, Half Steps & Intervals

Major Chords & Minor Chords

Piano Chord Inversions

Piano Seventh Chords

Blues Piano Chord Progression

Piano Scales & Piano Chords

Piano and Keyboard Ear-Training

Playing in Every Major Piano Key

Common Musician Questions P1

Common Musician Questions P2

"4 Steps to Playing Most Songs"

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