• Harmonic Upgrades: Graduating From Triads To Sevenths

    For anyone serious about improving their chordal vocabulary and sound, this lesson is about upgrading triads to sevenths in all inversions.

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    Twelfth Day Of Christmas: Twelve Pitch Classes

    In this post, you’ll learn all the possible letter name spellings in music and also understand how to fit them into twelve pitch classes.

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    Week 1: The Major Triad + Chord Cheat Sheet

    A triad is a chord of three notes. In this lesson, we’ll get deeper into what major triads are made of. Plus, a cheat sheet pdf.

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    Seventh Day Of Christmas: Seven Letter Names

    Today’s lesson focuses on the seven letter names and how they influence the naming of scales, modes, chords, and more.

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    Sixth Day Of Christmas: Six Common Melodic Progressions

    Melodic progressions are the result of an octave being divided into equal parts. In this post, learn 6 common melodic progressions and where they’re found.

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    Fourth Day Of Christmas: Four Triad Qualities

    A triad is a generic name used to describe chords that have a total of 3 notes per octave. Let’s explore the 4 qualities of triads: major, minor, diminished, and augmented.

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    Second Day Of Christmas: Two Tonalities

    In this post, we’ll look at tonality from a binary (two) view and also cover the intervallic dimensions that can make a key center major or minor.

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