#9 LEARN FREE MUSIC THEORY

[jadeheadphones]

T T S T T T S \ ^_^ / I KNOW SOMETHING !! <3 yay

[jadeheadphones]

E - F wow saw that quick! ^_^ techniqually F is E# too ...weird O_o

[DjSens3]

Im just watching your videos to get on to the harmonies.. I compose and would love to revise;)

[DjSens3]

I instantly saw E to F :)

[motionwindart]

Isn't B > C or B < C also a semitone?

[RemorfChuket]

@motionwindart im really suprised he didnt even mention that, its such a huge thing to miss

[motionwindart]

@RemorfChuket it actually gets mentioned later on so :)

[itstakenful]

@motionwindart yes

[Patriccist]

Hey guys! I got condused a little bit so maybe u could help me. At the very beginning Andrew says that chromatic semiton suppose to have the same letter and be on the same line. But what to do with E and F(B and C)?! How does it suppose to look like? E and E# or what? Because if i'll draw E and F it'll be semitone but these notes will be on different lines and have different letters. thanks!

[459miyuki]

really thank you for teaching (｡◠‿◠｡)!!

[vesee]

Andrew, you are very cool. Did you know that? ;-) I like to watch how you play around and in the meantime teach us. Greetings from Bulgaria. Did you know about Prof. Dr. George Lozanov and Suggestopedia?

[Justinopancho]

this kid is amazing and so helpful

[MyrCyn]

@xxmattsdxx17 Remember that there are other keys besides C. If you have a piano, think about how you'd write the key for Gb/F#. It would either be Gb, Ab, Bb, ?, Db, Eb, F or F#, G#, A#, B, C#, D#, ?. The ? in both scales indicates a note that "shouldn't" exist. Either a Cb or an E#. You could try to write these as naturals, but then you'd have two notes in one place (same line/space), and none in another, and you'd have to keep writing accidentals every time you switched which one you need

[kuru2k9]

Excellent video, this was helpful :), keep up the good work.

[lilgrim131]

i wish i could dislike all the dislikes on his video honestly.....or take them off.

[snaggleclaw]

If E to F is a Semitone, wouldn't B to C be a Semitone as well?

[josemontenegro777]

@snaggleclaw of course, he passed it as obvious, but yeah and Cb (C flat) is the same pitch as B, also B# is the same pitch as C, in modern times ;)

[snaggleclaw]

@josemontenegro777 Thank you. It's just that at 6:34 he said they were all whole tones except for one set (E to F). I wanted to confirm that B to C is also a half step (semitone). :) Was told I'll never see B#, Cb, E#, and Fb in sheet music because of that.

[josemontenegro777]

@snaggleclaw I have years playing and it's common to find stuff like E#, in sheet music, in the F#major Scale by example, D# as well, because in diatonic scales you need to use all 7 notes, so don't panic, and about the C and B, just look at the keyboard, there isn't any black key between B and C, so they're the closest distance, a semitone, so consider that aswell ;)

[snaggleclaw]

@josemontenegro777 lol okay. I learned music theory up to about this point, and noticed a few mistakes he had made in his previous videos. I have always wanted to learn the piano, so now that I have a portable grand, I'm starting out with theory, making sure I am learning the right stuff. Thanks again!

[josemontenegro777]

@snaggleclaw it's always good to read in other books or pages, even wikipedia, you will notice there are different ways, names, technics, so it's good to pick a bit from each side and choose what's best for you, but seriously, this video lessons are gold, we could be playing a lot for this in like DVDs. Andrew may have skipped some details, well not quite but if you replay you should get it right, ask a lot and search.. read ;)

[josemontenegro777]

@snaggleclaw PD: in those intervals at 6:34 he didn't include a B to C interval, so yeah, E to F was the only semitone in the example

[Jackthemort]

Thanks another great lesson. On to lesson 10 whopeeeeeee!

Regards Sue.

[lilgrim131]

Love this guy so generous with his time T_T

[PeacedBeats]

I really like your words of encouragement at the ends of the videos. :)

[Keyblade00]

40 lessons to go. :D. Thank you for this free music theory lesson. It seems my classmates here on your course got lesser and lesser as lesson progresses. xD

[jasperwoods]

The numbers of views get smaller and smaller each lesson

[JBattista91]

Andrew when I wrote "Hw" for homework, I wrote a natural sign :(

[williamwolfcub]

WHOAAA , they put a new youtube thing ! its a reaction ... next to where you comment

[bornskiee]

your my teacher:)

[MrJinairik]

You, sir, are awesome.

[RedCurlyHead]

@MrJinairik hahahahahhah :D You sound like u talking to reatard :D

[showmecodered]

I love your lesson plans, the only thing that I'm confused about it why it's so easy for me. I've been playing clarinet for the last eight years, saxophone for almost two, and now picked up piano and guitar in the last year. but I was never thought theory.

[Anotherrnumber]

if the guy with 704iq answered the question about the stars and the distance we would not know if he made it up anyway. on another note, thanks for these lessons they are helping me loads

[ena1490]

I've been singing all my life and playing the piano off and on since i was in kindergarten. I haven't had a music lesson in about 5 years so my theory needs a little brushing up!! Thanks for taking the time to do these videos, it helps a lot!

[lazytalk1]

@danielkutepo either way it would still be a semitone difference.

[kaye988]

sorry that would be you're....lolz

[kaye988]

cool...i learned a lot about semitones today woot!woot! excited on the next lesson...tnx andrew your an angel!...=)

[danielkutepo]

wouldnt a Bb to A be a semi tone? or would it have to be A to Bb to be a semi tone?

[guitarhero4578]

@danielkutepo

They are both semi tones just in different directions

[nEonLeaF22]

It looks like I have the same kind of couch.

[chunkyhobostew]

R.I.P. Andrew's pen :(

[12x]

these videos are great and everything. but for me i'm finding it's too loose, not enough clear definitions and summaries of each lesson and summaries of each point you're trying to explain. well done with it though.

[cuteshox]

These lessons are awesome. I've learned music theory a long time ago and I'm still a musician, but going through your lessons has greatly reinforced things that I already know, and corrected things that I thought were correct but were not.

[Escapethehawthorne]

hey, so would f# and g# ( g flat and a flat) be a wholetone?

[Razwithz]

@Escapethehawthorne yup

[Razwithz]

@Escapethehawthorne yes, cause you're moving two semitones anyway ;)

[WEAREKINGMUSIC]

isnt b flat to a only a semitone

[Razwithz]

@WEAREKINGMUSIC yes it is

[derrickwaynelange]

lol ADD much? JK ur lessons are great its awesome what your doin

[tuv45]

"And they'd be like "blah blah blah blah blah", and you'd be like " whoa". "

[Bonavard]

Okay after watching this I assumed that there is only an E# or Fb on the staff which is the same as EF on an instrument so with that said now if I read music and see that on it ill know what note to play^^ thx.

[Bonavard]

YOU TRICKED US! There are two semitones because there is no E# lol. D# and E# I was like.......huh? xD Did you mean E natural? lol. Ahhh good one~

[MIHBeatz]

12:10 button fail :D

[swordpetals]

im back and even though I hate homework its been quite helpful. chromadic, ditonic, and inharmonic?..........man they are scary and hard to tell apart. I wish I had an iq of 748....

[swordpetals]

man, dont know the treble cleff and bass cleff notes to well:(...............i'll be back.o.o

[TheBluecotton24]

gasp! i didnt know there was an E#!!!

[ZeppelinFloydRoses]

if i have to criticizes one thing. you draw the stuff on the board too small. but man, i still love you!

[slovakianchiick]

great lessons! but isn't B and C also another group? not just E and F?

[didondio]

Thanks

[adamhammond90]

Thanks for all your lessons, I've always been curious about theory and your really opening my eyes to it!

[duffmasterofpuppets]

I thought there's no such thing as E#

[iamstoned4life]

@duffmasterofpuppets Now you know :)

It basically sounds like an F.

[cindy19930909]

@duffmasterofpuppets really?

[olflatop]

Great lesson. A little confusing because I only know bass clef, but I get the jist.

[gagebeal]

E.... has a sharp!?!? O_O

[whistlerboots123]

11:08 thats what he said ;)

[abcdddiia]

You have great contents but it is extremely hard to see what you write on the board. It would be best if we zoom in a lot more and perhaps see only a portion of you so we can really get the written lesson also. Thx.

[77nova454]

I got it right and am taking it all in nicely thank you so much

[sleepyarfad]

Ur so funny when u dance..hahaha..

[renewong32]

i still don't get it but i will try . and i wanted to ask for chromatic and diatonic semitones , can you go down instead of going up ?

[buttercupsndaisies]

My life would have been so much simpler if we just had 13 note names and scrapped the sharps, flats and naturals!!

[Arckybear]

@buttercupsndaisies if we got rid of naturals, sharps and flats we wouldn't have any notes left D:

[rlamm225]

would i be correct in assuming that if I'm going up the keyboard from left to right it's gonna be a sharp and if I'm playing down the keyboard from right to left it's a flat?

[coltarmadillo]

@rlamm225 i have been in band for four years, and if you ever learn the chromatic scale you will see that is true. but also with a note, im sure he said this, for a note like B. B# would would a semitone up and Bb would be a semitone lower

[blizzared2]

@rlamm225 yes thats an correct assumption remember e sharp is just F and c flat is just a b

[realjuvelive]

and what does enharmonic mean ?

[confuseTHEmasses]

equal. the way you can express E# as F or B as Cb, look up the circle of 5ths

[d0ntstopthemusic]

@realjuvelive Enharmonic is when you have two different notes, that are actually the same note. It's just called a different name. An example is a Csharp and a Dflat. They are both the SAME note, but what you call it is based on the key signature or chord.

[realjuvelive]

sorry but what was that chromatic or chormatic ?

[voyager4u]

Any chance of making your drawings a little larger Andrew.

[grassmine7]

thank you andrew for all the tutorials

[wodrummerworld]

so the piano starts with a low A and has 88 keys. so where it's a bit foggy at this point is what C, exactly is the middle C on the piano. Is A=440 the A that is just above the G on the treble staff? I'm assuming this and drawing out an 88 key keyboard and seeing how the notes on the staff line up with the keys. Is this a good way to learn the notes? :)

[wodrummerworld]

So, what I ended up doing was drawing the "black keys" in notepad, as such:

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... and ended up with 7 octaves, plus an upper A#, B and C. Correct me if I'm wrong: So it looks like the middle A=440 is top line of the bass clef, and idk about the other notes above and below the grand staff. So I guess maybe that's something for the piano players to go on with. Anyway, is that where the A=440 is, or is it the one above G on the treble clef? ThankyouAndrew

[Lypur]

440 is the A above G line in the treble clef ^_^

[stanphoenix]

@Lypur

hey where r ur older vidoes of these lessons

[nowsuperman]

@wodrummerworld i like your drawing :)

[xianning]

all the talking about the sharps and flats XD reminds me of the chromatic vibrato voice exercise ahah

great lesson bro!

[Lypur]

Thanks man!

[macjsus]

In this series (like in the next part or whatever) are you going to go over dictation, (not necessarily note or melodic dictation because this more for Ear Training), but more like rhythmic dictation?

[theProteen]

Away to go....great lesson

[abortonii]

thank you my brother-teacher

[Dumptrux]

another great lesson!

[metaphoricalode]

Andrew, the writing on your whiteboard would be much easier to read if you used a thicker marker and drew everything larger. I tried switching to 720p, but that didn't really help.

The lessons themselves are very good. Keep up the good work.

[AlanRothwell38]

Metaphoricalode, try opening the video in a new window then you can drag the window to any size you want, this should help.

[macjsus]

Are you gonna be going over the 12 scale modes or anything like in the next vid? THats is one of the many things we didnt have time to go over in a high school music theory class.

[Lypur]

That's for level 2 :) which i'll be covering when I finish level 1

[AlanRothwell38]

Hi Andrew, so what we are learning in level 1, would that be sufficient to get me through a ABRSM Grade 1 theory exam?

[LunaParvulus]

I'm taking a piano class in college at the moment and watching your videos makes things so much easier!!

[Lypur]

:) glad to help! I wonder what your teacher would say if you said you were getting extra help online!

[aja105]

i cant really see the whiteboard~

its kinda blur~

same goes to the lesson #8

*sigh*

[Lypur]

sorry man, that would be youtube stuff. The video i uploaded is in crystal clear 720p HD :) so give it some time, hopefully it'll improve soon!

[rouge002]

i think you need to get a seperate mic to wear on your person, the cam is too far away can't hear you very well, without raising the volume on my speakers all the way.. love your vids btw, keep up the great work

[macjsus]

Look at the bottom right corner of the vid, there where is says 360p or 480p are options to choose between 360p to 1080p depending on which vid your watching. for this one you can select 720p; it will take longer to load but is clearer.

[Arminrt]

I can't see board clearly... :( why it's low quality???

[MistMrE]

It hasten fully uploaded the video yet just wait about 10mins and it should be ok.

[Arminrt]

Cooool !

[ghartsho]

Thanks!!!

[thomandy]

Keep at it! :) 5*

[daimeun32347]

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