The Essentials of Music Theory, Essentially 

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I can’t believe this only has 226 views, I like your straightforward approach

20:35 I love how the song used is intentionally or not in cut time

I'm not sure to think that this is really 'the essentials', more like the "whats" of the most common knowledge without going much into the underlying "whys" that connect the pieces together. If interested, you may want to learn about tone frequency, the harmonic series (overtones), pure intervals vs.12 tone equal temperament, why the diatonic scale is built as it is (ie. by getting close to pure intervals or by stacking fifths), voice leading as well as alteration and/or transposition to get other modes, scales and keys (including their unique possibilities for chords and melodies) while being able to interpret their relations to each other very well. Also, playing a bit around with some nonwestern scales can help contextualise the western concepts as well as add a lot on their own. That's where things may start to make more sense than just being a random list of rules. But the video was very entertaining and I had a lot of fun, so keep it up!

I have this same book, also lacking the CD, which I found to not really matter. It's a pretty good basic music theory book to learn the standard concepts that need to be memorized in understanding Western music notation. It doesn't go into analysis of the reasoning behind most concepts, but I've found that it's worth its purchase price for what it offers. It's fairly well organized so it can easily be used to refer back to for occasional reminders of particular terms. This video does a remarkably good job of covering everything in the book.

Great music taste

Look- alikes jingle is definitely the best choice for each lesson

I needed this video so much thank you

As a guitar player I immediately am lost in Unit one with sight reading 😅

good choice of music 👌

Cool video :)

nice video ngl

Just so you know, Phrygian is pronounced Fridge-ian

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I'm only on unit 5 but I would hard disagree with the authors that these are the essentials of music theory. They're the essentials of reading music, but that is closely related but separate arena.

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Very nice! However I think it's too easy for Unit 18, No cadences no nothing.

The whole essential bunch in 40 minutes: Introduction to Music Theory Basics Notes, Pitches, and Staff Notation Treble and Bass Clefs Grand Staff and Ledger Lines Note Values and Time Signatures Introduction to Note Values Time Signatures such as 4/4 Rests Further Exploration of Time Signatures Time Signatures like 2/4 and 3/4 Dotted Notes, Ties, and Slurs Repeat Signs and Eighth Notes Explanation of Repeat Signs First and Second Endings Eighth Notes Dynamics and Tempo Marks Dynamic Signs (e.g., piano, forte) Tempo Marks Articulation Symbols and Advanced Repeat Symbols Introduction to Articulation Symbols Advanced Repeat Symbols (DC, DS, Coda) Flats, Sharps, and Scales Explanation of Flats, Sharps, and Natural Notes Whole and Half Steps Enharmonic Notes Introduction to Scales Key Signatures and the Chromatic Scale Key Signatures for Major Scales Introduction to the Chromatic Scale Exploration of Intervals and the Circle of Fifths Introduction to Intervals Perfect and Major Intervals Relationship to the Major Scale Introduction to the Circle of Fifths as a Tool for Key Relationships Introduction to Intervals Augmented and Diminished Intervals Chromatic Intervals Solfège, Transposition, and Time Signatures Solfège and Transposition Sixteenth Notes and Rests Common Time and Cut Time Signatures Introduction to 3/8 and 6/8 Time Signatures Eighth Note Triplets, Pickup Notes, and Syncopation Triads, Scale Degrees, and Chord Inversions Introduction to Triads Scale Degrees and Their Names Dominant Seventh Chord Chord Inversions and Figured Bass Notation Major Chord Progressions and Relative Minor Keys Modes and Composing Melodies Harmonizing Melodies and Blues Chord Progressions Motives, Phrases, and Musical Forms Introduction to Motives and Phrases Harmonizing Melodies Introduction to Musical Forms: Binary, ABA, Rondo Conclusion and Further Exploration