Database for Theory

I now have almost 60 instructional videos on YouTube. It is getting impossible to track them. So I am making this database both for myself and for my students. You can also visit my Theory Playlist on YouTube to find the most popular and my latest theory videos.

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ChordsTheory: Four Qualities of Chords
Pitch recognitionTheory: Perfect and Imperfect Pitch
ChordsTheory: What 7 Chords Do You Hear?
MiscellaneousTheory: If Chopin Wrote Jingles
ChordsTheory: Don’t Learn Diminished 7 Chords the Traditional Way
ChordsTheory: Chords That Students Miss
InversionsTheory: Inversions: And how to master them faster
MorphingTheory: Morphing: How to Avoid Boring Diatonic Music
Roman numeralsTheory: Why Do We Use Roman Numerals in Music?
ChordsTheory: When Two Hands Play Different Chords
ChordsTheory: Half Diminished Chord
ChordsTheory: Three Sus Chords You Absolutely Need to Know!
MiscellaneousTheory: When Geniuses Write Confusing Notation
ChordsTheory: “Martian” Chords
ChordsTheory: There Is No Definition of What a Chord Is!
IntervalsTheory: An Express Review of Intervals
ChordsTheory: Bipolar Scales and Chords
Figured bassTheory: The Basics of Figured Bass
ExtensionsTheory: Jazz Extensions
ScalesTheory: Super Locrian the Easy Way
DiatonicTheory: What does diatonic mean?
ScalesTheory: Whole Tone and Intervals
ChordsTheory: Quartet Concept
ChordsTheory: The Trinity Concept
ChordsTheory: Augmented Chords Go Anywhere
ChordsHow the diminished chord got its name…
MiscellaneousMusical Terms That Make No Sense
ChordsGo to Chords for Intervals
ChordsSecondary Dominance Again
ChordsSubstitution Chords
MiscellaneousWhat If Wagner Wrote Jazz?
ModulationA Simple Way to Master Modulation
ChordsRewinding Dominant 7 Chords
ChordsThe Quartet of Dominant 7 Chords
ChordsAugmented 6th – German 6th
MiscellaneousWhat Is Classical Music
ChordsI IV and V eight different ways
ChordsSnowman Chords
ChordsTritone Exchange
ModulationModulate to 12 keys with “two bits”
ChordsShave and a Haircut and Beethoven
MiscellaneousIs It Wagner or Sting
MorphingMorphing from G7 to 12 different keys
ChordsChords with an Identity Crisis
MiscellaneousSyncopation
ScalesSmash and Grab Scales
IntervalsDim 2nd: The “get out of jail free card” for musicians
MiscellaneousBeethoven: A true puzzler in the Beethoven 5th Symphony
ChordsFour Cousins
Intervals00: One Note: Unison and Diminished 2nd
MiscellaneousInsane Musical Math
MiscellaneousKeyboard Blindness
Clefs3: Change Bass Clef to Alto Clef
Clefs2: Change Treble Clef to Tenor Clef
Clefs1: Change Treble Clef to Bass Clef
ClefsIntro to the Four Modern Clefs
ScalesCaptain Obvious explains pentatonic scales
IntervalsTrains and the chords they make
IntervalsBig and small 7ths: How to make them work in chords
ChordsSecondary Dominance
ChordsDominance and resolution
Key signaturesKey Signatures Part 4: Rule of 12
Key signaturesKey Signatures Part 3: Rule of 7
Key signaturesKey Signatures Part 2: Mastering Flats
Key signaturesKey Signatures Part 1: Mastering Sharps
Roman numeralsBerklee Roman numerals
ChordsHalf Diminished Chord
Figured bassFigured Bass and modern letter chords
ScalesWhy too many names is a problem: the worst scale name in music.
ChordsMay the 4th Be with You!
ScalesFour Important Harmonic Scales
ChordsCrunchy Chords
ScalesIonian mode vs Major
ScalesGeneric Minor: Four important minor scales
ScalesWhy are there 16 major scales?
ScalesWhy are there 16 minor scales?
ScalesA Simple Overview of Modes
ScalesCaptain Obvious explains Dorian
MorphingVirtuoso Tchaikovsky Morphs
ScalesCaptain Obvious explains Mixolydian
ScalesCaptain Obvious explains Lydian
ChordsIncomplete Chords
ChordsHow the Dominant 7 Chord got its name
ChordsThe Sharp 9 Chord
ChordsHow the diminished chord got its name…
Music historyMusic in the year 1878
ChordsThe incomplete diminished chord
ChordsThe four qualities of chords
IntervalsFocus on 6ths
ChordsQuartet of chords
IntervalsFocus on 7ths
ChordsX7: Dominance and resolution
ScalesOctatonic: How it works
IntervalsWhen Escher Intervals Get Really Weird
ScalesJazz minor: two ways to get there
ScalesThere is no melodic minor scale
ChordsPortal Chord – Diminished Chord
TuningMean tone tuning versus equal temperament
Spinning platesSpinning Plates
IntervalsMore about 6ths, and how Beethoven used the Xmb6 chord
RantMy Rant about Bloviating
ChordsX7 and Dominant 7
IntervalsThe confusion of the maj7 interval and the Xmaj7 chord
ChordsPrimary chords are the backbone of music
Key signaturesDo we need key signatures?
PostureGood Posture: Why it’s so important.
IntervalsJazz Theory Works Better
ChordsThe dim triad: shapeshifter chord!
ScalesFun with ragas: A pure exploration

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