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Beginners Music Theory for Rock, Blues and Jazz.

Dr. Marigaux presents music theory from the other side of the tracks. Theres music theory for classical players, and then theres music theory for rock jazz and blues. Im a sax player, and Ive been playing blues, rock and jazz for more than forty years. Ive got music degrees from universities, but the best stuff that I ever learned were the tricks I picked up from illiterate musicians who could really, really play. The stuff I learned at music school helped me package up what I learned from illiterate masters, and deliver it to you in a straightforward and clear way. Why “blackmarket”? Because this course is full of dirty tricks – this is the under-the-counter, back door version. Well cover all the stuff you need to know, but theres also some cool tricks in this course that will jump-start your knowledge. This course is a complete start from scratch course. Ive really worked hard on writing it so you dont need to know anything at all at the start there is no assumed knowledge. Theres a lot of material in this course: it might be that some of this is too simple for some of you, but its easy to skip over material that you already know. Also each video concludes with a Takeaway Menu which has the key points that have been covered so if you think you already know the material in a video, jump to the end and check the Takeaways so you can be sure you didn’t miss anything important. At the end of this course youll be able to Improvise a solo against a backing track (and hopefully that will prepare you to play live with you own band). Find the notes in any chord using two different methods – you can use either one, or use one as a backup for the other. Find the notes in the major and minor scales using the cycle of fifths. Read music – not enough to play in an orchestra, but enough for a rock or blues player to figure out whats on a page of sheet music (and not enough for you to get bored or confused by). Use the Marigaux Scale, a simple scale that works against any chord. Develop phrases in your solos from understanding that not all notes in the scale are equal each note has its own job to do, and its own role to play. Whats in the course? How the piano keyboard relates to music theory. A lot of the course uses an animated piano keyboard to show how chords and scales fit together. I use the piano keyboard since its tied into sound; its more practical than a music stave. How to read music well start with reading rhythms the different values of notes and rests, and how the most grooving rhythms are written down. Then well move on to pitch and cover the music staff and how the notes fit on that (its all alphabetical, so if you know the first eight notes of the alphabet this should be pretty easy). Intervals the gap between two notes, and how pairs of notes work together. Also well cover the way you count the gap, which is not at first obvious, and leads to some weird addition (in music 3 + 3 = 5!) Scales lots of notes played one after the other. Well cover major, minor, blues scales, the chromatic scale, and my secret weapon, the Marigaux Scale The Marigaux Scale is what I recommend you use to start getting a handle on what notes to play. Sometimes when you are playing with a band it seems like theres a whole ocean of notes that you could play, and many of them seem wrong. The Marigaux scale is a keep it simple, stupid type of approach. Start with a very limited palette of notes maybe just the root, 3rd and 7th and build out your note choices from there. Actually, as Ill demonstrate, you can do a whole solo with just those three notes and it will sound just fine. The Cycle of Fifths this really is a go to diagram that is so useful in so many ways. Well learn how to draw it, and what to do with it. And well learn why Father Charles Goes Down And Ends Battle is the most useful sentence youll ever learn. Three-note chords(triads) major and minor chords. These are the building blocks of music theory. Even though four-note chords are more common in blues, rock and jazz, we need to get a handle on these basic ones. The second most useful sentence youll ever read: Freaky And Creepy Eddie Goes Back Down (Creepy Eddie is a mnemonic that allows you to find the letter names in any chord. All you have to do then is figure out if the notes are sharp, flat, or natural). How to work out if the notes in a chord are sharp flat or natural. Ill show you how to do this in the simplest way or at least this is the way that worked for me when I was learning this stuff. Youll need to memorise one chunk of information the types of chord that you get if you use only the white keys on the piano and then you can use that to work out what the notes are in any chord. And that one chunk of information isnt that big either (its this: chords starting on A, D and E are minor 7thchords. Chords starting on C and F are major 7thchords. Chords starting on G are major chords with a flat 7th, and chords starting on B are minor-7-flat 5 chords). How to use the Cycle of Fifths to work out the notes in any chord Four note chords

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