Major Scales & The Keyboard

Finally! We get to the Keyboard. I think it’s good for beginners in music to learn to see and think of music as something separate from the actual physical instrument, that’s why I haven’t included any visual keyboard aids until now. The best way to...

Basics of Musical Notation

I hope this lesson will be helpful for beginners in reading & writing Music. Let’s start with a String. We find strings on all sorts of wonderful musical instruments, from the Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Guitars both Acoustic and Electric, Harps, Dulcimers,...

The 12 Keys

It’s OK if you weren’t able to grasp everything from the previous lesson.  It’s important to introduce you to the ideas before we explore them in depth, so the more you continue with the lessons the more you’ll understand and everything becomes easy! To Start,...

Composers

Here are some of the great composers throughout history.   Have a listen!   Pre-Bach/Renaissance mostly Vocal Music in Counterpoint. Palestrina, Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Gabrieli, Thomas Tallis, Hildegard von Bingen   Bach & The Baroque J.S. Bach, Domenico...

The Key of C

The Scale of C Major The natural Triads in the Key of C Major In the Bass Clef (One Octave lower): On the Grand Staff: Can you identify the Chords? So this is plenty of information for us to begin with.  The note names are probably obvious enough, the Scale of ‘C’...