
Music Theory
This course is an introduction to the basics of music theory.
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Chapter 1: Intro to Rhythm
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What is Beat?
This lesson explores what bean means, how it works, and examples of beat.
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Types of Notes
This lesson explores whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, and eighth notes.
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Staff
This lesson explores the musical staff and how it looks.
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Measures
This lesson explores the idea of musical measures and what they look like.
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Bar Lines
This lesson explores bar lines and what they look like.
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Rests
This lesson explores the whole rest, half rest, quarter rest, and eighth rest.
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Tempo
This lesson introduces the role tempo plays in music and how it changes.
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Time Signature
This lesson explores the time signature and how it works.
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Strong and Weak Beats
This lesson explores strong and weak beats and how they work.
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Chapter 2: Intro to Melody
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Treble Clef and Bass Clef
This lesson explores the treble clef and bass clef as well as how to draw them.
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Notes in the Treble Clef
This lesson explores the notes in the treble clef and how to remember them.
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Notes in the Bass Clef
This lesson explores the notes in the bass clef and how to remember them.
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Solfege
This lesson explores solfege, what the scale sounds like, and the solfege hand signs.
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Sharps, Flats, and Naturals
This lesson explores what sharps, double sharps, flats, double flats, and naturals are.
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The Keyboard
This lesson explores what the keyboard is and how it looks.
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Stem Position
This lesson explores stem position.
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Key Signature
This lesson explores what key signature is and how major and minor keys sound.
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Chapter 3: Intro to Musical Expression
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Vocabulary
What you’ll learn
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This course provides an introduction to rhythm. In this chapter we will go over beat, types of notes, the musical staff, measures, bar lines, rests, tempo, time signature, and strong and weak beats. We are so excited to kick-off this journey of music theory with you!
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This course provides an introduction to melody. In this chapter we will go over the treble clef and bass clef, notes in the treble clef, notes in the bass clef, solfege, sharps, flats, naturals, the keyboard, stem position, and key signatures.
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The final chapter of this course is musical expression. In this chapter we will discuss dynamics and mood. We cannot wait to help build your knowledge of music theory!
Course FAQ
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Yes, you will! We have practice worksheets with answer keys linked in every lesson. In addition to this, we have copies of the slideshow we use in the video linked for you to review.
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No, this course is free-of-charge! One of the main goals of SoFlo Music Academy is to ensure that everyone has the ability to learn music, without any limitations. Therefore, all of our courses are free-of-charge.
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There are many people who this course can impact. First off, there is people wanting to learn how to sing but not knowing where to start. This is an amazing tool that is free-of-charge. Additionally, parents interested in getting their children involved in singing could use this course to help teach their children how to sing. Teachers can also use this course to assign lessons and worksheets to their students. There are videos, slideshows, worksheets, and worksheet answer keys provided for every lesson for anyone to use.