Learn music theory in half an hour.

Video chapters:
2:36 Notes
10:12 Chords
11:58 Major and Minor
15:36 The Number System
20:29 Inversions
23:59 Melodies
27:26 Rhythm

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[Zebrivrainland]

Instead of watching TV, you’re at home taking the opportunity to finally get into getting good at your instrument.
I’m proud.

[ohdarling]

I came back to this video to take a look at the practices.. so... in case anyone is interested here they are
1 (Notes) - 9:54
2 (chords) - 15:17
3 (numbers/degrees) - 20:11
4 (inversions) - 23:44
5 (melody) - 27:08
6 (rhythm) - 30:44
Don't forget to like the video! This dude is giving us quality information for free!

[NateNakao]

I played piano for 12 years, violin for 16 years, bass clarinet for 4 years, and I've been playing guitar for 16 years. I haven't come across such clear and helpful music theory lessons since kindermusic and Suzuki method when I was 5 years old. Well done

[ficheye]

Just watch this over and over. Take notes to get each step. DON'T try to remember all of this at once. Don't move on until you have each step in your head. Test yourself a bit each time. This is probably the best short theory course I've seen. Forget that Andrew is talking a little fast, just stop the video and refer to your notes before going on. You'll actually have some piano chops at the end, and stop trying to connect it to guitar playing, at least in the beginning. Chord inversions are a lot different on guitar, and often more difficult to play.

[nunchies]

x2 speed. BAAM. Learn music theory in 15 minutes




edit: twice the speed doesn’t mean twice the efficiency. take your time to get it right. good luck 🙏

[hsojnitram]

2:36 Notes
10:12 Chords
11:58 Major & Minor
13:38 Practice
15:36 The Number System
19:03 Practice
20:29 Inversions
23:32 Practice
24:00 Melodies
26:12 Practice
26:29 Pentatonic Scale
27:08 Practice
27:27 Rhythm
30:31 Practice
Also, learning about Modes is nice.👌
Edit: he also doesn't mention Meter either, it can be helpful to you too.

[TheEricTimothy]

"Sometimes we come across a word or concept that we don't know. But we can learn it if it is explained to using the words and concepts that we already do understand."
This was such a Beautiful way to put this.

[robertblackmore]

This was explained really well. I’ve tried to watch music theory breakdowns before and been lost in unexplained jargon almost immediately. I appreciated this.

[Riinseru]

leaving this here just for me in the future lol

2:36 Notes
10:12 Chords
11:58 Major and Minor
15:36 The Number System
20:29 Inversions
23:59 Melodies
27:26 Rhythm

Edit: Lol I'm here like a year later and I just noticed the likes and amount of replies, I didn't mean to steal any other comment's attention or whatever this was literally just for me to have my comment show here with the time stamps, that's it, but glad it's helping others :)

[microwaveengineer]

This guy explained in 30 minutes what I couldn't understand for years of my piano lessons and my entire music class during school. You're a straight Legend

[gracemaher]

Trying to teach my boyfriend to play piano and teach him the base concepts of music theory and I’ve realized I’ve been playing so long and it’s been so long since I’ve been in a music class that it’s all just muscle memory and idk how the hell to explain it. You’re video is a life saver😂

[AndreloXR]

I come back to this video every once and a while and always learn something new, understand a concept in more depth, and realize that it becomes easier and easier to understand after applying basics in one area, getting that down and then picking up something new to add on top. This is my favorite Music Theory video of all time.

[charlottegerwin]

He was being so serious and I was very captivated, so him randomly calling the cup a cat totally caught me off guard XD

[mastercontender]

I just want to let you know that its so respectful to see someone who puts time and effort to teach us in such a professional manner and aesthetic manner.

[rishabharya]

00:00 Music theory is the language behind music that gives you the tools to understand, interpret, and communicate about it.
03:31 Notes on a piano keyboard are named A through G with black keys named relative to the white keys.
07:16 Learn how to name notes and chords in a major scale
11:19 Understanding major and minor triads in music
15:09 Understanding chords as scale degrees leads to more musical knowledge and creativity.
19:38 Learn how to use chord inversions to create better sounding progressions
24:12 Creating melodies over chord progressions
28:02 Learning to count beats and subdivisions is essential to play music better.

[XI.NNA_M]

I’m just now getting into producing music starting with fl studio. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do but suppressed the passion for years. Since I’ve started I realized something was missing in my sounds and it was music theory. The first 5 minutes of this video cleared up so many things for me and I’m so happy I actually found something I enjoy learning about. It’s never to late to start although I’m 22 I’m really going to follow this passion of mine and try my best to stick with it. thank you for posting this on YouTube
Lots of love
Christina

[nickthornton]

As a self taught musician, with no prior experience of music theory, this video has literally solved years of head scratching. Thanks!

[therottenred]

"learn music theory in half an hour"

I've been 7 minutes in for 6 hours now

[fie]

This is super great. I knew there were 'sets' of notes that fit together, but i never realized it always went "Whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half." Now it will be much easier to find which notes fit together properly. It's like a totally new world opens up regarding the piano, i feel embarrassed i didn't know this! Yay

[Iceveign]

this is bad ass. you have great communicating skills and your organization along with your editing is fantastic. Thank you so much for this.