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MUSIC THEORY COURSE // PLAYLIST

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175 | Music Theory Course - overview
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/3237958/175-music-theory-course-overview

7 | Lesson 0: Making Your Own Music
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/702215/7-lesson-0-making-your-own-music

40 | Lesson 1: How to See Sound
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/705454/40-lesson-1-how-to-see-sound

8 | Lesson 2: Notes and Intervals
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/708702/8-lesson-2-notes-and-intervals

42 | Lesson 3: Visible Relationships
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/711760/42-lesson-3-visible-relationships

53 | Lesson 4: Scale Degrees
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/712869/53-lesson-4-scale-degrees

56 | Lesson 5: How to Build Chords
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/739225/56-lesson-5-how-to-build-chords

59 | Lesson 6: Chord Progressions
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/739231/59-lesson-6-chord-progressions

9 | Lesson 7: How Chords Function
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/800769/9-lesson-7-how-chords-function

10 | Lesson 8: Exploring Harmonic Space
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/810674/10-lesson-8-exploring-harmonic-space

11 | Lesson 9: Music = Space + Time
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/815045/11-lesson-9-music-space-time

12 | Lesson 10: How Notation Works
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/815068/12-lesson-10-how-notation-works

13 | Lesson 11: The History of Notation
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/815084/13-lesson-11-the-history-of-notation

224 | Lesson 12: The Layers of Music
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/4258172/224-lesson-12-the-layers-of-music

231 | Lesson 13: The Art of Songwriting
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/4492675/231-lesson-13-the-art-of-songwriting

235 | Lesson 14: How to Structure Songs
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/4615653/235-lesson-14-how-to-structure-songs

241 | Lesson 15: The Power of Perspective
https://mikegeorge.locals.com/post/4755361/241-lesson-15-the-power-of-perspective

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332a | Wear Your Love Like Heaven (video)

This Donovan song feels like spring to me. Here's how to play it.
(Chord diagrams are attached to post 332b)

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Tips for Breaking in your ColorMusic ChordMap
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February 11, 2024
269 | Lesson 19 - Quick Update

Hey there. I worked on Lesson 19 (Circle of Fifths) all day yesterday. Here's a short update that we filmed last night. Enjoy!

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It would be super cool to do a breakdown with the circle of fifths of Radiohead’s - exit music (for a film). I can’t figure out which mode it is and which sections are using borrowed chords or if it’s using modal mixture.

333 | Your Biggest Challenge

POLL: What part of music theory do you find most challenging?

The testing of upgraded streaming is underway

Hey, all. Pardon our dust whilst we work on incorporating video chats into the streams. We are running tests. Cheers!

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338 | Sunday Stream - 30 March 2025

Hey, join the live stream Sunday, March 30 @ 10:00 a.m. MDT (UTC-6).
We're talking about the circles of thirds & fifths, the modal spectrum, and more -- see you there.

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331 | Sunday Live Stream - 23 March, 2025

Hey, join the live stream Sunday, March 23 @ 10:00 a.m. MDT (UTC-6).
We're talking about the best music decade, mode numerals, and more. See you then!

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February 14, 2025
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323 | Playing with the ChordMap (sevenths version)

We're hanging out via live stream Saturday, February 15 at 9:00 a.m. (UTC-7) -- to play with the ChordMap (sevenths version). Chat Live or post questions on Locals in advance.

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