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Music Theory at musictheory.net. Lessons. Short (10 - 15 min.) max Most are easy to comprehend All different topics to fit the needs of each individual student. Good Strategies. Ex. Steps and accidentals Use of keyboard as visual - causes student to be familiar with keyboard early
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Lessons • Short (10 - 15 min.) max • Most are easy to comprehend • All different topics to fit the needs of each individual student
Good Strategies • Ex. Steps and accidentals • Use of keyboard as visual - causes student to be familiar with keyboard early -visual makes it easier to understand
Good Strategies • Ex. the major scale/ the minor scale
Other Benefits • Students often play a scale off of a page without understanding what makes a scale • “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” -Chinese Proverb
Things to Keep in Mind • Not all lessons are easy to understand • Preview lessons before assigning them to students • Ex.: Key Signature Calculation • Each student is different
Helpful for College Students Examples: • Non-harmonic tones lesson • Neapolitan chords lessons -how to use correctly • Common Chord Progressions
Trainers • Great tool because it puts learning into practice • Is useful for young students and college students
Trainers • Note Trainer: good for beginning students • Key Trainer (for students) -ex. Summer student • Brass Trainer (for students) * • Interval Ear Trainer (for college students) ** • Scale Ear Trainer (for college/jazz students) ** • Chord Ear Trainer (for college students)
Utilities • Chord Calculator * • Staff paper generator • Matrix Generator*