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zonk  ·  3449 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Does it make sense to learn playing the piano on your own?

Hey, thanks for the YT link, that'll be something for me to dive right in :)

Do you have any keywords for the music theory topic? What should I learn or what topics should I cover? I'm working and there's not a class available to me and I'm not familiar with the topic, so I don't even know what to look for despite "music theory". For example like you mentioned 'Chords and melodies'. That's something I can specifically search for in the context of music theory.

Alright, good tip! Gonna get the piano later today and it'll be late already, so I won't get to play that much, which seems to be a rather good thing for the first few days :D





user-inactivated  ·  3449 days ago  ·  link  ·  

- Learning to read music (bass and treble clef note positions: FACE/ACEG/ACE)

- Accidentals

- Tone/Semitone (Step/Halfstep) and what that means in relation to the keys on your keyboard

- Major scale "formula"

- Intervals

These things should occupy you for a while and will allow you to read, play, and have a decent understanding of most music. Then look into circle of fifths (more easily understood after you've learned to play some the different major scales), triads(chords), etc.

zonk  ·  3449 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hey there,

thanks for the topic list, it will help me a lot :)

I found all these in this free course on Udemy: Music Theory Classes

I think I will go with that for now, it's free and seems to be aiming for beginners and got all the topics you listed! :)

user-inactivated  ·  3448 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Have fun!