Music Theory is important for any musician. Firstly, the ability to communicate ideas between musicians becomes simpler to do with one common language of notation.

All basic elements of music- Melody, Rhythm and Harmony can be understood and implemented using notation. At the end of the day, all the decisions we make during a jam involve Time signature, Key signature, tempo, intervals, chord changes based on a scale or Re-harmonizing a melody.

Secondly, a vast knowledge of music theory broadens and sharpens your skills as a composer. Even an electronic musician will thrive from a working knowledge of music theory to conduct loops, set delay effects, work with MIDI and collaborate with a huge group of musicians all over the world!

We will realize that after studying the theory of music, we enter into a huge world of permutations and combinations of notes, rests, chords, beats, sub-beats and amazingly enough, all of them sound really cool and remind us of songs we have heard before, innovations or an entirely new musical creation.

Syllabus

We will cover Music Theory in a Thorough, Logical, Practical and Enjoyable way with easy to understand explanations and exercises to push you as musicians during and long after the course. The course involves extensive Ear Training exercises and also demonstrations of Sibelius, the leading music composition and notation software. This course will be applicable for a beginner, an advanced musicians playing any instrument.

Contents

PART 1 (2 Weeks)

• The Musical Alphabet
• Understanding the universal language of music
• Bars and Time Signatures
• Notes and their time values
• The Grand Stave
• Notes on the stave and Ledger Lines
• Rests
• Sharps and Flats
• Beats and Sub-beats
• Curved lines and dotted notes
• Signs and Italian terms
• Tones & Semitones
• All about Scales and their formation
• Major and Minor scales

PART 2 (2 Weeks)

• Scale modes
• Intervals
• Key Signatures
• Odd Time signatures (6/8, 7/8, 15/8 etc.)
• Diatonic Triads
• Chord Theory, formation and emotional value
• Formation of advanced chords
• Harmonizing and Re-Harmonizing melodies
• Triplets and Poly-Rhythms
• Sight Reading Rhythms
• Accompaniment patterns
• Ear Training
• The Key elements of some popular musical styles and genres such as Blues, Rock n Roll, Folk, Country and Reggae.