Understanding Music Theory in One Hour

[Randy120]

 

[DianeB]

Thanks, Randy. This might be worth a listen if basic theory is new to you. Some sections could use improvement. His definition of “scale” is simplistic; it would not include pentatonic scales and others, and he makes unfortunate overuse of “extremely” and “incredibly”.

At 46:00 he refers to what is normally an add9 (1-3-5-9) as a 9 chord (normally a dominant 9, 1-3-5-b7-9). Then he uses a minor chord (Gm) to derive the corresponding diminished chords. Nothing wrong with that, except that in the previous example he started with a major chord (A). With the 3rd already flatted, it’s harder to see how the diminished chords relate to the major. Maybe that's just me.

At the end, it’s a big conceptual jump from the circle of fifths to modulation.

And “modes are pretty much just as simple as everything else”? Ummm, okay.