Music Theory

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A tour through NoSheet's pedagogy — take it at your own pace, this isn't a prerequisite to playing the games. Tap nodes to encounter valuable context or see the fundamental building blocks of modern music on your instrument.

Why

  • Understanding the structure of the curriculum will strengthen your desire to master it and reduce the will power needed to put in the practice

  • Seeing how each challenge fits into the map clarifies its significance towards your aspirational goal of musical expression

The path

  1. The PedagogyTrain the connection between hearing and playing
  2. The RootThe note that defines the key and anchors everything else.
  3. Music's NumbersMusic's number system — each note named by its role relative to the root
  4. Root & 5thMusic's common denominator
  5. ConsonanceA stable, harmonious relationship between multiple notes
  6. Harmonic SeriesThe physical reason certain intervals sound consonant
  7. Circle of 5thsThe organizing principle behind keys and scales
  8. TriadsThree-note chords — the building blocks of harmony
  9. PentatonicsFive-note scales — the keystone of melody
  10. NestingEvery noteset sits inside the next — the clean structure behind the curriculum
  11. Major ModesSeven-note scales that contain all the triads and pentatonics
  12. Why the ModesThe major modes are singularly central to music
  13. TetradsFour-note chords — triads with an added 7th