Scales and Keys
The follow-up course after Music Theory from Scratch
This course builds on Music Theory from Scratch. If you have not taken that course, we recommend starting there. You are expected to know note names, the staff, accidentals and the basics of rhythm.
In this course we move on to how notes form scales and how keys work.
What you will learn
- The difference between whole steps and half steps
- How the major scale is built with the pattern whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half
- How the natural minor scale is built
- What a key is, what the tonic is and what relative keys are
- How key signatures show which key a piece is in
- How the circle of fifths helps you find the key signatures of major and minor keys
The course has 6 parts:
- 1 Whole Steps and Half Steps
- 2 The Major Scale
- 3 The Minor Scale
- 4 Keys
- 5 Key Signatures
- 6 The Circle of Fifths
