Lesson 7 - Music By The Numbers

[@darrell5228]

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[@BlueberrieVR]

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[@JamesTMarsh]

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[@CygnusFloydian]

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[@staticdynamo]

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[@seanconnelly9202]

Scotty strikes again. Another excellent and informative lesson. Thank you.

[@ifihadagun03]

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[@stephensmith60]

Excellent teachings! .

[@BobGnarley.]

I wonder why I gravitate to referring to intervals as flats.. must be picked up from hearing it.. just feels wrong to say "sharp 2nd" lol. Another great lesson

[@queifjay]

I think they are absolutely most commonly referred to as flats when referring to intervals. I don't have the technical knowledge to understand when it would be appropriate to refer to a "sharp 2" for example. For all intents and purposes you always hear flat 3rd, flat 5th, ect.

[@tonycurulli6966]

@@queifjay I think that it depends. When talking about a minor scale, for example, you would definitely talk about a "flat third" etc. However if you were talking about an augmented chord, I would definitely refer to it as a "sharp 2nd" There is a practical application though - if you say "sharp 2nd" the original 3rd is still there and the second note is sharpened, leaving the 3rd alone. - if you say "flat 3rd" the original 2nd is still there and you flatten the 3rd.

[@Chris-MusicTheoryAndFretboard]

16:10 Just because you play the A Major chord doesn't necessarily mean you're in the key of A though. That chord exists in other keys too. However, it is true that you can use the A Major scale to find the chord tones that make up a chord. That is considered a useful shortcut. But it doesn't mean a song that contains that chord is necessarily in the key of A with a key signature of 3 sharps.

[@andrewdensmore5484]

Start off simple and then ramp up the explanation, don't need to worry about anything other than a being the tonic til.y9u grasp that, and then worry about what the a chord would be in context to everything else