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Thirteenth Intervals and Thirteenth Chords

The Lydian Mode

The Phrygian Mode

Perfect, Diminished and Augmented Twelfths

Part 1 - What is Music Theory?

Part 2 - What is Music? Playlist

Part 3 - Pitch and Octaves

Part 4 - Listening to Pitches - (Easy)

Part 5 - Listening to Pitches - (Medium)

Part 6 - Listening to Pitches - (Hard)

Part 7 - Can you spot an Octave?

Part 8 - The 12 Pitches

Part 9 - Pitch Playlist

Part 10 - Tones and Semitones

Part 11 - Scales: The Major Scale

Part 12 - The Natural Minor Scale

Part 13 - The Harmonic Minor Scale

Part 14 - The Melodic Minor Scale

Part 15 - Whole Tone Scales

Part 16 - Scale Degrees

Part 17 - Scale Degree Names

Part 18 - Getting Started with Rhythm

Part 19 - Rhythm Playlist

Part 20 - What is beat?

Part 21 - Beat Playlist

Part 22 - Meet the Metronome

Part 23 - Counting in Beats

Part 24 - Let's Make Some Rhythms

Part 25 - Note Length Names (Whole, Half, Quarter)

Part 26 - Note Length Names (Eighth and Sixteenth)

Part 27 - Building a Drumbeat

Part 28 - Introducing Meter

Part 29 - Triplets and Jazz Eighths

Part 30 - Introducing Melody

Part 31 - What is Harmony?

Part 32 - Harmony Playlist

Part 33 - Major Triads

Part 34 - Minor Triads

Part 35 - Diminished Triads

Part 36 - Augmented Triads

Part 37 - The Primary Triads

Part 38 - Building Chords from Triads

Part 39 - What is a mode?

Part 40 - The Dorian Mode

Part 41 - The Phrygian Mode

Part 42 - The Lydian Mode

Part 43 - Introducing Musical Form

Part 44 - Form in European Music

Part 45 - European Forms Playlist

Part 46 - Form in American Music

Part 47 - American Music Forms Playlist

Part 48 - What is Articulation?

Part 49 - Articulation: Staccato

Part 50 - Articulation: Tenuto

Part 51 - What is Timbre?

Part 52 - String Instruments

Part 53 - Strings Playlist

Part 54 - Percussion

Part 55 - Percussion Playlist

Part 56 - Wind Instruments

Part 57 - Wind Playlist

Part 58 - Keyboard Instruments

Part 59 - Keyboard Playlist

Part 60 - Introducing Texture

Part 61 - Monophonic Texture

Part 62 - Homophonic Texture

Part 63 - Polyphonic Texture

Part 64 - Introducing Intervals

Part 65 - Naming Intervals

Part 66 - Perfect, Diminished and Augmented Fifths

Part 67 - Perfect, Diminished and Augmented Fourths

Part 68 - Major and Minor Thirds

Part 69 - Major and Minor Seconds

Part 70 - Major and Minor Sixths

Part 71 - Major and Minor Sevenths

Part 72 - Interval Recognition Practice

Part 73 - Compound Intervals

Part 74 - Major and Minor Ninths

Part 75 - Major and Minor Tenths

Part 76 - Elevenths and Eleventh Chords

Part 77 - Perfect, Diminished and Augmented Twelfths

Part 78 - Thirteenth Intervals and Thirteenth Chords

Part 79 - The Orchestra

Part 80 - The Orchestra Playlist

Part 81 - Chamber Ensembles

Part 82 - Chamber Ensembles Playlist

Part 83 - Modern Ensembles

Part 84 - Modern Ensembles Playlist

Part 85 - American Music History

Part 86 - American Music History Playlist

Part 87 - European Music History

Part 88 - European Music History Playlist

Part 89 - "What Next?" Playlist

Part 1 - Getting Started

Part 2 - Staff and Clefs

Part 3 - Exercise: Reading the Treble Clef

Part 4 - The Bass Clef

Part 5 - Exercise: Reading the Bass Clef

Part 6 - The Grand Staff

Part 7 - Exercise: Reading the Grand Staff

Part 8 - Ledger Lines

Part 9 - Ledger Lines Continued

Part 10 - Introducing Rhythm Notation

Part 11 - Exercise: Rhythm Maths

Part 12 - Exercise: Rhythm Reading

Part 13 - Ties

Part 14 - Eighth and Sixteenth Notes

Part 15 - European Note Names

Part 16 - Exercise: European Note Names Quiz

Part 17 - The Rhythm Tree

Part 18 - The Story So Far!

Part 19 - Introducing Measures and Bars

Part 20 - Time Signatures

Part 21 - Dynamics

Part 22 - Exercise: Dynamics Quiz

Part 23 - Introduction to Tempo Markings

Part 24 - Exercise: Tempo Markings Quiz

Part 25 - Dotted Notes

Part 26 - Introducing Rests

Part 27 - Reading Rests

Part 28 - Sharps and Flats

Part 29 - Accidental Rules

Part 30 - Introducing Key Signatures

Part 31 - Key Signatures with Sharps

Part 32 - Key Signatures with Flats

Part 33 - The Natural Sign

Part 34 - Introducing Guitar Tablature

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