In this lesson of learn free music theory I cover the note names on the grand staff and how to memorize them.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio answers a viewers question: “I am more or less a beginner guitarist and I am hoping that you can help me with a good explanation about something called Musical Key Signatures. So far, all I keep reading about is some concept to do with it called the, “Clock Theory.” It seems to be used all over the internet, but I just don’t get a number of things to do with this whole topic such as: 1). Why do we have to know about Key Signatures? 2). What can learning about this stuff do to help my guitar playing? 3). What does it all have to do with a Clock? It seems like most of the explanations online keep showing a clock. I just don’t see how music keys relate to clocks? Thank you for considering my question, Jacob – Halifax, NS. CANADA For a Handout of this lesson please follow the link below: www.creativeguitarstudio.com Official Website: www.andrewwasson.com Follow Andrew on Blogspot creativeguitarstudio.blogspot.com Follow on Twitter: twitter.com MySpace: www.myspace.com Facebook: www.facebook.com
thank you for these lessons….they are super helpful. Ive been a musician for 20 years and can’t read a note~ I am looking forward to finally learning with you!
you do know you look like Clay Aiken a bit right?
I wish I had a piano so I could take lessons off the internet. I was practicing on a keyboard just to learn the basics but I had to give it up for financial reasons. Lypur gives the best lessons out on the net. Plus he is easy on the eyes.
is it possible for you to teach blues composition?
thanx man , really thanx
wooooo hoooo~~~~~~ you are to cute…
Do you rekon snoop dog knows music theory? Hes pretty successful as a musician.
Thats a good idea changing the similar acronyms so that it does not get confusing
not in a mean way but in a helpful way, you spelled practice wrong at the end when you explain extra homework.
how about beyond the ledger lines?
lol if treble clf is girl and bass clf is boy then that c clef is a bi!
lol
Wow that’s nice … i thought first underline of Treble is C and its D… so well… Kinda sounded horrible xD .. so thank you i needed that
good, and funny as hell.
im a good bird! ha ha love it !
theres a couple nemonic tools you can use for the lines and spaces actually. ive heard a couple different ones. such as “all cars eat gas”, or “every good boy does fine” and though it doesnt exactly work “even george bush drives fast” the only reason im saying this is that it seeps like it would be easer to find a sentence that actually makes sense for the bottom lines. obviously these tools can be personal choice.
Very helpful!
great tutorials they are very helpful
Dude if you are gay.. i wanna have ur babies lol
These videos aren’t bad. One thing though. Practise is spelled practice. Hopefully that’s a typo, because he said people who know music theory are really smart.
once again great video man! Thanks again lol =P.
dude ur awesome!
you’re an idiot
@PrincessPebbie I would have use good instead of green ahaa
Oh, well, your later on lessons will help me
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Great lessons for lower grades, yeah, I’m 10 and on grade 6 piano but grade 2 Theory, I suck!
@lXlSoraku Yes but first you have to do all this and memorize how each notes and chord sounds, you need to get to all the more complicated stuff like perfect 5ths, 2nds, 4ths, 6th, 7ths and dominant ect… out of the way first. Learn the theory then do practical assessments for yourself by playing chords and notes that is a 2nd, 3rd, 4ths, naturals, dominants ect… until you can instantly recognize them when listening to music.
This is so easy to remember, i don’t need a month to remember the spaces and lines ehe, i already knew the treble clef spaces and lines from doing music theory in college but never really knew the bass clef notes but there so easy to figure out from the Central, i just drew a grand staff and added in my treble clef notes and i remember G, B, D, F, A because of the bird thing, made me laugh probs why you remember it cos it makes you laugh too then worked out the spaces from looking at that.
@xde0mega Yea but he said flats. With an S. That’s five letters. But no big deal
@muziklvr1714 flat has 4 letters. sharp has 5 letters.
I’m confused why is there a B# ? I’ve observed for years theres no such thing as B# or E#… or am I missing a point here ?
@fretboardsean I learned “Fried Chicken Good. Don’t Ask, Eat Bird!”
ok but how will some one know which chord will be #, flat or a natural chord
absolutely brilliant… the only thing i have to say is that when you were explaing the stairwell, you said that flats had 4 letters…. it has 5. but otherwise well done
where is the link to the diagram?
Fat College Girls Don’t Always Eat Bread! Order of sharps….
and they are just reverse order of each other! I was hoping he was gonna mention that….but he didn’t,
I can’t see the link…….
You lost me at 9:07
I want to add that even in music schools, nobody ever explained to me the circle. When I was little I thought it was a UFO design.
Thank you Andrew, this was very helpful.
Definitely one of the most detailed explanations about the circle of fifths and related topics. I’ll have to watch it a few times again to really have it sink in though I think =) Thank you for making this!!
Really great lesson… helped me so much..
Good job! Diagrams are great and provided for my viewing pleasuer and understanding.
very nice, I like that charts you provided way more than that circle
Shit i definitly need lessons haha
thats a sharp dumbass why are u watchin this if u dont know the difference of sharp and flat
great man.can u tell us abt the modes of scales and their practical aspects i playing
yoooo theory kills my brain…its like math class all over again
because techinically b and c are halfsteps, just like a sharp or flat
it took us about 8 classes in school to go over what you did in under 15 minutes
my music theory teacher needs to take notes
I don’t understand why there is a C flat…
Father Christmas Gets Drunk After Eleven Bevys. thats what i got
Thank you, this was a great lesson