Lesson #1 in learning music theory is to understand the musical alphabet. Without getting too technical, just trust me and memorize these 3 things, and you’ll be able to start understanding the strange and amazing land of music theory.
1.) A-B-C-D-E-F-G (be able to say it backwards fast and without thinking about it too hard)
2.) G-F-E-D-C-B-A
That’s the basic alphabet. The third thing to memorize is the “Chromatic Alphabet” which includes the sounds in between the regular alphabet sounds (these are called the HALF STEPS in between):
3.) A-A#-B-C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#-G-G# (no need to memorize this backwards yet).
The # symbol is called sharp so when you see it next to a letter say out loud {the letter} “Sharp”
That’s it for now. Just memorize ‘em.
The End
Much Respect,
Andrew Wonacott, President
I’ve been working on a workbook and curriculum to accompany the Learn Guitar Chords DVD. Home school families and charter schools will be able to use the workbook as a resource for learning, applying, and testing the knowledge from the DVD.
I expect it to be finished within the month, and it will feature high quality photos and graphics like the DVD. It will be available for purchase along with the DVD for a reasonable price, probably no more than $10.00.
Andrew Wonacott, President
