• Music Theory
    • Grade 1 - Writing notes lessons 1-34
    • Grade 1 - Rhythms Lessons 35-64
    • Grade 1 - Basic rhythms and musical alphabet lessons 65-95
    • Grade 1 - Scales Intervals and Chords lessons 96-125
    • Grade 1 - Musical Terms and Signs lessons 126-147
    • Grade 1 - Practicing your knowledge of level 1 148-181
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Master the Art
  • Music Theory
    • Grade 1 - Writing notes lessons 1-34
    • Grade 1 - Rhythms Lessons 35-64
    • Grade 1 - Basic rhythms and musical alphabet lessons 65-95
    • Grade 1 - Scales Intervals and Chords lessons 96-125
    • Grade 1 - Musical Terms and Signs lessons 126-147
    • Grade 1 - Practicing your knowledge of level 1 148-181
  • Guitar
    • Teachings and Tutorials >
      • The Parts of The Guitar >
        • Electric Guitars
        • Steel String Acoustic Guitars
        • Nylon String Guitars
      • Strumming
      • Guitar Repairs
      • Free Song Riffs >
        • 0-9
        • A >
          • Apache - the Shadows
          • Are You With Me - Lost Frequencies
          • Autumn Leaves - Ed Sheeran
        • B >
          • Black Night - Deep Purple
          • Bloodstream - Ed Sheeran
        • C >
          • Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
          • Check Yes Juliet - We The Kings
          • Clocks - Cold Play
          • Come As You Are - Nirvana
          • Crazy Train - Ozzy Osborne
        • D >
          • Dammit - Blink 182
          • Day Tripper - The Beatles
          • Don't Speak - No Doubt
        • E >
          • Enter Sandman - Metallica
          • Every Morning - Sugar Ray
          • Everybody Hurts - REM
          • Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
        • F >
          • Far Away - Nickelback
          • Foot Tapper - The Shadows
          • Freak - Silver Chair
          • Free Fallin - Tom Petty
        • G >
          • Georgia - Vance Joy
        • H >
          • Hanging By A Moment - Life House
          • Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
          • Here Without You - 3 Doors Down
          • Hey Soul Sister - Train
          • Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's
          • Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
        • I >
          • I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
          • Iron Man - Black Sabbath
        • J >
          • James Bond Theme
        • K >
          • Killing In The name Of - Rage Against The Machine
          • Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
        • L >
          • Lego House - Ed Sheeran
        • M >
          • My Friends - Red hot Chili Peppers
          • My Sharona - The Knack
        • N
        • O >
          • One - Metallica
          • Original Prankster - The Offspring
        • P >
          • Paranoid - Black Sabbath
          • Peter Gun Theme
          • Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
        • Q
        • R
        • S >
          • Savin Me - Nickelback
          • Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
          • Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
          • Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
          • Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N Roses
        • T >
          • Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
          • Titanium - David Getta
        • U
        • W >
          • Walk This Way - Aerosmith
          • Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
          • We Are Done - The Madden Brothers
          • What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
          • Whats My Age Again - Blink 182
          • Why Georgia - John Mayer
          • Wonderful Land - The Shadows
        • X
        • Y
        • Z
      • Free Songs
      • Free Drum Loops >
        • Crotchet (Quarter Note) Based Drum Loops
        • Quaver (Eighth Note) Based Drum Loops
        • Quaver Triplets (Eighth Notes) Based Drum Loops
        • Semiquaver (Sixteenth Note) Based Drum Loops
    • Ensemble Charts
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065 Grade 1 Music Theory - Musical Accents. This lesson explains how accents make music sound dynamic and have expression.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

066 Grade 1 Music Theory - Placing lyrics to rhythms. This lesson explains how to make phrases of either lyrics or poetry to a rhythm in music.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

067 Grade 1 Music Theory - Examples of placing lyrics to a rhythm.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB Syllabus

068 Grade 1 Music Theory - More examples of placing lyrics to a rhythm.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

069 Grade 1 Music Theory - What octaves. This lesson explains the importance of octaves.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus

070 Grade 1 Music Theory - How to find notes that are octaves apart by naming the notes. 
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

071 Grade 1 Music Theory - How to find notes that are octaves apart by counting the distance between the notes, also known as intervals. 
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

072 Grade 1 Music Theory - What is a "Slur." This lesson explains what is meant by the term slur, and how it is drawn in the music.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

073 Grade 1 Music Theory - What are Slurs and Phrases. This lesson explains what phrases are and how they relate to slurs.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

074 Grade 1 Music Theory - Drawing slurs in music. This lesson explains how to draw slurs in music and some of the things to watch for so you do them correctly. 
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

075 Grade 1 Music Theory - What is the meaning of Staccato. 
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

076 Grade 1 Music Theory - How to draw staccato markings in music.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

077 Grade 1 Music Theory - What is meant by the term "legato"
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

078 Grade 1 Music Theory - What is an Anacrusis?
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

079 Grade 1 Music Theory - How to use an Anacrusis in written music.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

080 Grade 1 Music Theory - How to finish a song when there is an Anacrusis
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

081 Grade 1 Music Theory - The names of the notes used in music.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus

082 Grade 1 Music Theory - The interval of a semitone.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

083 Grade 1 Music Theory - The interval of a tone (whole step). This video explains one of the basic interval between notes and how to get to know which notes of the musical alphabet are separated by tones (whole step)
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

084 Grade 1 Music Theory - What does it sound like? This video explains the importance of not just know the theory of music, but also learning to hear it. This video is the start of ear training.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

085 Grade 1 Music Theory - What does it sound like? The tones and semitones. This video is the first step in learning to hear the difference between tones and semitones.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

086 Grade 1 Music Theory - What are sharps? This video explains the term sharp and how it is applied to music.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

087 Grade 1 Music Theory - Placing sharps into the musical alphabet. This video demonstrates the location of the sharps in the musical alphabet and how to remember them.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

088 Grade 1 Music Theory - What are Flats? This video takes a look at the flat symbol, how to draw it and what does it do.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

089 Grade 1 Music Theory - What are sharps? This video explains the term sharp and how it is applied to music.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

090 Grade 1 Music Theory - What are sharps? This video explains the term sharp and how it is applied to music.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

091 Grade 1 Music Theory - What are sharps? This video explains the term sharp and how it is applied to music.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

092 Grade 1 Music Theory - The Natural sign and its meaning. The video explains what a natural sign looks like and what it does.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

093 Grade 1 Music Theory - Drawing the natural sign on the staff. 
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

094 Grade 1 Music Theory - What are accidentals? This video explains what accidentals are and how the effect the music.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

095 Grade 1 Music Theory - What are sharps? This video explains the term sharp and how it is applied to music.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

  • Music Theory
    • Grade 1 - Writing notes lessons 1-34
    • Grade 1 - Rhythms Lessons 35-64
    • Grade 1 - Basic rhythms and musical alphabet lessons 65-95
    • Grade 1 - Scales Intervals and Chords lessons 96-125
    • Grade 1 - Musical Terms and Signs lessons 126-147
    • Grade 1 - Practicing your knowledge of level 1 148-181
  • Guitar
    • Teachings and Tutorials >
      • The Parts of The Guitar >
        • Electric Guitars
        • Steel String Acoustic Guitars
        • Nylon String Guitars
      • Strumming
      • Guitar Repairs
      • Free Song Riffs >
        • 0-9
        • A >
          • Apache - the Shadows
          • Are You With Me - Lost Frequencies
          • Autumn Leaves - Ed Sheeran
        • B >
          • Black Night - Deep Purple
          • Bloodstream - Ed Sheeran
        • C >
          • Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
          • Check Yes Juliet - We The Kings
          • Clocks - Cold Play
          • Come As You Are - Nirvana
          • Crazy Train - Ozzy Osborne
        • D >
          • Dammit - Blink 182
          • Day Tripper - The Beatles
          • Don't Speak - No Doubt
        • E >
          • Enter Sandman - Metallica
          • Every Morning - Sugar Ray
          • Everybody Hurts - REM
          • Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
        • F >
          • Far Away - Nickelback
          • Foot Tapper - The Shadows
          • Freak - Silver Chair
          • Free Fallin - Tom Petty
        • G >
          • Georgia - Vance Joy
        • H >
          • Hanging By A Moment - Life House
          • Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
          • Here Without You - 3 Doors Down
          • Hey Soul Sister - Train
          • Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's
          • Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
        • I >
          • I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
          • Iron Man - Black Sabbath
        • J >
          • James Bond Theme
        • K >
          • Killing In The name Of - Rage Against The Machine
          • Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
        • L >
          • Lego House - Ed Sheeran
        • M >
          • My Friends - Red hot Chili Peppers
          • My Sharona - The Knack
        • N
        • O >
          • One - Metallica
          • Original Prankster - The Offspring
        • P >
          • Paranoid - Black Sabbath
          • Peter Gun Theme
          • Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
        • Q
        • R
        • S >
          • Savin Me - Nickelback
          • Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
          • Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
          • Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
          • Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N Roses
        • T >
          • Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
          • Titanium - David Getta
        • U
        • W >
          • Walk This Way - Aerosmith
          • Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
          • We Are Done - The Madden Brothers
          • What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
          • Whats My Age Again - Blink 182
          • Why Georgia - John Mayer
          • Wonderful Land - The Shadows
        • X
        • Y
        • Z
      • Free Songs
      • Free Drum Loops >
        • Crotchet (Quarter Note) Based Drum Loops
        • Quaver (Eighth Note) Based Drum Loops
        • Quaver Triplets (Eighth Notes) Based Drum Loops
        • Semiquaver (Sixteenth Note) Based Drum Loops
    • Ensemble Charts
    • Current and Past Students
    • Equipment used by Peter >
      • Guitar Collection >
        • Electric Guitars
        • Acoustic Guitars
        • Bass Guitars
      • Effects and Pedals
      • Amplifiers
      • Accessories and Other
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