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  • 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
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      • Strumming
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      • 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
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096 Grade 1 Music Theory - What is a scale. This lesson explains what a scale is, a little on the history of scales and why they are very important to music.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

097 Grade 1 Music Theory - The major scale - the foundation scale. This lesson show how a major scale is constructed and why it is the most important scale to understand.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

098 Grade 1 Music Theory - Constructing the C Major Scale. 
This is required knowledge for the AMEB Syllabus

099 Grade 1 Music Theory - Constructing the F Major Scale.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

100 Grade 1 Music Theory - Constructing the G Major Scale.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus

101 Grade 1 Music Theory - What does it sound like? The Major Scale
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

102 Grade 1 Music Theory - Writing a C Major Scale on both the treble and the bass staves.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

103 Grade 1 Music Theory - Writing a F Major Scale on both the treble and the bass staves.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

104 Grade 1 Music Theory - Writing a G Major Scale on both the treble and the bass staves.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

105 Grade 1 Music Theory - What are Key Signatures?
​This lesson explains what a key signature is, where it is located on the music and what it means.

This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

106 Grade 1 Music Theory - The key signature for C Major. This lesson explains the key signature for C Major.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

107 Grade 1 Music Theory - The key signature for F Major. This lesson explains the key signature for F Major.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

108 Grade 1 Music Theory - The key signature for F Major. This lesson explains the key signature for F Major.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 
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109 Grade 1 Music Theory - What are scale degrees?
This video explains the term 'Scale Degrees' and how to apply this knowledge to a piece of music.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

110 Grade 1 Music Theory - The Sol Fa System of scale degrees. This video explains the Sol Fa system and how it relates to scale degrees.
This is NOT required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

111 Grade 1 Music Theory - What is the Tonic of a music? This lesson explain the importance of knowing the tonic of a piece of music.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

112 Grade 1 Music Theory - What is meant by the terms 'Harmony" and "Melody", and how they differ from each other.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus

113 Grade 1 Music Theory - What are intervals?
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

114 Grade 1 Music Theory - Naming Intervals.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

115 Grade 1 Music Theory - The Quantity of an Interval.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

116 Grade 1 Music Theory - The Quantity of an interval.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

117 Grade 1 Music Theory - What is a Chord?
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

118 Grade 1 Music Theory - What are triads? (the foundation of all music.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

119 Grade 1 Music Theory - The C Major Triad
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

120 Grade 1 Music Theory - The F Major Triad
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

121 Grade 1 Music Theory - The G Major Triad
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

122 Grade 1 Music Theory - What is meant by "Transposition".
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

123 Grade 1 Music Theory - How to Transpose using scale degrees
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

124 Grade 1 Music Theory - How to Transpose using intervals.
This is required knowledge for the AMEB syllabus 

125 Grade 1 Music Theory - Demonstration of transposing a melody
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
  • Singing
    • Choir Charts
    • Concerts
    • Current and Past Students
  • Store
  • Hair Design
    • Gallery
  • About
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