Welcome to the circle of fifths complete guide! The circle of fifths is a concise diagram that gives you all the information you need to understand and play any piece of music. You will easily be able to work out key signatures, chords and scales in a very easy to digest way. After learning how … Read more
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful winter break! We are now one week into 2021! I hope you are all feeling motivated to improve your music theory – here are my 5 reasons you should learn music theory! But before we look at why you should learn music theory, it … Read more
It happens to the best of us… you’ve had a wonderful lesson playing pieces that your student enjoys, maybe some scales, perhaps some sight reading and then right at the end we suddenly remember that we need to include music theory. The Grade 5 theory exam always has a way of creeping up on us … Read more
Intervals are a vital part of music theory and without them, we would not have music as we know it. In the post, we’ll help you understand what compound intervals are and how to work them our from any note. By the end of it, you’ll be recognising them all over the place! We are … Read more
Before reading on, please make sure you have visited the other interval blog posts and watched the relevant YouTube videos! In today’s blog we will be looking at what to do if you have a bottom note with a scale you don’t know? Before starting let’s look at a few examples of intervals to refresh … Read more