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Music theory, one clear example at a time

Practical music theory with notes you can check and examples you can hear.

11 references

Hear what an inversion changes

Keep the same three notes, change the lowest one, and listen to what stays familiar as the bass moves.

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Same sound, different spelling

A piano key tells you where a pitch sounds. Its written name also tells you what that pitch is doing.

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Cmaj7 and C7: hear the seventh

Keep C, E and G steady. Compare B with B-flat to hear the difference between Cmaj7 and C7.

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Three minor scales, one tonic

Compare three A-minor forms without changing the tonic, and keep the ascending and descending conventions clear.

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Read the circle of fifths without guessing

Use one-note changes in key signatures to understand what the circle connects—and what it does not decide.

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Build the chords in a key

Build seven triads from a real scale, then add sevenths and transfer the method to another key.

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Move a progression to a new key

Move C–F–G–Am to D–G–A–Bm while keeping chord quality, note spelling and register separate.

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Read a guitar scale map

Read strings, frets, roots and degrees with E natural minor as a complete standard-tuning example.

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Change one note, hear a different chord

Change only the third of a chord to make a fair, repeatable comparison of major and minor.

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Same notes, a different home

Compare modes around one tonic, then connect that view with the familiar shared-note collection.

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Give your practice a steady pulse

Choose a clear pulse, work on one small change, and use the click as a reference rather than a score.

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Hear what one change does

Begin with a chord comparison. Keep most of the notes steady while you change a third, seventh or bass, so the relationship stays easy to follow.

Compare major and minor Hear the seventh Explore inversions

Read a collection in context

Learn why a note can have more than one spelling, why minor scales change, and how a mode relates its notes to a tonic.

Understand enharmonic names Compare minor scales Understand modes

Put the reference to work

Follow a worked key, transposition, fretboard or rhythm exercise. Every guide links to a tool so you can inspect the example yourself.

Read the circle Build chords in a key Transpose a progression Read a fretboard map Practice with a pulse