Lesson 1 (July 1)

Lesson 1: introduction to different kinds of chords (leading towards your decision-making on your arranging project)

• Introduce minor scales (using musictheory.net)

  • natural minor (W h W W h W W)

  • harmonic minor (W h W W h W h)

  • melodic minor (W h W W W W h)

• Understanding the basic triad work

  • 4 basic triads

    • major, minor, augmented, diminished