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Music Theory Diploma Course
What Will You Learn?
Music exists, first and foremost, in the soul, mind and body. It is something we feel before we understand it. Your introduction to the wonderful world of music theory, this course will help you to decipher the language used to describe the intoxicating combination of art and science that is music.
You’ll be guided through the fundamental underpinnings of modern western music theory and the building blocks used to create melodies and chords, leaving you well-prepared to tackle any piece that you might encounter in your development as a musician.
You’ll learn the 12 notes of the musical alphabet, be able to differentiate between the two systems that exist for writing music in treble and bass clefs, understand the rhythmic values of notes and discover many rhythmic concepts.
You’ll explore the major and natural minor scales, learn how to write both generic and specific intervals on the stave, and become familiar with the diatonic triads of major and minor keys.
The course provides a detailed analysis of the role played by seventh chords in western music theory, how to construct major seventh, minor seventh and dominant seventh chords, and the role of seventh chords in major and minor scales.
An introduction to the concept of modes in western music theory is also included.
By studying this course, you will:
- Learn how to read music and interpret notes and intervals
- Become familiar with the major and minor scales
- Understand the diatonic triads of major and minor keys
- Explore the role played by seventh chords
- Become familiar with the concept of modes
Course Syllabus
What will I learn on the course?
Module 1: Reading Music
8 parts
Introduction
Part 1: The Musical Alphabet
Part 2: The Treble Clef
Part 3: The Bass Clef
Part 4: Reading Sharps and Flats
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 1 Assessment
Module 2: Rhythm and Note Duration
7 parts
Part 1: Note Duration
Part 2: Rests and Rest Duration
Part 3: Time Signatures
Part 4: Reading Music in 3/4 Time
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 2 Assessment
Module 3: Scales, Intervals and Triads
7 parts
Part 1: The Major Scale
Part 2: Understanding Intervals
Part 3: Enharmonic Spellings in Scales
Part 4: Scales, Triads and Chords
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 3 Assessment
Module 4: Understanding Minor Scales
8 parts
Part 1: Understanding Minor Tonality
Part 2: Seeing the Natural Minor Scale Differently
Part 3: The Harmonic Minor Scale
Part 4: The Melodic Minor Scale
Part 5: Building Minor Chords
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 4 Assessment
Module 5: Generic and Specific Intervals
6 parts
Part 1: Generic Intervals
Part 2: Specific Intervals
Part 3: Diminished and Augmented Intervals
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 5 Assessment
Module 6: Understanding Diatonic Triads
7 parts
Part 1: The Foundations of Chords
Part 2: Diminished Triads
Part 3: Finding the Diatonic Triads of the Major Scale
Part 4: The Roman Numeral System
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 6 Assessment
Module 7: The Diatonic Triads of Minor Keys
5 parts
Part 1: The Diatonic Triads of Natural Minor
Part 2: Diatonic Triads of the Harmonic Minor Scale
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 7 Assessment
Module 8: Understanding Seventh Chords
7 parts
Part 1: What is a Seventh Chord?
Part 2: Minor Seventh Chords
Part 3: Dominant Seventh Chords
Part 4: Diatonic Seventh Chords
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 8 Assessment
Module 9: Diatonic Sevenths for Minor Keys
6 parts
Part 1: Reviewing the Major Diatonic Sevenths
Part 2: Diatonic Sevenths of the Natural Minor Scale
Part 3: The Diatonic Sevenths of Harmonic Minor
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Module 9 Assessment
Module 10: An Introduction to Modes
10 parts
Part 1: What is a Mode?
Part 2: The Second Mode
Part 3: The Third Mode
Part 4: The Fourth Mode
Part 5: The Fifth Mode
Part 6: The Seventh Mode
Test Your Knowledge
Key Learning Points Exercise
Conclusion
Module 10 Assessment
Who Would Benefit from This Course?
If you’ve never studied music theory before or need a refresh of the fundamentals, this is your course. It provides an overview of the elementary concepts that a beginner needs to master before delving deeper into music theory.
By the end of the Music Theory Diploma Course, you will be well-equipped with the fundamental knowledge necessary to continue learning about music theory, having covered a wide range of essential musical concepts from staves, scales and time signatures to triads, seventh chords and modes.
Accreditations
The Music Theory Diploma Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.
This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.
This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme.
The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.
The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.
Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.
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