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Fretboard IQ Theory Tutorials and Drills...

Fretboard IQ uses a virtual keyboard to introduce most theory topics. Regardless of the instrument you play theory is easiest to explain and understand when presented on the keyboard first. The diagramming capabilities of the program make looking at any of these topics on an actual fretboard a snap.

  • Notes Discovery - Interact with the virtual keyboard to get familiar with the notes of the keyboard.

  • Notes Drill - Solidify your knowledge of the keyboard to prepare for the other tutorials.

  • Circle of Fifths Discovery - An interactive walk through the circle of fifths. We'll go through the sharp keys and then the flat keys one at a time and examine how we move from key to key and why.

  • Circle of Fifths Drill - Solidify your knowledge of the circle of fifths through interactive questions.

  • Major Scales Discovery - Major scales are where music theory understanding begins. I show you a short cut that will greatly reduce the time it takes to learn them.

  • Major Scales Drill - Solidify your knowledge of the major scales.

  • Harmonized Major Scale Discovery - Harmonizing scales produces a related family of chords that we can then use to write music. We'll go through harmonization step by step.

  • Harmonized Major Scale Drill - Solidify your understanding of harmonization.

  • Relative Minor & The Modes Discovery - Here, we discover the modes of the major scale with a special emphasis on the 6th mode, Aeolian, the minor scale.

  • Relative Minor & The Modes Drill - Solidify your understanding of modes and the relative minor.

  • Harmonized Minor Scale Discovery - Here we'll look at the family of chords created by harmonizing from the minor perspective.

  • Harmonized Minor Scale Drill - Solidify you understanding of the harmonized minor scale.

  • Intervals Discovery - This interactive screen allows you to investigate any interval and quality of interval on the virtual keyboard. You can click on any note and the interval chosen will be resolved and information about that type of interval displayed.

  • Intervals Drill - Completely configurable interval testing screen. You will only be tested on the intervals you check off on the settings tab. This allows you to focus on the specific areas you are working on.

  • Chord & Arpeggio Construction Discovery - Take a walk through roughly fifty different chord types. We'll look at each and break down the symbols until you can read a chord definition from a chord name as easily as you are reading this now.

  • Chord & Arpeggio Construction Drill - Solidify you knowledge of chord formulas.
    Scale Construction Discovery - Check out the various construction of different scales in an interactive environment.

  • Scale Construction Drill - Solidify you knowledge of scale construction.

  • Harmonized Melodic Minor Discovery - Same as harmonized major scale screen but with melodic minor scale. Of special interest to those interested in perusing jazz.

  • Harmonized Melodic Minor Drill - Solidify you knowledge of the harmonized melodic minor scale.

  • Harmonized Harmonic Minor Discovery - Same as the harmonized major scale screen but with harmonic minor scale. Of special interest to those interested in perusing jazz.

  • Harmonized Harmonic Minor Drill - Solidify your knowledge of the harmonized harmonic minor scale.

 

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