
Dive into western music theory from a songwriter's perspective with Dr. Erol Oz.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 16 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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Not all songs have chord progressions that end on a V chord, and often songs will end with a IV resolving to I, known as the plagal cadence.
In a previous episode, we analyzed "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King. This episode discusses the "why" of the I-vi-IV-V chord progression and explain the basics of the 4-chord phrase structure. We cover Tonic, Chords with common tones, Pre-Dominant, and D... more
For the half-diminished 7th chord, we take the minor 7th chord and flat the 5th, which is why these chords are often called m7(b5). Fully diminished 7th chords also flat the 7th. When we flat a minor 7th, we get an interval called a diminished 7th ch... more
In this episode we talk about the pattern used to construct major and minor chords or TRIADS. We also discuss how to use this information to create different VOICING of a chord. We also build on our previous discussion of intervals by introducing thr... more
This episode outlines the Diatonic chords–the ones that fit with no added sharps or flats–within a key.
In a Major key we have 1, 2m, 3m, 4, 5, 6m, 7dim.
In a Minor key we have 1m, 2dim, 3, 4m, 5m, 6, 7.
In Harmonic Minor we raise the 7th note... more
This episode dissects Bella Garland's song "Mama Raised Me". She discusses her writing process, tuning the guitar down a half step, capo transpositions, and her use of the chords 1, 4, 5, and 6m from the Nashville Number System. Follow her on Instagr... more
In this episode we discuss the remaining sharp keys in the Circle of Fifths as well as moving into the flat keys. The order of flats is BEADGCF or simply the order of sharps backwards. And always remember your order of sharps: Fat-Cats-Go-Down-Alleys... more
This episodes dissects the order of sharps and the keys of D Major and B minor at 2 o'clock on the Circle of Fifths, as well as the letter names of the notes on the treble staff.









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