Complete Fundamentals to Intermediate course.
24 easy lessons. Monthly or Full course.
Step by step to get you well on your way to be a master of music.

Summary:  Music Theory Course

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'Getting It Down Cold Workshops'

Technique Workbooks and Reports

Workshop Summaries                         More Details

Music Note Workshop                      Notes Workshop...

Rhythm Workshop                           Rhythm Workshop....

Keys & Scales Workshop                Keys and Scale Workshop ...

Creating Chords Workshop            Creating Chord Workshop....

Scales Piano Fingerings                  Piano Keyboard Fingerings Workbook details....

Special Workbooks

Learn a Song - Crucial Steps to Mastering a Song Quickly

Secert of Sevenths                     Music Notation and Terminology

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Learn a Song - Crucial Steps to Mastering a Song Quickly

This report is a all about how to improve your speed and knowledge to be able to learn songs much quicker.

The report goes into mindset and how you need to prepare yourself for success. Then it goes into the physical steps necessary to be able to master the song in record time.

Learn a song is about knowing how to prepare your music. Chart the music to get a plan of attack to set goals and acomplishments. Next you put it together and the tips that help you overcome road blocks.

Expression is the last thing we talk about and go into a lot of detail on what and why you need to be always looking at expression.

Finally we show you how to use a progress chart and the crucial step that makes it all happen. That is what getting it down cold workshops is all about.

Secrets to Understanding 7th Chords

Learning about building and using seventh chords. This 35 plus page report gets you up to speed on creating, defining, use consideration, and progressions.

It's a bit advanced, but will serve you well for learning and using 7th chords.

Here are a few of the things covered in this report.

• Combining triads and 7th intervals.
• Tritones
• Labeling 7ths
• Harmonic Systems of 7ths
• Characteristics and uses of 7ths
• Typical progressions

This Workbook is included with the Music Courses and discounted when purchased with the Creating Chords Workshop.

Notation and Terminology

Getting it Down Cold Workshops proudly presents this 185 page special book, a reprint of Karl W. Gehrkens Music Notation and Terminology first published in 1914. 

Although  some of the terms have been modified over the years, this is a great compilation of the history and notation that is still used today.

This book covers the majority of the terms you will run across in your study and playing present day songs and especially the works of the past.

When you run across those terms that you don't know what they mean this book will be the place you can turn to and is digitally searchable.
You also get 10 MB of graphic and sound files that go with the book. If there is an example in the book there is likely a midi (sound) file or graphic you can open for a closer look.

Notes Workshop

Learning about notes is one of the first things you have to do to read and play music. 90% of us that play have to read and play with sheet music.

Getting it Down Cold Workshops is about getting to know your notes down cold and is an absolute necessity if you are going to learn masterpieces or be able to play with other musicians.

This workshop starts you off right. There are three areas covered in the workshop and 4 important sections.

Note Names and locations

The first introductory work set is about the piano notes. Learn how they are named, how to easily remember their location, sharp and flat notes, and the patterns of the keyboard.

Knowing these notes on the piano is a great way to relate a visual cue to using other instruments.

Master Staff

Mastering the master staff work set provides a fun and great way to learn the master staff. Shapes and patterns are used to allow you to gain this basic knowledge that all other music elements will use in a fun and exciting way.

This one work set is easily worth every the full cost of this workshop.

Intervals

Intervals are one of the most glossed over parts of working in music theory.  This part of the workshop breaks the interval study into two parts. It's designed for the beginning or intermediate music enthusiast who doesn't know their major and minor intervals down cold. 

Again other music elements are based on the fundamental knowledge of intervals and knowing them makes it so much easier to master those elements. 

The student learns and masters all these intervals, in addition there is a bonus section on extended intervals. You'll be looking at jazz music in a whole new light.

This is a great companion the Rhythm Workshop. More details: Notes Workshop 

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RHYTHM WORKSHOP

This Getting it Down Cold Workshops has four sections on mastering rhythms.

Many musicians that don't play the drums struggle to learn and master rhythm. 

Even the Pros talk about it being the one thing that they would spend more time on than anything else.

 

This workshop covers

• Rhythm Definitions and Symbols 
  the foundation basics to learning and understand rhythm. 
• 4/4 Time Signature Rhythms 
  12 practice rhythms to get down cold and own.
• 3/4 Time Signature Rhythms 
  12 practice rhythms to get down cold and own.
• Quadruple and Triplet Rhythms 
  Beat divisions by 4 parts and beat divisions by 3 parts including swing.

A must have to to really get down and own music. More details:  Rhythm Workshop   

The KEY to Key Signatures - Part 1

One of the more frustrating elements in learning music is the concept of key signatures.

The Key Signatures Workshop goes into detail allowing you to fully participate in the development of the sharp and flat keys. This preferred method of learning the key signatures simple gives you a jump on getting your theory down cold. 

If you want to make sure you learn them and own them, then this workbook will help you do just that quickly and easily.

Major and Minor Scales - More Scales - part 2

Learning scales is intimidating for the beginning student. Don't let them get the best of you. 

This Getting It Down Cold workshop will easily lead you through the learning process, step by step to master the scales in no time at all.

The Scales can be learned in a way that doesn't require memorization, but a good foundation of music math, relationships and practical methods of learning them. Memorization comes naturally and isn't forced.

Why work with the scale notes on a staff and try and learn them through repeated attempts of reading notes. Why not just know them so that you can internalize the scale and use it at will. 

Learning scales has several applications in music. The most obvious is practice to gain flexibility with fingers. The second is improvization and harmonic systems.

Go Here for more details...  Keys and Scales Workshop

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Creating Chords 

Chords are the words of music. 

Putting Chords together is the statement of music.

Knowing which chords and what types to use is what you need to know to play, compose, improvise, and sound great. 
 
If you've been learning chords one at a time, it's time to accelerate your learning with this fast track Getting it Down Cold Workshops. 

Make your studies highly effective by learning the chords and harmonic systems that make up songs.  

Start Playing The Great Works Of Music Sooner Than You Thought Possible.

With this unique approach you will learn chords and how to use them to shave years off your music education. Learn in weeks, what takes most students years to accomplish.

Imagine learning songs in 1/4 the time with the master of chords. More details... Creating Chords Workshop

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