Music Theory for Beginners

In this lesson, Dominik Schirmer introduces basic music theory by showing the relationship between semitones and whole tones on a piano keyboard.

Reading music is one of the foundations of music theory. In this lesson, Dominik Schirmer demonstrates the basics of musical notes on a staff.

In this lesson, Dominik Schirmer explains how sharps and flats are notated in written music and how these accidentals change the way a note is played.

In this lesson, Dominik Schirmer discusses the relationship between each note and pattern of steps that make up the heptatonic C major scale.

In this lesson, Dominik Schirmer EDUcation demonstrates that knowing the correct whole tone-semitone pattern will allow you to write out a D major scale.