20 Drills to Become a Music Theory Beast (the only video you need)
20 drills or exercises to become fluent with scales and chord sequences. The only video you need to achieve a strong foundation of music theory and fluency with the tools needed to compose music. PDF of the drills available for members : / @purpasteur Cellular automata widget : https://musicmaps.app/lab/cellularAut... Support me on Patreon : / purpasteur New ambiant piano album coming out on New Year : https://purpasteur.bandcamp.com/album... Follow Pur Pasteur : https://linktr.ee/purpasteur https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/arti... / purpasteur / 100087432349171 https://purpasteur.bandcamp.com https://purpasteur.com/ 0:00 Pick a scale! 1:28 1 - Major chord sequence 2:32 2 - Inversions of the tonic chord 3:30 3 - The pentascale 4:30 4 - The full scale 5:53 5 - The arpeggio 6:45 Teacher rant 7:19 6 - The contrary motion scale 7:49 7 - The scale in 3rds/10ths 8:36 8 - Patterns in the scale / Cellular automata 10:36 9 - The chord degrees (with inversions) 13:26 10 - The oscillation 16:13 11 - Descending 3rds 18:02 12 - The cycle of 5ths 20:02 13 - The Pachelbel sequence 21:56 14 - I-IV-V-I in arpeggios 23:48 15 - The chord degrees with 7ths 24:22 16 - Open voicings 26:35 17 - The crab walk 28:01 18 - The secondary dominants 31:09 19 - The modal interchange sequence 33:14 20 - The II-V-I sequence (final boss)

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