Course 1: New Readers

Unit List

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Course 1: New Readers

Unit 1: Steps of Scale with Solfege
Introduction to the seven different scale degrees through solfege! [ Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti ]

Course 1: New Readers

Unit 2: Adding Eighth Notes
Adding passing and neighboring eighth-notes.

Course 1: New Readers

Unit 3: Dots and Ties
Ties and dotted-quarter-eighth note patterns.

Course 1: New Readers

Unit 4: Common 4th Movements
This unit focuses on common 4th leaps in major melodies.

Course 1: New Readers

Unit 5: Primary Triads
This unit explores basic harmony for the basis of melodies.

Course 1: New Readers

Unit 6: ii and V7
This unit covers common patterns around ii (Re-Fa-La) and Dominant or V7 (Sol-Ti-Re-Fa).

Course 1: New Readers

Unit 7: Minor
This unit introduces relative minor and our first accidentals for minor scale variants.

Course 1: New Readers

Unit 8: Compound Meter
This unit will explore meters where the beat subdivides into threes instead of twos.

Course 1: New Readers

Unit 9: Review
A series of exercises that demonstrate skills gained from this course.