Keys are the Key!

If music theory seems like chunks and pieces of stuff that don’t relate, you are in the right place.  Fortunately, music theory is extremely logical and organized.  Once you get the basics, it just gets more and more fun as you build into more advanced concepts.

We briefly touched on diatonic major scales in our last blog – now we will dive in and get a clear understanding of what is really happening.  Again, music is based on the first seven letters of the alphabet:

A     B  C     D     E  F     G    A

The Basic Components of Music

The most basic, raw component of music is the Note.  Notes move vertically and horizontally in space.  Vertically, notes move up and down in various intervals of Pitch.  Horizontally notes move forward in various intervals of time (Rhythm).