Music Theory Lessons, Games and Exercises

1: The Staff, Staves, and Clefs

Program

  • Understanding the staff, the treble and bass clefs.
  • Recognizing line and space notes on each clef.

2: Note Values

4 lessons

Program

  • Whole notes (semibreves), half notes (minims), quarter notes (crotchets), eighth notes (quavers), and sixteenth notes (semiquavers).
  • Dotted notes and their values.
  • Whole rest (semibreve rest), half rest (minim rest), quarter rest (crotchet rest), eighth rest (quaver rest), and sixteenth rest (semiquaver rest).

3: Time Signatures

Lessons

Program

  • Understanding Time Signatures
  • Exercises

4: Key Signatures & Scales

Program

  • Major scales of C, G, D, and F.
  • Recognizing sharps and flats associated with these keys.
  • The concept of tonic (first note of the scale).