Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago

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Episode 01: The Octave is digging into the basic building blocks of music. If you take your time to really feel this material, it will help heaps as you move forward. Conversely, if you skip this, you will struggle forever, which is always very sad to see (I know because I did it myself).

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00:00:00 Intro
00:02:03 Ask Questions Publically
00:02:55 Theory is Your Friend
00:03:58 Things to Put Aside
00:09:56 Tip: listen to quality music
00:13:25 The Octave
00:14:38 12 Tones that Repeat
00:16:25 Intervals
00:18:51 Develop Musical Intelligence
00:21:11 Relationships
00:21:18 Root
00:23:16 Seconds
00:24:03 Thirds
00:24:10 Fourths & Fifths
00:25:24 Sixths
00:25:31 Sevenths
00:27:48 Time & Practice
00:29:12 Moving the Octave
00:30:32 Cadence
00:36:22 Be Aware
00:37:27 Key & Scale
00:40:00 Defining a Scale
00:40:49 C Maj
00:42:23 D Maj
00:44:02 Acceptable Cheat
00:45:31 C Min
00:48:11 Scales are Fun!
00:52:12 Homework: Practice
00:54:48 Part of You
00:55:06 Conclusion
00:56:11 Sound Choice
00:57:17 Lesson Schedule