iGetIt! Music

Online music education courseware for non-musicians who want to learn how to write their own rock songs.

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Name: Jim Plamondon
Location: Austin, Texas, United States

This blog documents the development of JIMS iGetIt! Music System (JIMS). JIMS' goal is to help you Understand Music in 24 Hours™, if you are (a) a non-musician (b) who wants to learn how to write your own rock songs. Requiring no instrument other than your own computer, and without using traditional notation, JIMS is being designed to deliver a deep understanding of tonal structure...in just 24 hours.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Lesson 004.1

My latest lesson is Lesson 004.1 (source code here):


Same crummy state-controlling button-bar at the bottom, for now. I really must fix that.

This lesson introduces a number of new terms. Each is clearly defined, and each definition is followed by a question to help cement understanding of the definition.

I now expect to revise Lesson 5 to focus on defining the term "scale." This may require introducing the notion of "tuning," but I don't want to go there yet, so I'll avoid it if I can.

Once the notion of "scale" is defined, then we can dive right into the Diatonic Scale, including its modes, intervals, chords, etc.

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