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    I have started a new video series teaching aimed at beginners interested in learning music theory. The first 6 videos with PDF files (tab and music notation) are here:

    https://www.petemartin.info/music-th...in-violin.html

    The topics
    1) 12 notes in music
    2) The major scale
    3) Major chord and arpeggios
    4) Minor chord and arpeggios
    5) Dominant seventh chord and arpeggios
    6) Chords in a major key

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    Two new videos in this series

    7) V implies V7
    8) V7 resolves to I

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    "Music Theory for Fiddle Mandolin and Violin"
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    Thanks, Pete! I recently purchased your similarly titled book and it's great to have some videos to go along with it now!

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    thanks a lot pete! you and some other content contributors have opened up mandolin playing as a possibility for people from low income nations like me~!

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    Video #9 covers what is meant by the "Circle Of Fifths"

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    Video #10 covers covers the most common chords we encounter in songs and tunes.

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    Modes of the Major Scale



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    Video #12 covers covers "Modes of the Major Scale".

    Video #13 covers "Three Note Chords - Triads"

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    Video #14 covers covers "4 Note Chords in a Key".

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    Natural Minor Scale



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    Harmonic minor scale



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    Melodic minor scale



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    Default Re: Theory for beginners videos

    I need to do a theory course on mando. I transcribed the major, natural minor, and pentatonic scales for my mandolin and I use them to warm up. But I haven't dug into it on mandolin. I am kinda digging the fifths tuning and learning 'tags' from my Bluegrass Mandolin course on Truefire.

    Gonna do my first jam this month if I can learn a few of the tunes from their list.

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    Dorian minor scale

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    How I think of minor scales

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    Default Re: Theory for beginners videos

    My latest 2 videos.

    Major Seventh vs. Dominant Seventh


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    My latest video on diminished chords.

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    Default Re: Theory for beginners videos

    Looking at secondary dominant chords, such as A7 in the key of G.

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