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Music Map

How the topics connect - from sound to harmony. Every topic leads to its page.

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  1. SoundWhat makes a note a note: vibration, pitch, timbre.
  2. NotesThe twelve notes, their names, and why they keep repeating.
  3. IntervalsThe distance between two notes - the measure everything else is built from.
  4. ScalesA selection of notes that together have a character of their own.
  5. ChordsSeveral notes at once - built from the steps of a scale.KeyWhich note is home, and which chords belong with it.
  6. CAGED systemOne shape, four steps: from the chord to the scale.HarmonyHow chords follow one another - and why an ending sounds like an ending.

Tool

The Workshop hangs off no topic - it sits across all of them. Each lens shows the same fretboard through a different topic.

WorkshopFretboard, backing groove and a lens that gives every note a meaning.

Alongside

These two build on nothing - they belong to every step.

RhythmPulse, metre and compás - the time axis of music.ProgressWhat you have practised: calendar, streak and tier.