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Want to start composing music, but don't understand the theory behind it? This video is your ultimate starting point! In this first lesson of the How to Compose Music from Scratch series, we’ll go through everything you need to know to understand sheet music and build a solid foundation for writing your own music later.
🎯 In this video, you’ll learn:
• How the staff, clefs, and accidentals work
• Scientific Pitch Notation (SPN) explained
• Note durations, rests, and basic rhythm (including triplets)
• Time signatures and how they organize music
• Intervals: major, minor, perfect, augmented, and diminished
• Triads: major, minor, diminished, augmented, suspended chords
• The structure of major and minor scales (natural, harmonic, melodic)
This is not just theory for theory’s sake – these are the exact building blocks that every composer needs, even in modern music production.
👶 No prior knowledge required - this video is designed for total beginners.
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🎬 This is Part 1 of a full beginner-friendly composition series!
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00:00 Intro
00:16 The Staff
00:47 The White Keys on the Piano
01:19 Accidentals
02:11 Note Durations
03:08 Rest Durations
03:51 Clefs
04:09 Scientific Pitch Notation
04:43 Measures
05:56 Intervals
09:30 Triads
11:01 Chord Inversions
11:38 Scales
14:09 Outro
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