Grammar of Music

Path

What to study before Tritone

Three whole tones, the interval that splits the octave in half and refuses to stand still. Below, the concepts that come before, in the order in which one explains the next. Signed in, you see the same path minus what you already hold: your path.

  1. Notes and semitones

    The seven letter names, the accidentals that alter them, and the semitone as the system's smallest step.

    Level 0lesson Notes have names, and the names have a rule (First steps in theory)

  2. Intervals

    The distance between two notes, measured by a number taken from the letter names and a quality taken from the semitones.

    Level 1has practicelesson The distance between two notes (First steps in theory)

  3. Tritone

    Three whole tones, the interval that splits the octave in half and refuses to stand still.

    Level 2lesson Six semitones (Chords beyond the triad)