Music Theory Coffee with Sam Blakelock

Sam Blakelock (@samblakelock), the founder of Pickup Music and a jazz-trained guitarist with a Master of Music from the City University of New York, is sharing bite-sized music theory lessons on Instagram.

Check out Sam’s causal lessons below and if you want to take a deeper look into music theory become a Pickup Music member to get all-access to our lessons.

An Introduction to Secondary Dominants

 

 

 

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Tonicization

 

 

 

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Dominant Chords 101

 

 

 

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Tritone Substitutions

 

 

 

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What is a Chord? (Mini-lesson)

 

 

 

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"The River" (Harmonic Movement Within a Major Key)

 

 

 

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Harmonic Analysis of Blue Bossa

 

 

 

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