Re-arranging 10-11 4.10.15

This week we are looking at re-arranging

 Michael Jackson's Billy Jean .

By this stage i would like you to be thinking about arranging things with phrases, not just blocks and bars.

You could consider

1. changing the phrasing  or melody of the main bass line.

2. changing the emphasis of the beat

3. modifying the sounds to make the song have a more contemporary twist.

Theory of Keys! Tool 1

Learning Objective! 

To play every chord in the key of C major.



Pitch: Is the determination of a sound in judging it to be Higher or Lower than another sound!

A Musical Note: is a single pitched sound.

Scale: A set of musical notes put into an order

Key: The pitch at which the a scale is.

Interval: The distance between two notes

Semitone: The smallest distance between two musical notes (americans call it half step)

Tone: Two Semitones (the second smallest distance between two notes. Americans call it whole step)

Minor third: Three Semitones ( The important interval in a minor chord)

Major third: Four Semitones (The important distance in a major chord)






Perfect Fifth: Seven Semitones

Major scale: Tone, Tone, Semitone, Tone Tone Tone Semitone

Root note: Name of a chord or  the musical note where you start when building a chord

Chord: Three or more notes played at the same time.

Major Chord: Root + Major third + fifth

Minor Chord: Root + Minor third + fifth


Major Key Chords: In a major key you have seven chords and because of the the major scale these chords are.

M, m, m, M, M, m, half dim

C major Key, Chords: 

C Major D minor E minor F Major G Major A minor B half diminished

Half Diminished: Root Major third + Minor third

Homework: To be able to play every chord and name it in the key of C Major