Supplemental Materials

Learn how half steps shape major, minor, and diminished chords across the scale.

Learn how reorienting a major scale unlocks a whole family of scales called modes.

Explore three chord progressions that show up all over pop, jazz, and beyond.

Learn how to measure and name the spaces between notes using half steps.

Go deeper into how chord progressions work and shape emotion with these videos.

Build half steps and whole steps above and below given notes.

Build a C Major scale using the formula, then rebuild it with different note lengths.

Build major scales from different starting notes, each with its own note length.

Turn a major scale into a minor scale.

Practice turning a Major Scale into a Minor Scale!.

Write out three popular chord progressions on the piano roll in C Major.

Dig into the chord progressions behind hundreds of popular songs on Hooktheory.