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Old 09-07-2012, 01:24 AM   #2 (permalink)
Howard the Duck
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if you're gonna use terms like "major third", "perfect fifth" "interval", "resolution" and "relative pitch", I doubt I would even understand when I started learning theory

have her look at the keyboard - try to show her the position of the black and white keys

assign a number for each note - e.g. C=1 B=7

explain to her the space between the white keys is a "tone" up

the space between white and black is a "semitone"

you can't expect everybody to be a theory prodigy like you

you tell me "relative pitch", "interval" and "semitone" when I first started, i'd go look for another teacher, seriously
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