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Learn music theory in half an hour.

Andrew Huang teaches the basics of music theory in about half an hour, covering intervals, chords and patterns. He stresses understanding how music works over memorizing terminology.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a concise, approachable starting point for anyone asking how to learn music theory.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
ANDREW HUANG
Topic
music theory
Format
tutorial
Level
intro
HN recommenders in dataset
4
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2019–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • I found this video to be an extremely helpful and concise explanation of music theory basics: [VIDEO] "Learn music theory in half an hour" is obviously an exaggeration, but it really comes astoundingly close to fulfilling that promise. It contains a lot of information and …

    rdlw on Hacker News · 2020-02
    In Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to prevent lawsuits

  • Probably right on the edge of what you would define as technology.... Music! I am 30 and have spent my whole life not learning any music or instruments because it is 'too hard'. But now I am getting into music theory and wow it is …

    foopod on Hacker News · 2021-07
    In Ask HN: What is a cool technology to learn?

  • It really depends on your objectives. If you want to compose pop music (including rock and electronic music) the risk is to lose yourself in complicated harmony "rules" that are mostly irrelevant to the style you want to play (on top of my mind parallel …

    tarsinge on Hacker News · 2019-12
    In Ask HN: How Can I Learn Music Theory?

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