Do (e) – a deer, a female deer
Ra (y) – a drop of golden sun
Me – a name, I call myself
Fa (r) – a long, long way to run
So (l) – a needle pulling thread
La – a note to follow so
Ti – I drink with jam and bread…that will bring us back to:
Do(e)
This little song from a Disney movie, will help get you started in learning music theory by introducing you to a few important areas that we are going to talk about. One is the major scale, which is your first major hurdle to overcome in learning both music theory and guitar playing. The other is something called solfeggio, which is a way of labeling the degree of scales with syllables. The importance of this for all of the things we are going to discuss here can not be over estimated! So, to begin your journey into solving the mystery of music theory, you have to complete one simple task. Learn one simple song. Memorize it. Sing it!!
The song can be found here:
Fast Tube by Casper
I realize that this may seem like a joke, but I’m not kidding. If you bear with me and watch this closely, I promise you, you will have learned some very important concepts that you need to know to get started in learning music theory. I know it may hurt, but you have to at least make it through the entire thing and later, when you get what all this nonsense is about, you’ll be amazed at how brilliant a song this really is. The thing I really want you to clue in on here is the “pitch” of the words that make up this song. So watch and sing and learn. This WILL make sense later!
So for now, rememeber:
Do (e) – a deer, a female deer
Ra (y) – a drop of golden sun
Me – a name, I call myself
Fa (r) – a long, long way to run
So (l) – a needle pulling thread
La – a note to follow so
Ti – I drink with jam and bread…that will bring us back to:
Do(e)
Next up, we have to meet the notes.
