The Waay: Learn Music Theory App

 Today's app is the Waay: Learn Music Theory app:

Waay: Learn Music Theory (http://www.tenkettles.com) Learn how to stitch notes together into melodies, chords, and songs; teaches applied music theory; video lessons and interactive exercises teach the basics of notes, steps, and keys through chords, chord progressions, and more; music theory tailored for beginners and aspiring songwriters; video lessons with musical examples; interactive exercises on keys, intervals, scales, and more; built-in tools to track progress; lesson videos download automatically on WiFi; won’t need a connection again to use the app; Course 1: “Melodies” comes free with app; includes eight video lessons and nine interactive exercises; Notes and steps: What are the 12 notes in music and how do we talk about them?; Intervals: Steps, half-steps, and moving between notes; Keys: Learn what notes sound good together and hear audio examples; Scale building: Build major and minor scales from scratch; Songwriting: Learn how to use theory to write music; Circle of Fifths; Melodies: How to apply music theory knowledge to writing melodies; Course 2: “Chords” is an in-app purchase; includes eight video lessons and eleven interactive exercises; Chord foundations: Learn about thirds and fifths, the building blocks of chords; Building chords: Build any major, minor, or diminished chord with two intervals; Songwriting: Hear how a song can be built from a melody by adding the right chords; Magic formula: What chords sound good together?; Chords in major and minor keys; chord progressions; Relative major: How are major and minor scales related?; Fast minor scales: Learn how to build minor scales fast; (iOS 9.3 or later).