Over the years I’ve been amazed at how much my students have gleaned in music theory knowledge just from the walls of my studio! For a long time, I had the Discover Music set of posters (which sadly appears to be unavailable anymore…) in the waiting area outside my studio and during lessons students would often refer back to it when I asked them how they knew something.
Now, students often hop up off the bench to check out the Circle of 5ths poster next to the piano when they are struggling to identify a key signature.
When the designers at The Really Useful Poster company contacted me, I was really excited to check out their piano theory posters. They have two “really useful posters” that I like a lot.
The Really Useful Piano Poster has piano diagrams of all the Major, natural minor, melodic minor, and harmonic minor scales, all of the most commonly used triads (Major, minor, diminished, augmented), dominant 7th chords, and a few other handy tidbits like the Circle of 5ths, commonly used terms and symbols, and more. It’s a lot of information on one poster, but is very well laid out and easy to use. A great addition to any piano studio!
The Really Useful Chord Progression Poster starts with the key name and then displays diagrams of each of the chords of that key in sequence. So in C Major, you have C-Major, d-minor, e-minor, F-Major, G-Major, a-minor-b-diminished. All the Major keys are on the left hand side of the poster, and all the minor keys are on the right hand side of the poster. Again, lots of information, but how nice to be able to see all of this at a glance (especially for us visual learners!).
Thanks to the generous folks at The Really Useful Poster company, all Music Matters Blog readers can receive 20% off any of their posters! Just enter the code mmb20 when you checkout to receive the discounted price. You can order and print a digital copy or select a folded or rolled version and they will ship it (from the UK!) right to your door.
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