Punkademic Music Theory Comprehensive Complete: Part 4 5 & 6 (Last updated 3 2025) TUTORiAL

Welcome to the COMPLETE Music Theory Guide!

This is a class designed for the average person who is ready to take music theory (or music interest) and turn it into a usable skill. Whether you are an active musician or an aspiring musician, this class is perfect for you.

For years I've been teaching Music Theory in the college classroom. These classes I'm making for Udemy use the same syllabus I've used in my college classes for years, at a fraction of the cost. I believe anyone can learn Music Theory - and cost shouldn't be a barrier.

My approach to music theory is to minimize memorization. Most of these concepts you can learn by just understanding why chords behave in certain ways. Once you understand those concepts, you can find any scale, key, or chord that exists. Even invent your own. If you've tried to learn music theory before, or if you are just starting out - this series of courses is the perfect fit.

Dr. Allen is a professional musician, top-rated Udemy instructor, and university professor. In 2017 the Star Tribune featured him as a "Mover and a Shaker," and he is recognized by the Grammy Foundation for his music education classes.

This class is a Comprehensive class - it will have many parts, going through my entire annual curriculum.

MUSIC THEORY COMPREHENSIVE COMBINED: PARTS, 4, 5, AND 6 is three courses in one: It includes my three top Music Theory Comprehensive courses: Part 4: Modes & Counterpoint, Part 5: Counterpoint Complete, and Part 6: SATB Composition.

In this class, we will cover:
My approach to Music Theory
Tools you will need to learn Music Theory quickly and efficiently
How Modes Work
The History of Modes
Identifying the Musical Modes
Incorporating modes into popular music
Analysis of popular and classical music, including the Simpsons TV Theme Song, and the Beetles.
Interval Exploration
Compound Intervals
Rules for Inversion
Augmented Intervals
Diminished Intervals
Enharmonic Equivalence
Labeling Dissonance
Counterpoint in Species
The Rules of Counterpoint
Compositing with Counterpoint
Types of Contrapuntal Motion
Creating music with Counterpoint
Tools of Counterpoint
Second Species Counterpoint
Metric Accents and Diminutions
Resolutions
Passing Tones
Consonant Skips and Leaps
Neighbor Tones
Writing Compelling Melodies
Third Species Counterpoint
The Cambiata
Double Neighbor Tones
Fourth Species Counterpoint
Rhythmic Displacement
Suspensions
4-3, 7-6, and 9-8 Suspension Types
Consonant Suspensions
Chains of Suspensions
Fifth Species Counterpoint
Free Counterpoint
My approach to Music Theory
Tools of Counterpoint
Types of Motion in Counterpoint
18th Century Counterpoint
Chordal Dissonance
Cadences in Bass/Melody Accompaniment
Cadences in 4-Voice Accompaniment
Non-Chord Tones in 4-Voice Accompaniment
Suspensions in 4-Voice Accompaniment
Example Analysis Projects
Writing 4-Voice (SATB) Lines
SATB Notation
SATB Ranges
Voice Crossings
Doubling
T-D-T Phrasing
Establishing Tonic Areas
Establishing Dominant Areas
Resolving Leading Tones (in 4-Voice Accompaniment)
Harmonic Rhythm
Texture (in Song)
Worksheets and Music for Practice

and much, much more!

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