Art, Music & More

12/16/2025

The latest is my Music Theory Shorts, "Major Scales," just went live at

In just a minute, learn half steps, whole steps and how they are chained together to form major scales in music. If you've been following the series, you sho...

11/27/2025

11/27/2025

While the family is making dem pies, I finally got a chance to upload my newest space ambient piece, "Matrix D."

I often ask myself, if I was just starting out in music production, what gear would I own and how would I work? So, I recorded this entire song using one, budget, boutique synth, the Behringer Model D, and did the recording and most of the mixing in a little ASUS Vivobook.

I'm happy with the result. I hope you enjoy it.

11/09/2025

The new Music Theory Shorts video, "C Major Scale," has just gone live on Rumble.

In this latest of my "Music Theory Shorts," you will learn to play the C Major Scale on the piano with both the right and left hand in only one and a half minutes.

11/09/2025

Learn to play the C Major Scale with both hands on the piano in the latest of David's "Music Theory Shorts."

In just a minute and a half, you can learn to play the C Major Scale in both hands. This is just the latest in a series of "Music Theory Shorts" videos that ...

10/10/2025

IT'S HERE! In this third video, continue your music theory learning path. If you've followed these videos, you learned how the notes in the western, 12-tone system work and how to read the notes on the treble clef, all in just two minutes. In this latest video, learn to read the notes on the bass clef and learn how and why the treble cleff and bass clef combine to form the grand staff, ALL IN JUST ONE MINUTE!

I'm busy uploading to different social media platforms but I couldn't wait to share this link with you. Please add the playlist, like and subscribe on YouTube so you'll always know when a new video drops. I'm shooting for every Friday afternoon/evening.

Enjoy!

In the first two videos, you leaned the how the notes in the 12-tone system work and you learned to read all the notes on the treble clef, all in two minutes...

10/09/2025

The second music theory short has just been posted to David Peterson Harvey's Odysee account. We're still setting up the Art Music & More page there, so it won't happen at once.

If you prefer Odysee or Rumble to YouTube, you can find our shorts there as well.

The next video, scheduled to post tomorrow, teaches reading the bass clef and the grand staff in just one minute, I'll post when it's uploaded and hope you'll join me there.

Peace,
David

This is the second video in the series of music theory shorts that aim to teach music theory from the ground up through a college level, one minute at a time. (Videos may be longer on complex subjects...

10/04/2025

As promised, here is the link to the second of the "Music Theory Shorts." In just one minute, you will learn to find any note on a staff with a treble clef sign.

Next week, you'll already have the basic logic to learn the bass clef, the grand staff, and both the tenor and alto clef, all in one minute!

Subscribe and add the playlist to your YouTube account so you don't miss these "Music Theory Shorts!"

We learned about the 12-tone system and note names in the first video. In this second video, you'll learn to read notes on the treble clef. You won't find me...

09/29/2025

Learning music theory doesn't have to be difficult. We plan to add one short video a week to build a foundation in music theory. This video starts with the basics of the 12 tone system, including natural notes, accidentals and octaves. We're working on the next video for release this Friday that will teach you how to identify all the notes on the treble staff.

09/27/2025

We may have closed the physical location of the learning center but music and art education are still an important part of our lives. David has just started a YouTube series called, "Music Theory Shorts."

The first video was just uploaded that explains how the 12-tone system of natural notes and whole notes works. We hope you enjoy it!

In this first of the Music Theory Shorts, learn how the 12-tone system of music works, including the 7 natural notes and the 5 accidentals. This is the firs...

09/03/2025

I've set up a Discord server called "David Peterson Harvey's Strange World." This will operate in conjunction with my video series of the same name that focuses mainly on music production and music theory for music producers that want the knowledge of a college music theory course in practical application along with music production and sound design.

If you are interested, please feel free to join the server at

Check out the David Peterson Harvey's Strange World community on Discord - hang out with 1 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.