I was HOPING this thread was yours Rick......THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! I assume there are lots of us out here whose brains shudder at the words "Music Theory" somehow thinking only mathematicians can understand it. Personally, I have to cut through years of "I don't /can't get it" to even open the classroom door. But I've found my seat at my desk here, just have to get my pen out and open my notebook to a page with no other writing on it. Puhleeeeeze go slooooowly......otherwise......my.....brain..........just ........shuts........down.