8-Tone Quarto-Modes Concept
Information with exhibits and mp3 files on The 8-Tone Quarto-Modes Concept, a special study into the diminished, introducing the "diminished-major" and its application for mainstream jazz players, advanced improvisators, and notational composers |
A Model of Harmony
Visual model of music which geometrically describes relationships in harmony. [Requires Flash 4+] |
A-Natural Atonality
Debunks atonality as unnatural and tonality as normal. |
AP Music Theory
Information about studying for and taking the advanced placement music theory exam. |
Auto-Transposer
Transposes all twelve major keys of chord progressions. |
Bimodalism, A New Dimension and Ethos in Harmony
Contemporary alternative to atonal styles of composition. |
Chaos Music Paper I: Aesthetic Evaluation
Essays explaining computer music theory providing detailed analysis. |
Chiasmata Modality
An experimental modality. |
Dynamic Spectrograms of Music
Provides a type of spectrogram suitable for understanding the structure of music. |
Elements of Music Notation
Basic introduction to reading music. Learn note names, clefs, staff, signs. Worksheets and answer keys included. |
eMusicTheory.com
Java applets designed to help students of music improve their basic music reading skills. |
Eric's Treasure Trove of Music
A reference resource on music theory, covering in brief a vast array of topics. |
Fred Lerdahl's Attack on Serialism
Discussion of Lerdahl's published article "Cognitive Constraints on Compositional Systems", which explores the relationship between composing and listening. |
Fundamentals of Raga
Introduction to the Indian modal form known as "rag" or "raga". |
Gary Ewer's Easy Music Theory
Includes 25 lessons on music theory, including scales, transposition, intervals, and score formats. |
Gems of Compositional Wisdom
Articles on advanced atonal and serial concepts. |
Good Ear
Online ear training site. |
Harmonic Bindings
A paper about the unification of Janeãek's theory of imaginary tones with the two Risinger's principles of functional relations. |
Introduction to Music
Lessons to learn about some of the basic concepts of western music and how it is notated on paper. |
Mr B's Music Tutorial
By a music educator for students, a guide to self study covering music reading, piano, guitar, composers, and music history. |
Multimedia Music Theory Tutorial
A concise summary of important concepts in music. |
Music Awareness
Tools for learning music theory and harmony principles experientially. Simplified terms and notation. |
Music Theory Instruction
Online instruction for all musicians beginner or advanced. Covers scales, chordal theory, progression theory, modes and foreign scales. |
Music Theory Online
Offering a musical dictionary, recorder lessons, instrument information and a composers listing. |
Musica Theoria
Offers explanation of chords, scales, harmony, tuning systems, counterpoint. Also provides links to ear training sites, news groups and history. |
Out of Light - Cometh Darkness
A paper on the significance of dark ambient music in relation to poststructuralist theories. |
Pattern Thinking in Music
Offers visual aid to recognizing musical patterns occurring in melody, harmony and rhythm. Provides online demonstration; requires download. |
Polytempo Music Articles
Articles by John Greschak. Includes a comprehensive annotated bibliography of polytempo music. |
Polytonic Harmony
Allows for the creation of music in multiple, simultaneous keys as well as a practical method of voice-leading these chords. |
Practical Music Theory
Includes software, books, exercises, and links. |
Rhythm Exercises
Notation for drills, rudiments and etudes for practicing rhythm. By Nick Marshall. |
Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net
Includes introductory and intermediate music theory lessons, ear trainers, and books. |
SchenkerGuide
An introduction to Schenkerian analysis for undergraduate music students. Includes background, working method, glossary and bibliography. |
Schoen Musical Notation
Julius Schoens alternative to traditional musical notation, has music notation documents, reference, and discussion. |
Simplified Music Chord Theory
Explains scales and building chords from them. |
Skytopia: Music and Art Aesthetics
Author's overview of how every piece of music, every sound, and every picture can be rated on its own merits outside (as well as inside) human opinion. |
Solomon's Music Theory and Composition Resources
Resources for composers, music theorists, and researchers of music, with sound files, papers and compositions. |
Star Theory
Free preparatory syllabus in music theory and orchestration. |
Syntactic Structures in Music
By Tom Sutcliffe. Aims to help students of music theory understand the role of chord progressions in musical structures. Site includes animated demos. |
Technical Committee on Musical Acoustics
A group within the Acoustical Society of America, that concerns itself with the application of science and technology to the field of music. Contains members, a list of papers, acousticians and links. |
The Anatomy of a Fugue
An outline of the substantials of a fugue based on Hugo Norden's "Foundation Studies in Fugue." Topics include counterpoint, subject, answer, and stretto. |
The Ancient Musical Modes: What Were They?
A different idea about the "classical modes" described by Plato and Aristotle. |
The Basics of Reading Music
Online tutorial by Kevin Meixner. |
The Method Behind the Music
A resource for music theory, music history, the physics of musical sound, and conducting. |
The Musical Intervals Tutor
Offers interactive music intervals and self-testing. |
The Society for Music Theory
Includes a database of journal article from the SMT Journal. |
The Tonal Centre - Tonality
Interactive site for music composers and theorists which explains and demonstrates some of the key concepts of tonality; including chords, scales, cadences, and modulation. |
Theory of Music with Ted Kirk
Resources for learning and teaching music theory to grade 5 of the Associated Board (UK). |
Timing Progression Theory
Improvisational and atonal music played along four-beat base with constant tempo presented by Aratori. Includes MP3 sound. |
What is Music?: Solving a Scientific Mystery
Provide information on the book by Philip Dorrell which explains a new scientific theory about music: the super-stimulus theory. Download available. |
WholeARTS Music Conservatory
Introductory dialogue for courses in music theory and composition. |
Zeuxilogy
A new theory of musical time, developed in the past twelve years by the music theorist Andrei Pogorilowski. |
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