All Sites

» 8-Tone Quarto-Modes Concept

Information with mp3 files, an introduction to the "diminished-major" and its applications.

http://www.jazcraft.net/8tone.html

» A Beginner's Guide to Modal Harmony

A concise explanation of the Gregorian and Renaissance modes and their development in the Common Practice era.

http://www.standingstones.com/modeharm.html

» A-Natural Atonality

Claims that atonality is unnatural while tonality is acoustically and historically natural.

http://www.greenwych.ca/atonal.htm

» Analysis of Masterpieces

Analysis of full-music 20th Century atonal pieces.

http://www.geocities.jp/musikanalyse/eng/text/textE.html

» Atonal Set Calculator

Interactive atonal set calculator for pitch class sets and twelve-tone rows. Enter one or two sets and find normal order, prime form, Forte number, interval vector, and symmetry.

http://ericandchar.com/atonal/

» Auto-Transposer

Transposes all twelve major keys of chord progressions.

http://www.autotransposer.com/

» Bimodalism

A contemporary alternative to atonal styles of composition.

http://www.ubieta.com/bimodalism/

» Dolmetsch: Music Theory & History Online

Offers a musical dictionary, recorder lessons, instrument information and a composers listing.

http://www.dolmetsch.com/theoryintro.htm

» Dynamic Spectrograms of Music

Provides a type of spectrogram suitable for understanding the structure of music.

http://nastechservices.com/Spectrograms.html

» Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Music

A reference resource on music theory, covering in brief a vast array of topics.

http://www.ericweisstein.com/encyclopedias/music/

» Essentials of Music Theory

Summarizes entry-level music theory through advanced topics. Includes beginners' drills.

http://musictheory.redzeppelin.org/

» Fugue No. 17: A-Flat Major

Introduction to the essential concepts of Schenkerian analysis applied to the Ab Major fugue of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/wtc/i17.html

» Fugue Treatises, Analyses and Tools

Bibliography of fugue analysis research, writings and analysis.

http://www.kunstderfuge.com/theory.htm

» Gems of Compositional Wisdom

Articles on advanced atonal and serial concepts.

http://www.cosmoedu.net/DoctorFields/

» Good Ear

Online ear training site.

http://www.good-ear.com/

» Harmonic Bindings

A paper about the unification of Janecek's theory of imaginary tones with the two Risinger's principles of functional relations.

http://vladimir_ladma.sweb.cz/english/music/articles/ifsa97.htm

» Harmony.org.uk

By Tom Sutcliffe. Aims to help students of music theory understand the role of chord progressions in musical structures. Site includes animated demos.

http://www.harmony.org.uk/

» Interactive Circle of Fifths

A free music theory tool designed to help musicians interpret chord progressions, easily transpose music to a different key, compose new music, and understand key signatures, scales, and modes.

http://randscullard.com/CircleOfFifths/

» Modes and Scales in Indian Music

A historical look at concepts of Indian scales and modes comparing North and South Indian approaches.

http://chandrakantha.com/articles/scales.html

» Music Acoustics

The science of music. Explanations of how musical instruments work via waves and frequency modulation.

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/

» Music Theory

Covers intermediate and slightly advanced topics in tonal music theory.

http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/lennon/23/theory.html

» Music Theory

A guide to music theory that including chords, scales, music notation and other music theory topics. Has weblog format; includes links as well.

http://www.musictheoryblog.blogspot.com/

» Music Theory Help Site

Intermediate music theory help covering basics through beginning formal analysis and counterpoint.

http://www.wmich.edu/mus-history/TheoryHelp/TheoryHelp.html

» Music Theory Instruction

Online instruction for all musicians beginner or advanced. Covers scales, chordal theory, progression theory, modes and foreign scales.

http://www.angelfire.com/music5/theory/

» Music Theory Society of New York State

Provides a forum for the exchange of information and to promote music theory as a scholarly and pedagogical discipline. Site also contains membership and scholarship information as well as open calls for papers.

http://www.ithaca.edu/music/mtsnys/

» Music Theory for the Short Attention Span

Essential music theory knowledge, briefly explained.

http://www.folkblues.com/theory/

» Music Worksheets

Downloadable worksheets for elementary and middle school students.

http://www.musicatschool.co.uk/worksheets.htm

» Nuottila

Online ear training fundamentals site. [Requires Java]

http://www.nuottila.info/2007/

» Pattern Thinking in Music

Offers visual aid to recognizing musical patterns occurring in melody, harmony and rhythm. Provides online demonstration; requires download.

http://www.seepatts.com/

» Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net

Includes introductory and intermediate music theory lessons, ear trainers, and books.

http://www.musictheory.net/

» SchenkerGuide

An introduction to Schenkerian analysis for undergraduate music students. Includes background, working method, glossary and bibliography.

http://www.schenkerguide.com/

» Sight-Reading Rhythmic Patterns

Rhythmic exercises with accompanying MIDI files.

http://www.rhythm-patterns.narod.ru/

» Simplified Music Chord Theory

Explains scales and building chords from them.

http://www.rpsoft2000.com/rps_chordtheory.htm

» 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.

http://www.skytopia.com/project/rating.html

» Society for Music Theory

Includes a database of journal article from the SMT Journal.

http://www.societymusictheory.org/

» Solomon's Music Resources

Resources for composers, music theorists, and researchers of music, with sound files, papers and compositions.

http://solomonsmusic.net/

» Star Theory

Free preparatory syllabus in music theory and orchestration.

http://www.musicarrangers.com/star-theory/

» 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.

http://www.public.coe.edu/~jcotting/tcmu/

» Teoria

Includes software, books, exercises, and links.

http://www.teoria.com/

» The Ancient Musical Modes

Ideas regarding the "classical modes" described by Plato and Aristotle.

http://www.pathguy.com/modes.htm

» The Fugue

An outline of the fundamentals of a fugue based on Hugo Norden's "Foundation Studies in Fugue."

http://musik.freepage.de/cpb7079/inhalt.html

» The Music Theory Minute

Online music theory tutorials for beginning students.

http://www.musictheoryminute.com/

» The Musical Intervals Tutor

Offers interactive music intervals and self-testing.

http://www.musicalintervalstutor.info/

» The Tonal Centre

Interactive site for music composers and theorists which explains and demonstrates some of the key concepts of tonality; including chords, scales, cadences, and modulation.

http://www.tonalcentre.org/

» Theory on the Web

Intermediate music theory review for college students.

http://www.smu.edu/totw/toc.htm

» Tonality Guide

Fundamentals of tonality and music theory created as an online teaching tool with written and aural examples.

http://www.tonalityguide.com/

» VCU Music Theory Resources

Music theory and ear training resources from Virginia Commonwealth University.

http://www.people.vcu.edu/~bhammel/theory/resources/index.html

» 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.

http://whatismusic.info/

» eMusicTheory.com

Java applets designed to help students of music improve their basic music reading skills.

http://www.emusictheory.com/