Index of supplemental resources
Staff paper
12-stave from musicca.com
PDF converters
Adobe Scan PDF Scanner (ios)
Adobe Scan PDF Scanner (android)
Notation programs
Musescore • free notation app that operates on computers
Flat.io • free notation app that operates on mobile devices
Online metronome
Online keyboards
Qwerty to staff notation keyboard
Online piano
Keyboard apps for mobile
Piano for iphone
Virtuoso Piano Free
Piano
Open educational resources
Open Music Theory
Timothy Chenette • Foundations of Aural Skills
Rob Hutchinson • Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom
Andre Mount • Fundamentals, Function, and Form
Drills and tutorials
8 Notes
• tutorials, fundamentals drills, and ear training
Free Music Dictations • ear training
G Major Music Theory • fundamentals
Gene Biringer’s Worksheets • .pdf worksheets with answers on many topics
Good Ear • ear training
Matthew Heap’s Theory Game • mobile app (apple)
Matthew Heap’s Theory Game • mobile app (android)
Music Tech Teacher
• fundamentals drills and games
Musictheory.net • lessons and exercises
Music Theory Materials • handouts, videos, and ear training
Teoría
• tutorials, exercises, and ear training
Theta Music Trainer • tutorials
Tone Savvy • music theory and ear training
Videos
Seth Monihan’s Youtube Channel • videos on many topics
Dr. Kati Meyer Music Theory • videos on many topics
Michael Berry’s Youtube Channel • videos on many topics
Music Theory at York College CUNY • videos on fundamentals & more
John Paul Ito’s Theory Website • videos on fundamentals
Dr. C’s Music Theory Land • videos on many topics
Note reader apps for mobile
Complete Music Reading Trainer (android)
Clefs Music Reading Trainer (android)
Index of supplemental resources with URLs by chapter
Chapter | Title | URL |
1 | 8Notes primer on the staff, clefs, and ledger lines | |
Andre Mount’s chapter on pitch notation | ||
Rob Hutchison’s chapter on basic concepts | ||
Barbara Murphy’s primer on musical notation | ||
Gilbert DeBenedetti’s chapter on the keyboard and the treble clef | ||
Gilbert DeBenedetti’s chapter on the bass clef | ||
Chelsea Hamm’s chapter on Western music notation (Open Music Theory) | ||
Chelsea Hamm’s chapter on notation of notes, clefs, and ledger lines (Open Music Theory) | ||
Chelsea Hamm’s chapter on reading clefs (Open Music Theory) | ||
Chelsea Hamm’s chapter on the keyboard and the grand staff (Open Music Theory) | ||
Chelsea Hamm and Bryn Hughes’s chapter on octave designations (Open Music Theory) | ||
2 | Andre Mount’s intro to rhythm & meter | |
Andre Mount’s chapter on simple meters | ||
Chelsey Hamm, Kris Shaffer, and Mark Gotham’s chapter on simple meter and time signatures (Open Music Theory) | ||
Timothy Chenette’s chapter on simple meter (Foundations of Aural Skills) | ||
3 | Gilbert DeBenedetti’s chapter on major scales | |
Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on major scales & key signatures | ||
Andre Mount’s chapter on major scales | ||
Chelsey Hamm and Bryn Hughes’s chapter on major scales, scale degrees, and key signatures (Open Music Theory) | ||
Timothy Chenette’s chapter on solfege (Foundations of Aural Skills) | ||
4 | Andre Mount’s chapter on major key signatures | |
Gilbert DeBenedetti’s chapter on key signatures | ||
Barbara Murphy’s primer on key signatures | ||
5 | Theta Music Trainer chapter on intervals | |
Andre Mount’s chapter on intervals | ||
Barbara Murphy’s primer on intervals | ||
Gilbert DeBenedetti’s chapter on intervals | ||
Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on intervals | ||
Chelsey Hamm and Bryn Hughes’s chapter on intervals (Open Music Theory) | ||
6 | 8Notes primer on minor scales | |
Gilbert DeBenedetti’s chapter on natural minor scales and key signatures | ||
Gilbert DeBenedetti’s chapter on writing minor scales | ||
Gilbert DeBenedetti’s chapter on reviewing minor scales | ||
Andre Mount’s chapter on minor scales | ||
Andre Mount’s chapter on minor key signatures | ||
Barbara Murphy’s primer on major & minor scales | ||
Chelsey Hamm and Bryn Hughes’s chapter on minor scales, scale degrees, and key signatures (Open Music Theory) | ||
7 | Andre Mount’s chapter on compound meters | |
Barbara Murphy’s primer on notes, rhythm, & meter | ||
Chelsey Hamm and Mark Gotham’s chapter on compound meter and time signatures (Open Music Theory) | ||
Timothy Chenette’s chapter on compound meter (Foundations of Aural Skills) | ||
8 | Barbara Murphy’s primer on modes & other scales | |
Chelsea Hamm’s chapter on diatonic modes and the chromatic “scale” (Open Music Theory) | ||
Mark Gotham and Megan Lavengood’s chapter on diatonic modes (Open Music Theory) | ||
9 | Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on triads | |
Andre Mount’s chapter on triads & Roman numerals | ||
Gilbert DeBenedetti’s chapter on triads | ||
Chelsea Hamm’s chapter on triads (Open Music Theory) | ||
10 | Rob Hutchinson’s chapter on seventh chords | |
Barbara Murphy’s primer on seventh chords | ||
Chelsea Hamm’s chapter on seventh chords (Open Music Theory) | ||
11 | Megan Lavengood’s chapter on chord symbols (Open Music Theory) | |
Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on lead-sheet symbols | ||
12 | Chelsey Hamm and Samuel Brady’s chapter on inversion and figured bass (Open Music Theory) | |
Barbara Murphy’s primer on figured bass | ||
Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on figured bass | ||
13 | Samuel Brady and Mark Gotham’s chapter on texture (Open Music Theory) | |
Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on texture | ||
Danny Stevens’s chapter on texture (Foundations of Aural Skills) | ||
14 | Samuel Brady and Kris Shaffer’s chapter on Roman numerals (Open Music Theory) | |
Andre Mount’s chapter on triads & Roman numerals | ||
Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on Roman numerals | ||
15 | n/a | |
16 | Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on cadences | |
Barbara Murphy’s primer on cadences | ||
Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on harmonic progression | ||
Andre Mount’s chapter on cadences | ||
John Peterson’s chapter on harmony, cadences, and phrase endings (Open Music Theory) | ||
17 | Robert Huchinson’s Melody (phrase) examples | |
18 | Andre Mount’s chapter on sequences by 5th | |
Andre Mount’s chapter on other sequences | ||
19 | Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on periods | |
John Peterson’s chapter on the phrase, archetypes, and unique forms (Open Music Theory) | ||
20 | n/a | |
21 | Kris Shaffer and Mark Gotham’s chapter on species counterpoint (Open Music Theory) | |
Andre Mount’s chapter on two-voice writing | ||
22 | Bryn Hughes and Megan Lavengood’s chapter on harmonic schemas in pop music (Open Music Theory) | |
23 | n/a | |
24 | n/a | |
25 | Michael Berry’s video on part writing | |
Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on voice leading triads | ||
David Newman’s “Sol Ti Re Fa Dominant 7 Song” | ||
Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on voice leading seventh chords | ||
Andre Mount’s chapter on the dominant seventh chord | ||
26 | John Peterson’s chapter on the cadential six-four (Open Music Theory) | |
John Peterson’s chapter on other six-four chords (Open Music Theory) | ||
David Newman’s “Second Inversions Song” | ||
27 | n/a | |
28 | Andrew Hugill’s Orchestra Manual (mobile friendly) | |
29 | Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on non-chord tones | |
Andre Mount’s detailed chapter on non-chord tones | ||
30 | n/a | |
31 | John Peterson and Megan Lavengood’s chapter on tonicization (Open Music Theory) | |
Andre Mount’s chapter on applied chords | ||
Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on secondary dominants | ||
32 | n/a | |
33 | John Peterson’s chapter on modulation to closely related keys (Open Music Theory) | |
34 | Brian Jarvis’s chapter on binary form (Open Music Theory) | |
Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on creating contrast between sections | ||
Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on binary and ternary forms | ||
35 | Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on binary and ternary forms | |
Brian Jarvis’s chapter on ternary form (Open Music Theory) | ||
36 | n/a | |
37 | Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on form in popular music | |
Bryn Hughes and Megan Lavengood’s chapter on form in popular music (Open Music Theory) | ||
38 | Mark Gotham’s chapter on mediants (Open Music Theory) | |
39 | Bryn Hughes’s chapter on chromatic modulation (Open Music Theory) | |
40 | Brian Jarvis’s chapter on mode mixture (Open Music Theory) | |
41 | Brian Jarvis’s chapter on the Neapolitan sixth (Open Music Theory) | |
Video on the history and early uses of the Neapolitan sixth (Early Music Sources) | ||
Eron F. S.’s video-article “Flat 2 as Hotness in Post-Millennial Pop” (SMT-V 8.5) | ||
42 | Primer video on augmented sixth chords (Dry Erased Theory) | |
Dr. Kati Meyer’s video with musical examples and practice problems | ||
Detailed video on augmented sixth chords (Dr. C’s Music Theory Land) | ||
“International Chords Song” by David Newman | ||
43 | n/a | |
44 | Bryn Hughes’s chapter on chromatic modulation (Open Music Theory) | |
Drew Nobile’s enharmonic modulation video | ||
45 | Bryn Hughes’s chapter on chromatic modulation (Open Music Theory) | |
46 | n/a | |
47 | Bryn Hughes’s chapter on altered and extended chords (Open Music Theory) | |
48 | Brian Jarvis’s chapter on common tone chords (Open Music Theory) | |
49 | Brian Jarvis’s chapter on sonata form (Open Music Theory) | |
Robert Hutchinson’s chapter on sonata form |