Theory

» 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

» Abacci Music Lessons
   Music theory lessons with accompanying MIDI files.

   
   http://www.abacci.com/music/lessons/default.asp

» 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/

» Chaos Music Paper I: Aesthetic Evaluation
   Essays explaining computer music theory providing detailed analysis.

   
   http://www.freewebs.com/gustavsphinx/

» Chordwizard: How Music Works
   A concise summary of important concepts in music.

   
   http://www.chordwizard.com/theory.html

» Creativelab
   Visual representations of music expressed in terms of color. In English, Ukrainian and Russian.

   
   http://creativelab.kiev.ua/

» 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://www.sweb.cz/vladimir_ladma/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/

» Interval and Chord Ear-Training
   This site drills ear-training (aural skills), focusing on the aural recognition of musical sounds, including intervals and chords.

   
   http://www.auralskills.com/

» 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
   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

» Musica Theoria
   Offers explanation of chords, scales, harmony, tuning systems, counterpoint. Also provides links to ear training sites, news groups and history.

   
   http://mywebpage.netscape.com/zentaoguy/

» 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/

» Polytempo Music Articles
   Articles by John Greschak. Includes an annotated bibliography of polytempo music.

   
   http://www.greschak.com/polytempo/

» Rhythm Exercises
   Notation for drills, rudiments and etudes for practicing rhythm.

   
   http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle/rhythms/

» 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/

» Schoen Musical Notation
   Julius Schoens alternative to traditional musical notation, has music notation documents, reference, and discussion.

   
   http://www.illuschoen.net/sn/sn.htm

» 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.com/

» The Musical Octave
   Thomas Váczy Hightower's study of musical scales. Discuses the meta-physical properties of music and the creation of musical scales from an acoustic and mathematical perspective.

   
   http://home22.inet.tele.dk/hightower/

» 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

» Visualizing Music: A Model of Harmony
   Visual model of music which geometrically describes relationships in harmony.

   
   http://www.geocities.com/yaaarrrgg/music/

» 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/

» WholeArts - Music Conservatory
   Introductory dialogue for courses in music theory and composition.

   
   http://www.wholarts.com/music/ed/intro.htm

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

   
   http://www.emusictheory.com/