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Below are some useful links about Theory on Music - Arts - :
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Educational Software (38) Magazines and E-zines (7) Theorists (61) Tuning Systems (40) |
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Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Music - http://www.ericweisstein.com/encyclopedias/music/
A reference resource on music theory, covering in brief a vast array of topics. |
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Technical Committee on Musical Acoustics - http://www.public.coe.edu/~jcotting/tcmu/
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. |
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Music Acoustics - http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/
The science of music. Explanations of how musical instruments work via waves and frequency modulation. |
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Teoria - http://www.teoria.com/
Includes software, books, exercises, and links. |
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Society for Music Theory - http://www.societymusictheory.org/
Includes a database of journal article from the SMT Journal. |
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Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net - http://www.musictheory.net/
Includes introductory and intermediate music theory lessons, ear trainers, and books. |
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Harmonic Bindings - http://www.sweb.cz/vladimir_ladma/english/music/articles/ifsa97.htm
A paper about the unification of Janecek's theory of imaginary tones with the two Risinger's principles of functional relations. |
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Skytopia: Music and Art Aesthetics - http://www.skytopia.com/project/rating.html
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. |
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eMusicTheory.com - http://www.emusictheory.com/
Java applets designed to help students of music improve their basic music reading skills. |
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Star Theory - http://www.musicarrangers.com/star-theory/
Free preparatory syllabus in music theory and orchestration. |
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The Method Behind the Music - http://www.numbera.com/musictheory/
A resource for music theory, music history, the physics of musical sound, and conducting. |
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What is Music - Solving a Scientific Mystery - http://whatismusic.info/
Provide information on the book by Philip Dorrell which explains a new scientific theory about music: the super-stimulus theory. |
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SchenkerGuide - http://www.schenkerguide.com/
An introduction to Schenkerian analysis for undergraduate music students. Includes background, working method, glossary and bibliography. |
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Good Ear - http://www.good-ear.com/
Online ear training site. |
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Dolmetsch: Music Theory & History Online - http://www.dolmetsch.com/theoryintro.htm
Offers a musical dictionary, recorder lessons, instrument information and a composers listing. |
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The Tonal Centre - http://www.tonalcentre.org/
Interactive site for music composers and theorists which explains and demonstrates some of the key concepts of tonality; including chords, scales, cadences, and modulation. |
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Tonality Guide - http://www.tonalityguide.com/
Fundamentals of tonality and music theory created as an online teaching tool with written and aural examples. |
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Dynamic Spectrograms of Music - http://nastechservices.com/Spectrograms.html
Provides a type of spectrogram suitable for understanding the structure of music. |
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Theory on the Web - http://www.smu.edu/totw/toc.htm
Intermediate music theory review for college students. |
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Analysis of Masterpieces - http://www.geocities.jp/musikanalyse/eng/text/textE.html
Analysis of full-music 20th Century atonal pieces. |
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8-Tone Quarto-Modes Concept - http://www.jazcraft.net/8tone.html
Information with mp3 files, an introduction to the "diminished-major" and its applications. |
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Music Worksheets - http://www.musicatschool.co.uk/worksheets.htm
Downloadable worksheets for elementary and middle school students. |
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Solomon's Music Resources - http://solomonsmusic.net/
Resources for composers, music theorists, and researchers of music, with sound files, papers and compositions. |
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The Musical Octave - http://home22.inet.tele.dk/hightower/
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. |
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Auto-Transposer - http://www.autotransposer.com/
Transposes all twelve major keys of chord progressions. |
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Essentials of Music Theory - http://musictheory.redzeppelin.org/
Summarizes entry-level music theory through advanced topics. Includes beginners' drills. |
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VCU Music Theory Resources - http://www.people.vcu.edu/~bhammel/theory/resources/index.html
Music theory and ear training resources from Virginia Commonwealth University. |
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Harmony.org.uk - http://www.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. |
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Modes and Scales in Indian Music - http://chandrakantha.com/articles/scales.html
A historical look at concepts of Indian scales and modes comparing North and South Indian approaches. |
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WholeArts - Music Conservatory - http://www.wholarts.com/music/ed/intro.htm
Introductory dialogue for courses in music theory and composition. |
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A-Natural Atonality - http://www.greenwych.ca/atonal.htm
Claims that atonality is unnatural while tonality is acoustically and historically natural. |
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Rhythm Exercises - http://www.izap.com/~pinnacle/rhythms/
Notation for drills, rudiments and etudes for practicing rhythm. |
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The Basics of Reading Music - http://www.notationmachine.com/how_to_read_sheetmusic/readingmusic.htm
Online tutorial by Kevin Meixner. |
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Gems of Compositional Wisdom - http://www.cosmoedu.net/DoctorFields/
Articles on advanced atonal and serial concepts. |
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A Beginner's Guide to Modal Harmony - http://www.standingstones.com/modeharm.html
A concise explanation of the Gregorian and Renaissance modes and their development in the Common Practice era. |
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Fugue No. 17: A-Flat Major - http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/wtc/i17.html
Introduction to the essential concepts of Schenkerian analysis applied to the Ab Major fugue of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I |
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Music Theory for the Short Attention Span - http://www.folkblues.com/theory/
Essential music theory knowledge, briefly explained. |
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Chaos Music Paper I: Aesthetic Evaluation - http://www.freewebs.com/gustavsphinx/
Essays explaining computer music theory providing detailed analysis. |
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Simplified Music Chord Theory - http://www.rpsoft2000.com/rps_chordtheory.htm
Explains scales and building chords from them. |
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Sight-Reading Rhythmic Patterns - http://www.rhythm-patterns.narod.ru/
Rhythmic exercises with accompanying MIDI files. |
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Bimodalism - http://www.ubieta.com/bimodalism/
A contemporary alternative to atonal styles of composition. |
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Polytempo Music Articles - http://www.greschak.com/polytempo/
Articles by John Greschak. Includes an annotated bibliography of polytempo music. |
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Schoen Musical Notation - http://www.illuschoen.net/sn/sn.htm
Julius Schoens alternative to traditional musical notation, has music notation documents, reference, and discussion. |
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Chordwizard: How Music Works - http://www.chordwizard.com/theory.html
A concise summary of important concepts in music. |
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The Fugue - http://musik.freepage.de/cpb7079/inhalt.html
An outline of the fundamentals of a fugue based on Hugo Norden's "Foundation Studies in Fugue." |
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Music Theory Society of New York State - http://www.ithaca.edu/music/mtsnys/
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. |
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Music Theory Help Site - http://www.wmich.edu/mus-history/TheoryHelp/TheoryHelp.html
Intermediate music theory help covering basics through beginning formal analysis and counterpoint. |
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Interval and Chord Ear-Training - http://www.auralskills.com/
This site drills ear-training (aural skills), focusing 2c89 on the aural recognition of musical sounds, including intervals and chords. |
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Music Theory - http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/lennon/23/theory.html
Covers intermediate and slightly advanced topics in tonal music theory. |
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Creativelab - http://creativelab.kiev.ua/
Visual representations of music expressed in terms of color. In English, Ukrainian and Russian. |
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The Music Theory Minute - http://www.musictheoryminute.com/
Online music theory tutorials for beginning students. |
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Pattern Thinking in Music - http://www.seepatts.com/
Offers visual aid to recognizing musical patterns occurring in melody, harmony and rhythm. Provides online demonstration; requires download. |
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Music Theory Instruction - http://www.angelfire.com/music5/theory/
Online instruction for all musicians beginner or advanced. Covers scales, chordal theory, progression theory, modes and foreign scales. |
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The Musical Intervals Tutor - http://www.musicalintervalstutor.com/
Offers interactive music intervals and self-testing. |
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Visualizing Music: A Model of Harmony - http://www.geocities.com/yaaarrrgg/music/
Visual model of music which geometrically describes relationships in harmony. |
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Music Theory - http://www.musictheoryblog.blogspot.com
A guide to music theory that including chords, scales, music notation and other music theory topics. Has weblog format; includes links as well. |
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The Ancient Musical Modes - http://www.pathguy.com/modes.htm
Ideas regarding the "classical modes" described by Plato and Aristotle. |
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Fugue Treatises, Analyses and Tools - http://www.kunstderfuge.com/theory.htm
Bibliography of fugue analysis research, writings and analysis. |
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Interactive Circle of Fifths - http://randscullard.com/CircleOfFifths/
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. |
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Nuottila - http://www.nuottila.info/2007/
Online ear training fundamentals site. [Requires Java] |
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Atonal Set Calculator - http://ericandchar.com/atonal/
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. |
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Abacci Music Lessons - http://www.abacci.com/music/lessons/default.asp
Music theory lessons with accompanying MIDI files. |
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AP Music Theory - http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/repository/52437_apmusiclocked_4324.pdf
Information about studying for and taking the advanced placement music theory exam. |
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Musica Theoria - http://mywebpage.netscape.com/zentaoguy/
Offers explanation of chords, scales, harmony, tuning systems, counterpoint. Also provides links to ear training sites, news groups and history. |
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