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This page includes general (mostly online) resources which have broad application across the curriculum. Resources which are specific to a particular topic or lesson can be found on their respective Lessons page; Lessons pages may also contain links to individual portions of the general resources shown below.
This page includes general (mostly online) resources which have broad application across the curriculum. Resources which are specific to a particular topic or lesson can be found on their respective Lessons page; Lessons pages may also contain links to individual portions of the general resources shown below.


==Assignments or Eartraining Drills==
==Written Assignments or Eartraining Drills==
Websites containing written assignments and ear-training examples.
Websites containing written assignments and ear-training examples.
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|[https://www2.lawrence.edu/fast/BIRINGEG/media/theory_funds/index.html Biringer, "Worksheets for Music Theory Fundamentals"]
|[https://www2.lawrence.edu/fast/BIRINGEG/media/theory_funds/index.html Biringer, "Worksheets for Music Theory Fundamentals"]
|Worksheets for a wide variety of music theory topics.
|Worksheets for a wide variety of music theory topics.
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|Hughes et al., [https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/ ''Open Music Theory'' V.2]
|Open-source textbook for undergraduate music theory courses that contains many sample assignments and practice in every section (still under construction).
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|[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom'']
|[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom'']
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|[https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/johnito/music_theory/index.html Ito, ''Music Theory Website'']
|[https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/johnito/music_theory/index.html Ito, ''Music Theory Website'']
|A collection of online resources covering music theory and aural skills.
|A collection of online resources covering music theory and aural skills.
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|[https://sites.google.com/rowan.edu/dictationresource/home Kolek, ''The Dictation Resource'']
|A collection of online dictation exercises, with keys available from the author.
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|[http://www.musictheory.net/ Musictheory.net]
|[http://www.musictheory.net/ Musictheory.net]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills (mainly fundamentals).
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills (mainly fundamentals).
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|[https://musictheorymaterials.utk.edu ''Music Theory Materials'']
|Includes template/flashcard practice for rhythms & pitch dictation, as well as pre-recorded examples.
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|[https://trainer.thetamusic.com/en/content/getting-started Theta Music Trainer]
|Games and ear training materials (some free).
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|[http://www.teoria.com/ Teoria.com]
|[http://www.teoria.com/ Teoria.com]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills (mainly fundamentals).
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills (mainly fundamentals).
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|''[https://fourscoreandmore.org/working-in-harmony/ Working in Harmony]''
|Online app for automatic harmonic analysis (Roman numeral) that flags responses compared to a database of other analyses.
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|Spreadsheets cataloging crowd-sourced musical examples by pedagogically-applicable theory topic.
|Spreadsheets cataloging crowd-sourced musical examples by pedagogically-applicable theory topic.
|Links to Recordings
|Links to Recordings
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|Folk/Children's
|[https://www.bethsnotesplus.com/indexes Beth's Notes]
|Childhood music education resource with directory of Orff songs. Different songs can be found based on scale type, meter, topic, texture, etc.
|Scores
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|Classical
|Classical
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|A site containing resources which promote compositions by people in underrepresented groups, including databases of composers, musical works and other research resources.
|A site containing resources which promote compositions by people in underrepresented groups, including databases of composers, musical works and other research resources.
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|BIPOC/Women
|[https://www.expandingthemusictheorycanon.com Maust, ''Expanding the Music Theory Canon'']
|Musical excerpts intended for use in the undergraduate Western tonal music theory core curriculum. Each theoretical concept is illustrated in a series of examples by women and BIPoC composers.
|Annotations, Scores,
Links to Recordings
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|Women
|Women
|[https://musictheoryexamplesbywomen.com Music Theory Examples by Women]
|[https://musictheoryexamplesbywomen.com Music Theory Examples by Women]
|A database of musical examples by women composers, searchable by theory concept.
|A database of musical examples by women composers, searchable by theory concept.
|Scores, Links to Recordings
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|[https://musictheorymaterials.utk.edu ''Music Theory Materials'']
|Various musical examples organized by style.
|Scores, Links to Recordings
|Scores, Links to Recordings
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|[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTUtqcDkzw7bisadh6AOx5w 12tone]
|[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTUtqcDkzw7bisadh6AOx5w 12tone]
|A Youtube channel featuring graphic videos covering a wide variety of music theory topics.
|A Youtube channel featuring graphic videos covering a wide variety of music theory topics.
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|Cleland, [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1AU9mhvKQZ9LFiat0S78ZA/videos Dr. C's Music Theory Land]
|A Youtube channel on various undergraduate theory topics including aural skills training.
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|Fundamentals
|Fundamentals
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|[http://www.musictheory.net/ Musictheory.net]
|[http://www.musictheory.net/ Musictheory.net]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
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|UNSW ''[https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au PhysClips]''
|Online platform on introductory physics demos: Volume II focuses exclusively on acoustics and sound waves.
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|Tech
|Tech
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==On Pedagogy==
==On Pedagogy==
Articles and resources for teaching including lesson guides, teaching methods, and best practices.
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|[https://composersofcolor.hcommons.org Composers of Color Resource Project]
|[https://composersofcolor.hcommons.org Composers of Color Resource Project]
|Homepage for a group working to promote music by composers of color. Includes a Humanities Commons database and a Slack channel.
|Homepage for a group working to promote music by composers of color. Includes a Humanities Commons database and a Slack channel.
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|[https://engagedmusictheory.com Engaged Music Theory]
|A bibliography devoted to cultural politics in music theory research and pedagogy.
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|[https://jmtp.appstate.edu Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy]
|[https://jmtp.appstate.edu Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy]
|Journal articles focusing on music theory pedagogy and practices.
|Journal articles focusing on music theory pedagogy and practices.
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|[https://musictheorymaterials.utk.edu Music Theory Materials]
|Handouts, lesson plans, videos on different theory topics.
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|[https://hcommons.org/groups/open-music-theory-instructor-community/home/ Open Music Theory HC Instructor Community]
|Humanities Commons group for instructor resources who use ''Open Music Theory'' textbook. Requires approval to join.
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|[https://www.bethsnotesplus.com/indexes Beth's Notes]
|[https://www.bethsnotesplus.com/indexes Beth's Notes]
|Childhood music education resource site, containing lesson plans, games, and examples useful for creative pedagogy (especially for fundamentals).
|Childhood music education resource site, containing lesson plans, games, and examples useful for creative pedagogy (especially for fundamentals).
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|Website
|[https://inclusiveearlymusic.org Inclusive Early Music]
|Resources for teaching early music history/analysis.
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|Journal
|Journal
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|[https://www.dolmetsch.com/theoryintro.htm Blood, ''Dolmetsch Music Theory and History Online'']
|[https://www.dolmetsch.com/theoryintro.htm Blood, ''Dolmetsch Music Theory and History Online'']
|Online music theory and history course, including composition and arranging techniques and an online dictionary.
|Online music theory and history course, including composition and arranging techniques and an online dictionary.
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|Fundamentals
|[https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/music-theory/index.html Cook, ''Music Theory'']
|Online first-semester music theory book, including jazz fundamentals.
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|Fundamentals
|van Dillen, [https://www.oscarvandillen.com/basic_elements_of_music_theory/ Basic Elements of Music Theory] & [https://www.oscarvandillen.com/outline_of_basic_music_theory/ Outline of Basic Music Theory]
|Beginning readings in fundamentals and theoretical topics (i.e. what is music theory, basic acoustics, etc.)
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|Tech
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|[http://hubguitar.com/music-theory HubGuitar, ''Online Music Theory Course'']
|[http://hubguitar.com/music-theory HubGuitar, ''Online Music Theory Course'']
|Online guitar theory course, including basics of guitar and quizzes.
|Online guitar theory course, including basics of guitar and quizzes.
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|Hughes et al., [https://viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/ ''Open Music Theory'' V.2]
|Second version (revised) of Schaffer & Wharton's ''Open Music Theory''  theory textbook for undergraduate music theory courses. Contains extended sections and assignments.
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|Fundamentals
|Fundamentals
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|[http://www.musictheory.net/ Musictheory.net]
|[http://www.musictheory.net/ Musictheory.net]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
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|Acoustics
|''NDT Resource Center's'' section on "[https://www.nde-ed.org/EducationResources/HighSchool/Sound/hs_sound_index.htm Sound]"
|Introductory overview of sound including basic acoustics, the ear, etc.
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|Fundamentals
|[https://popgrammar.com/ Popgrammar.com]
|A site introducing music theory fundamentals in the context of songwriting in popular genres.
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|[http://openmusictheory.com/ Shaffer and Wharton (editors), ''Open Music Theory'']
|[http://openmusictheory.com/ Shaffer and Wharton (editors), ''Open Music Theory'']
|An open-source, online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses.
|An open-source, online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses.
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|Fundamentals/
Acoustics
|[http://www.smackmypitchup.com/smpu/?sec=content&id=31&topid=123 Smack My Pitch Up]
|Textbook covers multiple aspects of pitch including acoustics, perception, & fundamentals.
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|[https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments Chrome Music Lab]
|[https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments Chrome Music Lab]
|Multiple online tools for music and sound visualization.
|Multiple online tools for music and sound visualization.
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|[https://fourscoreandmore.org Four Score & More]
|Set of online digital tools for theory teaching.
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|Scores
|Scores
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|[https://michaelkravchuk.com/lead-sheets/ Kravchuk, "Lead Sheets"]
|[https://michaelkravchuk.com/lead-sheets/ Kravchuk, "Lead Sheets"]
|Leadsheet repository of common pop tunes, nursery songs, spirituals, Christmas songs, and others by Michael Kravchuk.
|Leadsheet repository of common pop tunes, nursery songs, spirituals, Christmas songs, and others by Michael Kravchuk.
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|[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjC-6vNgobtAhWTbs0KHc7LAdwQFjAAegQIARAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmusescore.org%2F&usg=AOvVaw2KtCTlrsPwOYMquDuvqBe6 Musescore]
|Open source notation software (cross-platform).
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|[https://dictionary.onmusic.org OnMusic Dictionary]
|[https://dictionary.onmusic.org OnMusic Dictionary]
|Music dictionary.
|Music dictionary.
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|Tech
|[https://vcvrack.com VCV Rack]
|Free synthesizer simulator software - great for timbre and acoustics work.
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Latest revision as of 19:04, 21 December 2024

This page includes general (mostly online) resources which have broad application across the curriculum. Resources which are specific to a particular topic or lesson can be found on their respective Lessons page; Lessons pages may also contain links to individual portions of the general resources shown below.

Written Assignments or Eartraining Drills

Websites containing written assignments and ear-training examples.

Resource Description
Benward/Kolosick, Ear Training; A Technique for Listening The online component for a print textbook. Includes mp3 examples for aural skills training.
Biringer, "Worksheets for Music Theory Fundamentals" Worksheets for a wide variety of music theory topics.
Hughes et al., Open Music Theory V.2 Open-source textbook for undergraduate music theory courses that contains many sample assignments and practice in every section (still under construction).
Hutchinson, Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom An online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses - contains sample drills at the end of each chapter.
Ito, Music Theory Website A collection of online resources covering music theory and aural skills.
Kolek, The Dictation Resource A collection of online dictation exercises, with keys available from the author.
Musictheory.net A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills (mainly fundamentals).
Music Theory Materials Includes template/flashcard practice for rhythms & pitch dictation, as well as pre-recorded examples.
Theta Music Trainer Games and ear training materials (some free).
Teoria.com A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills (mainly fundamentals).
Working in Harmony Online app for automatic harmonic analysis (Roman numeral) that flags responses compared to a database of other analyses.

Musical Examples

SubTopic Resource Description Type
Acevedo, "Musical Examples Database" Spreadsheets cataloging crowd-sourced musical examples by pedagogically-applicable theory topic. Links to Recordings
Folk/Children's Beth's Notes Childhood music education resource with directory of Orff songs. Different songs can be found based on scale type, meter, topic, texture, etc. Scores
Classical Caplin, Analyzing Classical Form Online musical examples supporting Caplin's book on classical music. Annotations, Scores, Recordings
BIPOC Composers of Color Resource Project Homepage for a group working to promote music by composers of color. Includes a Humanities Commons database and a Slack channel. Scores + links to recordings. Annotations, Scores,

Links to Recordings

Cutler, Internet Music Theory Database A collection of scores and audio files illustrating tonal theoretical concepts in classical music. Scores, Recordings
BIPOC/Women Institute for Composer Diversity A site containing resources which promote compositions by people in underrepresented groups, including databases of composers, musical works and other research resources.
BIPOC/Women Maust, Expanding the Music Theory Canon Musical excerpts intended for use in the undergraduate Western tonal music theory core curriculum. Each theoretical concept is illustrated in a series of examples by women and BIPoC composers. Annotations, Scores,

Links to Recordings

Women Music Theory Examples by Women A database of musical examples by women composers, searchable by theory concept. Scores, Links to Recordings
Music Theory Materials Various musical examples organized by style. Scores, Links to Recordings
Pop/Rock SMT Popular Music Interest Group: Pop Music Examples Spreadsheet of pop/rock music examples hosted by the Society for Music Theory's Popular Music Interest Group. Annotations, Links to Recordings
Pop/Rock HookTheory Chord Search Searchable database of pop/rock songs by chord progression (crowd-sourced). Annotations, Recordings
Remes, "Dictation Resources" Online dictation examples organized by topic. Scores, Recordings
BIPOC Ware, "Anti-Racist Music Theory Examples" A spreadsheet cataloging compositions by people in underrepresented populations by pedagogically-applicable theoretical concept. Annotations, Scores,

Links to Recordings

Movie Zaren, "Disney Music Theory" Blog featuring musical examples from Disney films. Annotations, Links to Recordings

Media and Tutorials

SubTopic Resource Description
12tone A Youtube channel featuring graphic videos covering a wide variety of music theory topics.
Cleland, Dr. C's Music Theory Land A Youtube channel on various undergraduate theory topics including aural skills training.
Fundamentals How Music Works A collection of multimedia tutorials covering fundamental music theory concepts.
Ito, Music Theory Website A collection of online resources covering music theory and aural skills. Includes video lessons.
Monahan Youtube Channel A Youtube channel on music theory topics by theorist Seth Monahan.
Fundamentals Musictheory.net A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
UNSW PhysClips Online platform on introductory physics demos: Volume II focuses exclusively on acoustics and sound waves.
Tech Project Studio Handbook A collection of videos covering recording and digital media topics.
Advanced SMT-V An open-access video journal for the Society for Music Theory, featuring 3-5 entries per year.
Fundamentals Teoria.com A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
West Virginia Music Theory Vault Online video-based theory textbook for West Virginia Theory 1-4.
Tech Wolfe, Music Acoustics A resource containing articles and visualizations of various acoustic concepts.

On Pedagogy

Articles and resources for teaching including lesson guides, teaching methods, and best practices.

SubTopic Resource Description
BIPOC Composers of Color Resource Project Homepage for a group working to promote music by composers of color. Includes a Humanities Commons database and a Slack channel.
Engaged Music Theory A bibliography devoted to cultural politics in music theory research and pedagogy.
Engaging Students Journal articles focusing on student-centered music theory pedagogy.
Gullings, OER for Undergraduate Music Theory Course materials for music theory course sequence, including syllabus, worksheets, lesson plans, and exams.
Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy Journal articles focusing on music theory pedagogy and practices.
Music Theory Materials Handouts, lesson plans, videos on different theory topics.
Open Music Theory HC Instructor Community Humanities Commons group for instructor resources who use Open Music Theory textbook. Requires approval to join.
Society for Music Theory Humanities Commons Free online pedagogical resources curated by the Society for Music Theory.
Society for Music Theory Pedagogy Interest Group Special interest group focusing on pedagogy. Mailing list.
Pop/Rock SMT Popular Music Interest Group Humanities Commons Free online pedagogical resources curated by the Society for Music Theory's Popular Music Interest Group.
van Rensburg, Creative Music Class Lesson plans, activities, ideas, and resources for composing, listening, and performing

Other

This category includes resources on specific topics, advanced literature, blogs, and journals.

Topic Resource Description
Beth's Notes Childhood music education resource site, containing lesson plans, games, and examples useful for creative pedagogy (especially for fundamentals).
Website Inclusive Early Music Resources for teaching early music history/analysis.
Journal Music Theory Online One of the flagship journals of the Society for Music Theory, published quarterly.
Advanced Kelley, Music Theory Tutorials and Reference Materials Materials covering tonal harmony, sixteenth-century counterpoint, form and analysis, Schenkerian analysis and post-tonal analysis.
Pop/Rock Peres, Top 40 Theory A blog featuring theoretical explorations of popular music.
Classical Remes, Compendium of Voice-Leading Patterns Compendium of voice-leading schemata compiled from 17th and 18th century sources.
Rap Analysis A blog featuring various rap analyses including transcriptions and historical context.
Composition Rumery, Composers Tools A collection of articles and examples discussing music composition.
Journal SMT-V An open-access video journal for the Society for Music Theory, featuring 3-5 entries per year.

Textbooks

Topic Resource Description
Blood, Dolmetsch Music Theory and History Online Online music theory and history course, including composition and arranging techniques and an online dictionary.
Fundamentals Cook, Music Theory Online first-semester music theory book, including jazz fundamentals.
Fundamentals van Dillen, Basic Elements of Music Theory & Outline of Basic Music Theory Beginning readings in fundamentals and theoretical topics (i.e. what is music theory, basic acoustics, etc.)
Tech Forinash, Sound An (older) online textbook on acoustics.
Geyer, Music Theory in Mind and Culture An online textbook for undergraduate music theory semesters 1-2, including acoustics and expanded literature/topics.
Tech Hass, Introduction to Computer Music An online textbook covering a wide variety of electronic music topics.
Fundamentals HubGuitar, Online Music Theory Course Online guitar theory course, including basics of guitar and quizzes.
Hughes et al., Open Music Theory V.2 Second version (revised) of Schaffer & Wharton's Open Music Theory theory textbook for undergraduate music theory courses. Contains extended sections and assignments.
Fundamentals How Music Works A collection of multimedia tutorials covering fundamental music theory concepts.
Hutchinson, Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom An online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses, including popular music examples.
Fundamentals Joutsenvirta and Perkiömäki, "Music Theory 1" Online text for Sibelius Academy theory 1 focusing on fundamentals, including rhythm and jazz.
LearnMusicTheory.Net Online PDF music theory text including various popular music topics and ear-training
Magnuson, Sound Patterns An online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses written by University of Dayton faculty emeritus Phillip Magnuson
Fundamentals Music Crash Courses Fundamentals text including musicology topics.
Fundamentals Musictheory.net A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
Acoustics NDT Resource Center's section on "Sound" Introductory overview of sound including basic acoustics, the ear, etc.
Fundamentals Popgrammar.com A site introducing music theory fundamentals in the context of songwriting in popular genres.
Rush, Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People Single-page summaries of music theory topics presented in a graphic, comic-style format.
Shaffer and Wharton (editors), Open Music Theory An open-source, online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses.
Fundamentals/

Acoustics

Smack My Pitch Up Textbook covers multiple aspects of pitch including acoustics, perception, & fundamentals.
Snodgrass, Contemporary Musicianship: Analysis and the Artist The online component for a print textbook, published by Oxford University Press.
Harmony Sutcliffe, Syntactic Structures in Music Online textbook on harmony and voice-leading.
Harmony Tagg, Everyday Tonality II A music theory textbook with multiple chapters available as free downloads.
Fundamentals Teoria.com A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
Tobey, A Feeling for Harmony An in-progress online music theory textbook.
West Virginia Music Theory Vault Online video-based theory textbook for West Virginia Theory 1-4.

Tools

Useful tools for classroom teaching, demonstrations, etc.

SubTopic Resource Description
Audacity Open source DAW Software (Mac OS or Windows).
Boler, "Folk Songs" Orff folk song database
Tech Chrome Music Lab Multiple online tools for music and sound visualization.
Four Score & More Set of online digital tools for theory teaching.
Scores Internet Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) An expansive collection of musical scores, manuscripts, MIDI files and recordings from across music history.
Kravchuk, "Lead Sheets" Leadsheet repository of common pop tunes, nursery songs, spirituals, Christmas songs, and others by Michael Kravchuk.
Musescore Open source notation software (cross-platform).
OnMusic Dictionary Music dictionary.
Tech VCV Rack Free synthesizer simulator software - great for timbre and acoustics work.
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