Music Theory

The author presents a graphical tool for the visualization of consonance and dissonance, based on an acoustical model of the interaction of musical tones.

Ricci Adams first envisioned Musictheory.net during his senior year of high school. Soon afterwards, he created his first lesson: The Staff, Clefs, and Ledger Lines. The Interval Ear Trainer was developed a few weeks later and the site officially launched on January 1, 2000. Since that date, he has authored over thirty new lessons and several new trainers. In May of 2004, Adams graduated magna cum

Devoted to practical music theory.

Electronic journal for professional and pre-professional music theorists, composers, historians, performers, and others in allied fields

Aims to help students of music theory understand the role of chord progressions in musical structures. Includes animated demos.

How Music Works is a comprehensive suite of multimedia tutorials which explain music in clear, simple language you can relate to.

Established in 1977 in order to promote music theory as both a scholarly and a pedagogical discipline.

Offers a tool to transpose chord progressions to all twelve keys.

Beginning Bassics, the first stop for the bassist that is just picking up the bass for the first time or the first time in years. Within this site you will find bass lessons, beginning tips on how to select your first bass, selecting amplifiers, music theory, and exercises for the beginning electric bass player.

The Tonal Centre is an interactive site for music composers and theorists which explains and demonstrates some of the key concepts of tonality; including chords, scales, cadences, and modulation. Most of the musical examples are illustrated with a midi file - just click on the relevant link to hear it.