All music included in this book as audio recordings or some form of notation or analysis is listed below. Works mentioned in the text without an accompanying notation or recording are not included. Entries are listed by the musicians involved; pieces may be listed multiple times under the names of performers, composers, and/or arrangers.
| Musician | Piece | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Dennis Adkins | Ace In The Hole | Harmonic Analysis |
| A-ha | Take On Me | Multimedia |
| Isaac Albéniz | Recuerdos de Viaje: Rumores de la Caleta | Minor Scales & Modes |
| Leni Alexander | Meralo | Set Theory |
| Tori Amos | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Eclecticism, Quotation & Adaptation |
| Harold Arlen | Somewhere Over The Rainbow | Melody & Texture |
| Gabrielle Aplin | Night Bus | Tonality, Scales & Chords |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | English Suite No. 2: Allemande | Large Forms |
| Meine Seel erhebt dein Herren | Harmonic Analysis | |
| Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62 | Minor Scales & Modes | |
| Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042 | Harmonic Analysis | |
| The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 3 in C Sharp Major | Twelve-Tone Equal Temperament | |
| Ross Bagdasarian | Witch Doctor | Musique Concrète |
| Samuel Barber | Adagio for Strings | Introduction to Music & Music Theory |
| Barenaked Ladies | Unfinished | Large Forms |
| Bela Bartók | Mikrokosmos, no. 101 | Other Scales |
| Mikrokosmos, no. 136 | Other Scales | |
| Brian Baumgartner | The Office: Pam's Replacement | Film & Television Music |
| Amy Beach | Prayer of a Tired Child | Notating Music |
| The Beatles | A Hard Day's Night | Simultaneity |
| Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) | Multiphonics | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata, Op. 13 Pathétique | Chromatic Harmony |
| Jesse Belvin | Earth Angel | Large Forms |
| Blessid Union of Souls | The Light In Your Eyes | Large Forms |
| Kathryn Bostic | Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am | Film & Television Music |
| Lili Boulanger | A Love Supreme | Simultaneity |
| Pie Jesu | Impressionism | |
| Pierre Boulez | Le Marteau sans maître | Composing Using Systems |
| James Brown | Funky Drummer | Turntablism |
| Think (About It) | Eclecticism, Quotation & Adaptation | |
| Peter Buck | Losing My Religion | Timbre & Articulation |
| Kate Bush | Wuthering Heights | Third Relations & Pantriadicism |
| Camerata Salzburg | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D minor, K. 466 | Tonality, Scales & Chords |
| Wendy Carlos | Tron | Film & Television Music |
| Kristen Chenoweth | Hopelessly Devoted To You | Film & Television Music |
| Cher | Believe | Filters, Reverb & Effects |
| Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 1 | Chromatic Harmony |
| Rebecca Clarke | The Cloths of Heaven | Pandiatonicism & Soundmass |
| Cécile Chaminade | Album des Enfants: Rigaudon | Tonality, Scales & Chords |
| Au pays dévasté | Minor Scales & Modes | |
| Leonard Cohen | Hallelujah | Chromatic Harmony |
| Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | Romance in G for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 39 | Chromatic Harmony |
| Lyn Collins | Think (About It) | Eclecticism, Quotation & Adaptation |
| Alice Coltrane | A Love Supreme | Simultaneity |
| John Coltrane | A Love Supreme | Simultaneity |
| Henry Cowell | The Tides of Manaunaun | Quartal Harmony |
| Miley Cyrus | Wrecking Ball | Pandiatonicism & Soundmass |
| Claude Debussy | Preludes, Book 1: La fille aux cheveux de lin | Impressionism |
| Lana Del Rey | Blue Jeans | Minor Scales & Modes |
| Robert Nathaniel Dett | Cave of the Winds | Major Scales & Key Signatures |
| The Devil Wears Prada | Forlorn | Emotion in Music |
| DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | Parents Just Don't Understand | Rap |
| Madeleine Dring | Three Fantastic Variations for Two Pianos | Other Scales |
| Julius Eastman | Gay Guerrilla | Minimalism, Colotomy & EDM |
| Halim El-Dabh | The Expression of Zaar | Musique Concrète |
| Danny Elfman | The Simpsons | Minor Scales & Modes |
| Duke Ellington | I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart | Harmonic Analysis |
| EpreTroll | Wrecking Ball | Pandiatonicism & Soundmass |
| Eurhythmics | Here Comes The Rain Again | Melody & Texture |
| Nathan Evans | Soon May the Wellerman Come | Music and the Internet |
| Ewe drummers | Agbadza | Simultaneity |
| Carolina Eyck | The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly: The Ecstacy of Gold | Electric and Electronic Instruments |
| JoAnn Falletta | Adagio for Strings | Introduction to Music & Music Theory |
| John Farrar | Hopelessly Devoted To You | Film & Television Music |
| Ella Fitzgerald | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye | Third Relations & Pantriadicism |
| Gang Starr | DJ Premier in Deep Concentration | Turntablism |
| Judy Garland | Somewhere Over The Rainbow | Melody & Texture |
| Errol Garner | Misty | Music Notation |
| Humay Gasimzade | Unfold | Extended Techniques |
| George Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue | Microtonality |
| Philip Glass | Einstein On The Beach | Minimalism, Colotomy & EDM |
| The Go-Go's | Our Lips Are Sealed | Chromatic Harmony |
| Henryk Górecki | Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 | Pandiatonicism & Soundmass |
| Gorillaz | 5/4 | Simultaneity |
| Percy Grainger | Lincolnshire Posy | Simultaneity |
| Luise Greger | Weihnachtslied | Notating Music |
| Harry Gregson-Williams | Chicken Run: Building the Crate | Film & Television Music |
| Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | Video Game Music | |
| Charles Griffes | 3 Tone Pictures, Op. 5 | Impressionism |
| GQ | I Found A New Baby | Microtonality |
| Grand Mixer DXT | Rockit | Turntablism |
| Ariana Grande | Positions | The Recording Studio |
| Josh Grant | Caught | Harmonic Analysis |
| Ferde Grofé | Rhapsody in Blue | Microtonality |
| Cady Groves | Caught | Harmonic Analysis |
| Sofia Gubaidulina | Perception | Extended Techniques |
| Alois Hába | String Quartet, Op. 7 | Microtonality |
| Herbie Hancock | Rockit | Turntablism |
| George Frideric Handel | Esther: Dread not, righteous Queen, the danger | Notating Music Large Forms |
| Yip Harburg | Somewhere Over The Rainbow | Melody & Texture |
| Scott Harris | Caught | Harmonic Analysis |
| Imogen Heap | Glittering Cloud | Musique Concrète |
| Ed Helms | The Office: Pam's Replacement | Film & Television Music |
| Jimi Hendrix | Manic Depression | Minor Scales & Modes |
| The Star-Spangled Banner | Amplification, Distortion & Noise | |
| Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel | Du Bist Du Ruh | Third Relations & Pantriadicism |
| Ferne, Op. 9, No. 2 | Chromatic Harmony | |
| Lauryn Hill | Doo Wop (That Thing) | Rap |
| Paul Hindemith | Sonata for Clarinet and Piano | Third Relations & Pantriadicism |
| Trombone Sonata | Quartal Harmony | |
| Joe Hisaishi | Spirited Away: One Summer's Day | Quartal Harmony |
| David Hockings | Clapping Music | Minimalism, Colotomy & EDM |
| Gaynel Hodge | Earth Angel | Large Forms |
| Peter Holsapple | Losing My Religion | Timbre & Articulation |
| James Horner | A Beautiful Mind: A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics | Third Relations & Pantriadicism |
| Bruce Hornsby | What The Hell Happened | Simultaneity |
| James Newton Howard | The Hunger Games: Horn of Plenty | Chromatic Harmony |
| Iceland Symphony Orchestra | Adagio for Strings | Introduction to Music & Music Theory |
| The Irish Rovers | The Rattlin' Bog | Large Forms |
| Ivy Queen | Next | Genre |
| Joan Jett and the Blackhearts | I Love Rock And Roll | Quartal Harmony |
| Ben Johnston | Suite for a Microtonal Piano | Twelve-Tone Equal Temperament |
| Somashekar Jois | Mohara-Korvai | Meter Notation |
| Scott Joplin | Peacherine Rag | Chromatic Harmony |
| Treemonisha: I Want To See My Child | Opera, Oratorio & Ballet | |
| Toby Kearney | Clapping Music | Minimalism, Colotomy & EDM |
| Zoë Keating | [Improvisation] | Digital Audio Workstations |
| Yuka Kitamura | Dark Souls III | Video Game Music |
| KRS-One | Sound of da Police | Rap |
| Beyonce Knowles | Love On Top | Chromatic Harmony |
| Koji Kondo | Super Mario 64: Main Theme | Chromatic Harmony |
| Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes | Eclecticism, Quotation & Adaptation |
| Kendrick Lamar | Keisha's Song (Her Pain) | Rap |
| Andrew Law | Old York | Notating Music |
| Myles Lawrence | Devils In The Canyon | Extended Techniques |
| Led Zeppelin | Kashmir | Simultaneity |
| Annie Lennox | Here Comes The Rain Again | Melody & Texture |
| Mykola Leontovych | Carol of the Bells | Simultaneity |
| Wenxin Li | Unfold | Extended Techniques |
| Helene Liebmann | Grand Piano Sonata, Op. 3 | Major Scales & Key Signatures |
| Gyöorgy Ligeti | Atmosphères | Pandiatonicism & Soundmass |
| Princess Likelike | Maika'i Waipi'o | Tonality, Scales & Chords |
| Orestes López | Mambo | Large Forms |
| Los Angeles Percussion Quartet | Aura | Extended Techniques |
| Elisabeth Lutyens | Bagatelle, Op. 48, No. 1 | Set Theory |
| Five Bagatelles, Op. 49 | Composing Using Systems | |
| B.C. Manjunath | Mohara-Korvai | Meter Notation |
| Marianne von Martinez | Sonata No. 3 in E major | Large Forms |
| Meshuggah | Do Not Look Down | Other Scales |
| Lethargica | Simultaneity | |
| Mulgrew Miller | From Day to Day | Pandiatonicism & Soundmass |
| Ennio Morricone | The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly: The Ecstacy of Gold | Electric and Electronic Instruments |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D minor, K. 466 | Tonality, Scales & Chords |
| Piano Sonata No. 11, K. 331 | Emotion in Music | |
| Piano Sonata No. 13, K. 333 | Genre | |
| Nas | Jarreau Of Rap (Skatt Attack) | Rap |
| David Newman | The Locrian Song | Minor Scales & Modes |
| Nine Inch Nails | 19 Ghosts III (Myth Industries Surround Mix) | Multiphonics |
| Nirvana | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Eclecticism, Quotation & Adaptation |
| Molly Ofgeography | Hanahaki (Bloom) | Filters, Reverb & Effects |
| OK Go | Here It Goes Again | Multimedia |
| Yoko Ono | [Improvisation] | Introduction to Music & Music Theory |
| Jack Palmer | I Found A New Baby | Microtonality |
| Arvo Pärt | Fratres | Composing Using Systems |
| Mikko Pellinen | Valerie | Microtonality |
| The Penguins | Earth Angel | Large Forms |
| Katy Perry | Resilient | Minimalism, Colotomy & EDM |
| Cole Porter | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye | Third Relations & Pantriadicism |
| John Powell | Chicken Run: Building the Crate | Film & Television Music |
| Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody | Third Relations & Pantriadicism |
| R.A. The Rugged Man | Definition of a Rap Flow | Rap |
| R.E.M. | Losing My Religion | Timbre & Articulation |
| Carl Radford | The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude No. 3 in C Sharp Major | Twelve-Tone Equal Temperament |
| Max Reger | Jesus, meine Zuversicht | Notating Music |
| Steve Reich | Clapping Music | Minimalism, Colotomy & EDM |
| Jeff Richmond | 30 Rock: The Bubble | Film & Television Music |
| Rihanna | Umbrella | Chromatic Harmony |
| Craig Robinson | The Office: Pam's Replacement | Film & Television Music |
| Porter Robinson | Language | Minimalism, Colotomy & EDM |
| Smokey Robinson | My Girl | Tonality, Scales & Chords |
| The Rolling Stones | The Last Time | Eclecticism, Quotation & Adaptation |
| Motoi Sakuraba | Dark Souls III | Video Game Music |
| Sampa the Great | Freedom | Rap |
| Erik Satie | Le Fils Des Étoiles | Quartal Harmony |
| Amy Savin | It's A Good Life | Music and the Internet |
| Arnold Schoenberg | Die glückliche Hand | Emotion in Music |
| Klavierstück, Op. 33a | Composing Using Systems | |
| Pierrot Lunaire: Mondestrunken | Extended Techniques | |
| String Quartet No. 4 | Composing Using Systems | |
| Ruth Crawford Seeger | String Quartet 1931 | Pandiatonicism & Soundmass |
| Joseph Shabalala | Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes | Eclecticism, Quotation & Adaptation |
| Shad | I Don't Like To | Rap |
| Kumari Shivapriya | Mohara-Korvai | Meter Notation |
| Elżbieta Sikora | Suite No. 1 | Multimedia |
| Alan Silvestri | Back to the Future | Film & Television Music |
| Paul Simon | Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes | Eclecticism, Quotation & Adaptation |
| Tommy Sims | The Light In Your Eyes | Large Forms |
| Eliot Sloan | The Light In Your Eyes | Large Forms |
| Sly and the Family Stone | A Family Affair | Drum Machines |
| Elliott Smith | Waltz #2 (XO) | Tonality, Scales & Chords Simultaneity |
| Hale Smith | Contours for Orchestra | Composing Using Systems |
| John Philip Sousa | The Stars And Stripes Forever | Large Forms |
| Britney Spears | Till The World Ends | Filters, Reverb & Effects |
| Squirrel Nut Zippers | The Ghost of Stephen Foster | Eclecticism, Quotation & Adaptation |
| David A. Stewart | Here Comes The Rain Again | Melody & Texture |
| Liz Story | Wedding Rain | Impressionism |
| George Strait | Ace In The Hole | Harmonic Analysis |
| Igor Stravinsky | Petrushka | Simultaneity |
| The Rite of Spring | Emotion in Music | |
| The Strike | Devils In The Canyon | Extended Techniques |
| Clyde Stubblefield | Funky Drummer | Turntablism |
| Sui Generis | Cancion Para Mi Muerte | Third Relations & Pantriadicism |
| Germaine Tailleferre | Pastorale | Impressionism |
| Narayana Teertha | Sri Krishna Leela Tarangini | Genre |
| The Temptations | My Girl | Tonality, Scales & Chords |
| They Might Be Giants | On Earth My Nina | Musique Concrète |
| Third Eye Blind | Jumper | Large Forms |
| Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir | Aura | Extended Techniques |
| Tiësto | Resilient | Minimalism, Colotomy & EDM |
| Tim Be Told | Like This | Harmonic Analysis |
| Traditional | Agincourt Carol | Rhythmic Notation |
| Babar Layar | Minimalism, Colotomy & EDM | |
| Baitan | Notating Music | |
| Careless Love | Meter Notation | |
| Lucis Creator Optime | Notating Music | |
| Tui St. George Tucker | On a Mountain Road at Summer's End | Quartal Harmony |
| McCoy Tyner | Blues On The Corner | Impressionism |
| Dame Mitsuko Uchida | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D minor, K. 466 | Tonality, Scales & Chords |
| Suzanne Vega | Tom's Diner | Duration, Rhythm & Meter |
| The Verve | Bitter Sweet Symphony | Eclecticism, Quotation & Adaptation |
| Pauline Viardot | Cendrillon | Opera, Oratorio & Ballet |
| The White Stripes | Seven Nation Army | Filters, Reverb & Effects |
| Thomas Wiggins | The Battle of Manassas | Quartal Harmony |
| Curtis Williams | Earth Angel | Large Forms |
| Spencer Williams | I Found A New Baby | Microtonality |
| Amy Winehouse | Wake Up Alone | Third Relations & Pantriadicism |
| Steve Winwood | Valerie | Microtonality |
| Bill Withers | Ain't No Sunshine | Harmonic Analysis |
| Stevie Wonder | You Are the Sunshine of My Life | Other Scales |
| Iannis Xenakis | Pithoprakta | Composing Using Systems |
| Yes | Owner Of A Lonely Heart | Emotion in Music |
| Yoav | Club Thing | Extended Techniques |
| John Zorn | [Improvisation] | Introduction to Music & Music Theory |