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General Resources

2020-08-06T18:46:21Z

Ywu-beloit: /* Textbooks */

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==
Websites containing written assignments and ear-training examples.
{| class="wikitable"
!Resource
!Description
|-
|[http://mhhe.com/socscience/music/benward7/train.htm Benward/Kolosick, ''Ear Training; A Technique for Listening'']
|The online component for a print textbook. Includes mp3 examples for aural skills training.
|-
|[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.
|-
|[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html 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.
|-
|[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.
|-
|[http://www.musictheory.net/ Musictheory.net]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills (mainly fundamentals).
|-
|[http://www.teoria.com/ Teoria.com]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills (mainly fundamentals).
|}

==Musical Examples==
{| class="wikitable"
!SubTopic
!Resource
!Description
!Type
|-
|
|[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lm__LSbt9NjBp95SSsxOJv-MpJiNHp1O4GOkOxe5vQ0/edit?pli=1#gid=1751504334 Acevedo, "Musical Examples Database"]
|Spreadsheets cataloging crowd-sourced musical examples by pedagogically-applicable theory topic.
|Links to Recordings
|-
|Classical
|[http://www.music.mcgill.ca/acf/ Caplin, ''Analyzing Classical Form'']
|Online musical examples supporting Caplin's book on classical music.
|Annotations, Scores, Recordings
|-
|BIPOC
|[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. Scores + links to recordings.
|Annotations, Scores,
Links to Recordings
|-
|
|[http://musictheoryexamples.com Cutler, ''Internet Music Theory Database'']
|A collection of scores and audio files illustrating tonal theoretical concepts in classical music.
|Scores, Recordings
|-
|BIPOC/Women
|[https://www.composerdiversity.com 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.
|
|-
|Women
|[https://musictheoryexamplesbywomen.com Music Theory Examples by Women]
|A database of musical examples by women composers, searchable by theory concept.
|Scores, Links to Recordings
|-
|Pop/Rock
|[https://drive.google.com/file/d/12U-2Nn_fYMMz74MOyz0nM5sf1TBiYDYd/edit 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
|[https://www.hooktheory.com/trends HookTheory Chord Search]
|Searchable database of pop/rock songs by chord progression (crowd-sourced).
|Annotations, Recordings
|-
|
|Remes, "Dictation Resources"
|[https://derekremes.com/teaching/dictation-resources/#1 Online dictation examples organized by topic.]
|Scores, Recordings
|-
|BIPOC
|[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CMnSjvraO1Ho68XUrPpmegBhVmD0pSaQkj17T7MPA6w/edit?pli=1#gid=0 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
|[https://www.disneymusictheory.com Zaren, "Disney Music Theory"]
|Blog featuring musical examples from Disney films.
|Annotations, Links to Recordings
|}

==Media and Tutorials==
{| class="wikitable"
!SubTopic
!Resource
!Description
|-
|
|[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTUtqcDkzw7bisadh6AOx5w 12tone]
|A Youtube channel featuring graphic videos covering a wide variety of music theory topics.
|-
|Fundamentals
|''[https://www.howmusicworks.org How Music Works]''
|A collection of multimedia tutorials covering fundamental music theory concepts.
|-
|
|[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. Includes video lessons.
|-
|
|[https://www.youtube.com/c/SethMonahan/featured Monahan Youtube Channel]
|A Youtube channel on music theory topics by theorist Seth Monahan.
|-
|Fundamentals
|[http://www.musictheory.net/ Musictheory.net]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
|-
|Tech
|[http://www.projectstudiohandbook.com Project Studio Handbook]
|A collection of videos covering recording and digital media topics.
|-
|Advanced
|[http://www.smt-v.org SMT-V]
|An open-access video journal for the Society for Music Theory, featuring 3-5 entries per year.
|-
|Fundamentals
|[http://www.teoria.com/ Teoria.com]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
|-
|
|[http://community.wvu.edu/~mh0001/index.html West Virginia Music Theory Vault]
|Online video-based theory textbook for West Virginia Theory 1-4.
|-
|Tech
|[https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/ Wolfe, ''Music Acoustics'']
|A resource containing articles and visualizations of various acoustic concepts.
|}

==On Pedagogy==
{| class="wikitable"
!SubTopic
!Resource
!Description
|-
|BIPOC
|[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.
|-
|
|[https://engagedmusictheory.com Engaged Music Theory]
|A bibliography devoted to cultural politics in music theory research and pedagogy.
|-
|
|[https://engagingstudentsmusic.org Engaging Students]
|Journal articles focusing on student-centered music theory pedagogy.
|-
|
|[http://www.kylegullings.com/class-resources/ Gullings, ''OER for Undergraduate Music Theory'']
|Course materials for music theory course sequence, including syllabus, worksheets, lesson plans, and exams.
|-
|
|[https://jmtp.appstate.edu Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy]
|Journal articles focusing on music theory pedagogy and practices.
|-
|
|[https://hcommons.org/groups/society-for-music-theory/ Society for Music Theory Humanities Commons]
|Free online pedagogical resources curated by the Society for Music Theory.
|-
|
|[https://societymusictheory.org/interest-groups/music-theory-pedagogy-interest-group Society for Music Theory Pedagogy Interest Group]
|Special interest group focusing on pedagogy. Mailing list.
|-
|Pop/Rock
|[https://hcommons.org/groups/society-for-music-theory-popular-music-interest-group/ SMT Popular Music Interest Group Humanities Commons]
|Free online pedagogical resources curated by the Society for Music Theory's Popular Music Interest Group.
|-
|
|[http://www.creativemusicclass.com 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.
{| class="wikitable"
!Topic
!Resource
!Description
|-
|
|[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).
|-
|Journal
|''[https://www.mtosmt.org/index.php Music Theory Online]''
|One of the flagship journals of the Society for Music Theory, published quarterly.
|-
|Advanced
|[http://robertkelleyphd.com/home/teaching/music-theory/ 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
|[https://www.top40theory.com Peres, ''Top 40 Theory'']
|A blog featuring theoretical explorations of popular music.
|-
|Classical
|[http://derekremes.com/wp-content/uploads/compendium_english.pdf Remes, ''Compendium of Voice-Leading Patterns'']
|Compendium of voice-leading schemata compiled from 17th and 18th century sources.
|-
|
|[https://www.rapanalysis.com Rap Analysis]
|A blog featuring various rap analyses including transcriptions and historical context.
|-
|Composition
|[http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~krr2/comptools.html Rumery, ''Composers Tools'']
|A collection of articles and examples discussing music composition.
|-
|Journal
|[http://www.smt-v.org SMT-V]
|An open-access video journal for the Society for Music Theory, featuring 3-5 entries per year.
|}

==Textbooks==
{| class="wikitable"
!Topic
!Resource
!Description
|-
|
|[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.
|-
|Tech
|[http://pages.iu.edu/~kforinas/S/1Introduction.html Forinash, ''Sound'']
|An (older) online textbook on acoustics.
|-
|
|[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l12zuArNdFUKpSL9ZgGBY3pTY7SlgqzN Geyer, ''Music Theory in Mind and Culture'']
|An online textbook for undergraduate music theory semesters 1-2, including acoustics and expanded literature/topics.
|-
|Tech
|[https://cmtext.indiana.edu/index.php Hass, ''Introduction to Computer Music'']
|An online textbook covering a wide variety of electronic music topics.
|-
|Fundamentals
|[http://hubguitar.com/music-theory HubGuitar, ''Online Music Theory Course'']
|Online guitar theory course, including basics of guitar and quizzes.
|-
|Fundamentals
|''[https://www.howmusicworks.org How Music Works]''
|A collection of multimedia tutorials covering fundamental music theory concepts.
|-
|
|[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom'']
|An online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses, including popular music examples.
|-
|Fundamentals
|[http://www2.siba.fi/muste1/index.php?id=2&la=en Joutsenvirta and Perkiömäki, "Music Theory 1"]
|Online text for Sibelius Academy theory 1 focusing on fundamentals, including rhythm and jazz.
|-
|
|[http://learnmusictheory.net LearnMusicTheory.Net]
|Online PDF music theory text including various popular music topics and ear-training
|-
|
|[http://academic.udayton.edu/PhillipMagnuson/soundpatterns/ Magnuson, ''Sound Patterns'']
|An online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses written by University of Dayton faculty emeritus Phillip Magnuson
|-
|Fundamentals
|[http://www.musiccrashcourses.com/index.html Music Crash Courses]
|Fundamentals text including musicology topics.
|-
|Fundamentals
|[http://www.musictheory.net/ Musictheory.net]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
|-
|Fundamentals
|[https://popgrammar.com/ Popgrammar.com]
|A site introducing music theory fundamentals in the context of songwriting in popular genres.
|-
|
|[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/ Rush, ''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People'']
|Single-page summaries of music theory topics presented in a graphic, comic-style format.
|-
|
|[http://openmusictheory.com/ Shaffer and Wharton (editors), ''Open Music Theory'']
|An open-source, online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses.
|-
|
|[https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199990870/online/ Snodgrass, ''Contemporary Musicianship: Analysis and the Artist'']
|The online component for a print textbook, published by Oxford University Press.
|-
|Harmony
|[http://www.harmony.org.uk/index.htm Sutcliffe, ''Syntactic Structures in Music'']
|Online textbook on harmony and voice-leading.
|-
|Harmony
|[http://tagg.org/mmmsp/EverydayTonalityInfo.htm Tagg, ''Everyday Tonality II'']
|A music theory textbook with multiple chapters available as free downloads.
|-
|Fundamentals
|[http://www.teoria.com/ Teoria.com]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
|-
|
|[http://legacy.earlham.edu/~tobeyfo/musictheory/index.html Tobey, ''A Feeling for Harmony'']
|An in-progress online music theory textbook.
|-
|
|[http://community.wvu.edu/~mh0001/index.html West Virginia Music Theory Vault]
|Online video-based theory textbook for West Virginia Theory 1-4.
|}

==Tools==
Useful tools for classroom teaching, demonstrations, etc.
{| class="wikitable"
!SubTopic
!Resource
!Description
|-
|
|[https://www.audacityteam.org Audacity]
|Open source DAW Software (Mac OS or Windows).
|-
|
|[https://victoriaboler.com/free-music-library Boler, "Folk Songs"]
|Orff folk song database
|-
|Tech
|[https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments Chrome Music Lab]
|Multiple online tools for music and sound visualization.
|-
|Scores
|[http://ismlp.org/ Internet Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)]
|An expansive collection of musical scores, manuscripts, MIDI files and recordings from across music history.
|-
|
|[https://michaelkravchuk.com/lead-sheets/ Kravchuk, "Lead Sheets"]
|Leadsheet repository of common pop tunes, nursery songs, spirituals, Christmas songs, and others by Michael Kravchuk.
|-
|
|[https://dictionary.onmusic.org OnMusic Dictionary]
|Music dictionary.
|}

General Resources

2020-08-06T18:45:29Z

Ywu-beloit: /* Textbooks */ Popgrammar.com

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==
Websites containing written assignments and ear-training examples.
{| class="wikitable"
!Resource
!Description
|-
|[http://mhhe.com/socscience/music/benward7/train.htm Benward/Kolosick, ''Ear Training; A Technique for Listening'']
|The online component for a print textbook. Includes mp3 examples for aural skills training.
|-
|[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.
|-
|[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html 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.
|-
|[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.
|-
|[http://www.musictheory.net/ Musictheory.net]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills (mainly fundamentals).
|-
|[http://www.teoria.com/ Teoria.com]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills (mainly fundamentals).
|}

==Musical Examples==
{| class="wikitable"
!SubTopic
!Resource
!Description
!Type
|-
|
|[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lm__LSbt9NjBp95SSsxOJv-MpJiNHp1O4GOkOxe5vQ0/edit?pli=1#gid=1751504334 Acevedo, "Musical Examples Database"]
|Spreadsheets cataloging crowd-sourced musical examples by pedagogically-applicable theory topic.
|Links to Recordings
|-
|Classical
|[http://www.music.mcgill.ca/acf/ Caplin, ''Analyzing Classical Form'']
|Online musical examples supporting Caplin's book on classical music.
|Annotations, Scores, Recordings
|-
|BIPOC
|[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. Scores + links to recordings.
|Annotations, Scores,
Links to Recordings
|-
|
|[http://musictheoryexamples.com Cutler, ''Internet Music Theory Database'']
|A collection of scores and audio files illustrating tonal theoretical concepts in classical music.
|Scores, Recordings
|-
|BIPOC/Women
|[https://www.composerdiversity.com 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.
|
|-
|Women
|[https://musictheoryexamplesbywomen.com Music Theory Examples by Women]
|A database of musical examples by women composers, searchable by theory concept.
|Scores, Links to Recordings
|-
|Pop/Rock
|[https://drive.google.com/file/d/12U-2Nn_fYMMz74MOyz0nM5sf1TBiYDYd/edit 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
|[https://www.hooktheory.com/trends HookTheory Chord Search]
|Searchable database of pop/rock songs by chord progression (crowd-sourced).
|Annotations, Recordings
|-
|
|Remes, "Dictation Resources"
|[https://derekremes.com/teaching/dictation-resources/#1 Online dictation examples organized by topic.]
|Scores, Recordings
|-
|BIPOC
|[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CMnSjvraO1Ho68XUrPpmegBhVmD0pSaQkj17T7MPA6w/edit?pli=1#gid=0 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
|[https://www.disneymusictheory.com Zaren, "Disney Music Theory"]
|Blog featuring musical examples from Disney films.
|Annotations, Links to Recordings
|}

==Media and Tutorials==
{| class="wikitable"
!SubTopic
!Resource
!Description
|-
|
|[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTUtqcDkzw7bisadh6AOx5w 12tone]
|A Youtube channel featuring graphic videos covering a wide variety of music theory topics.
|-
|Fundamentals
|''[https://www.howmusicworks.org How Music Works]''
|A collection of multimedia tutorials covering fundamental music theory concepts.
|-
|
|[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. Includes video lessons.
|-
|
|[https://www.youtube.com/c/SethMonahan/featured Monahan Youtube Channel]
|A Youtube channel on music theory topics by theorist Seth Monahan.
|-
|Fundamentals
|[http://www.musictheory.net/ Musictheory.net]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
|-
|Tech
|[http://www.projectstudiohandbook.com Project Studio Handbook]
|A collection of videos covering recording and digital media topics.
|-
|Advanced
|[http://www.smt-v.org SMT-V]
|An open-access video journal for the Society for Music Theory, featuring 3-5 entries per year.
|-
|Fundamentals
|[http://www.teoria.com/ Teoria.com]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
|-
|
|[http://community.wvu.edu/~mh0001/index.html West Virginia Music Theory Vault]
|Online video-based theory textbook for West Virginia Theory 1-4.
|-
|Tech
|[https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/ Wolfe, ''Music Acoustics'']
|A resource containing articles and visualizations of various acoustic concepts.
|}

==On Pedagogy==
{| class="wikitable"
!SubTopic
!Resource
!Description
|-
|BIPOC
|[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.
|-
|
|[https://engagedmusictheory.com Engaged Music Theory]
|A bibliography devoted to cultural politics in music theory research and pedagogy.
|-
|
|[https://engagingstudentsmusic.org Engaging Students]
|Journal articles focusing on student-centered music theory pedagogy.
|-
|
|[http://www.kylegullings.com/class-resources/ Gullings, ''OER for Undergraduate Music Theory'']
|Course materials for music theory course sequence, including syllabus, worksheets, lesson plans, and exams.
|-
|
|[https://jmtp.appstate.edu Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy]
|Journal articles focusing on music theory pedagogy and practices.
|-
|
|[https://hcommons.org/groups/society-for-music-theory/ Society for Music Theory Humanities Commons]
|Free online pedagogical resources curated by the Society for Music Theory.
|-
|
|[https://societymusictheory.org/interest-groups/music-theory-pedagogy-interest-group Society for Music Theory Pedagogy Interest Group]
|Special interest group focusing on pedagogy. Mailing list.
|-
|Pop/Rock
|[https://hcommons.org/groups/society-for-music-theory-popular-music-interest-group/ SMT Popular Music Interest Group Humanities Commons]
|Free online pedagogical resources curated by the Society for Music Theory's Popular Music Interest Group.
|-
|
|[http://www.creativemusicclass.com 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.
{| class="wikitable"
!Topic
!Resource
!Description
|-
|
|[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).
|-
|Journal
|''[https://www.mtosmt.org/index.php Music Theory Online]''
|One of the flagship journals of the Society for Music Theory, published quarterly.
|-
|Advanced
|[http://robertkelleyphd.com/home/teaching/music-theory/ 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
|[https://www.top40theory.com Peres, ''Top 40 Theory'']
|A blog featuring theoretical explorations of popular music.
|-
|Classical
|[http://derekremes.com/wp-content/uploads/compendium_english.pdf Remes, ''Compendium of Voice-Leading Patterns'']
|Compendium of voice-leading schemata compiled from 17th and 18th century sources.
|-
|
|[https://www.rapanalysis.com Rap Analysis]
|A blog featuring various rap analyses including transcriptions and historical context.
|-
|Composition
|[http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~krr2/comptools.html Rumery, ''Composers Tools'']
|A collection of articles and examples discussing music composition.
|-
|Journal
|[http://www.smt-v.org SMT-V]
|An open-access video journal for the Society for Music Theory, featuring 3-5 entries per year.
|}

==Textbooks==
{| class="wikitable"
!Topic
!Resource
!Description
|-
|
|[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.
|-
|Tech
|[http://pages.iu.edu/~kforinas/S/1Introduction.html Forinash, ''Sound'']
|An (older) online textbook on acoustics.
|-
|
|[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l12zuArNdFUKpSL9ZgGBY3pTY7SlgqzN Geyer, ''Music Theory in Mind and Culture'']
|An online textbook for undergraduate music theory semesters 1-2, including acoustics and expanded literature/topics.
|-
|Tech
|[https://cmtext.indiana.edu/index.php Hass, ''Introduction to Computer Music'']
|An online textbook covering a wide variety of electronic music topics.
|-
|Fundamentals
|[http://hubguitar.com/music-theory HubGuitar, ''Online Music Theory Course'']
|Online guitar theory course, including basics of guitar and quizzes.
|-
|Fundamentals
|''[https://www.howmusicworks.org How Music Works]''
|A collection of multimedia tutorials covering fundamental music theory concepts.
|-
|
|[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom'']
|An online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses, including popular music examples.
|-
|Fundamentals
|[http://www2.siba.fi/muste1/index.php?id=2&la=en Joutsenvirta and Perkiömäki, "Music Theory 1"]
|Online text for Sibelius Academy theory 1 focusing on fundamentals, including rhythm and jazz.
|-
|
|[http://learnmusictheory.net LearnMusicTheory.Net]
|Online PDF music theory text including various popular music topics and ear-training
|-
|
|[http://academic.udayton.edu/PhillipMagnuson/soundpatterns/ Magnuson, ''Sound Patterns'']
|An online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses written by University of Dayton faculty emeritus Phillip Magnuson
|-
|Fundamentals
|[http://www.musiccrashcourses.com/index.html Music Crash Courses]
|Fundamentals text including musicology topics.
|-
|Fundamentals
|[http://www.musictheory.net/ Musictheory.net]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
|-
|
|[https://popgrammar.com/ Popgrammar.com]
|A site introducing music theory fundamentals in the context of songwriting in popular genres.
|-
|
|[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/ Rush, ''Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People'']
|Single-page summaries of music theory topics presented in a graphic, comic-style format.
|-
|
|[http://openmusictheory.com/ Shaffer and Wharton (editors), ''Open Music Theory'']
|An open-source, online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses.
|-
|
|[https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199990870/online/ Snodgrass, ''Contemporary Musicianship: Analysis and the Artist'']
|The online component for a print textbook, published by Oxford University Press.
|-
|Harmony
|[http://www.harmony.org.uk/index.htm Sutcliffe, ''Syntactic Structures in Music'']
|Online textbook on harmony and voice-leading.
|-
|Harmony
|[http://tagg.org/mmmsp/EverydayTonalityInfo.htm Tagg, ''Everyday Tonality II'']
|A music theory textbook with multiple chapters available as free downloads.
|-
|Fundamentals
|[http://www.teoria.com/ Teoria.com]
|A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills.
|-
|
|[http://legacy.earlham.edu/~tobeyfo/musictheory/index.html Tobey, ''A Feeling for Harmony'']
|An in-progress online music theory textbook.
|-
|
|[http://community.wvu.edu/~mh0001/index.html West Virginia Music Theory Vault]
|Online video-based theory textbook for West Virginia Theory 1-4.
|}

==Tools==
Useful tools for classroom teaching, demonstrations, etc.
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!Resource
!Description
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|[https://www.audacityteam.org Audacity]
|Open source DAW Software (Mac OS or Windows).
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|[https://victoriaboler.com/free-music-library Boler, "Folk Songs"]
|Orff folk song database
|-
|Tech
|[https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments Chrome Music Lab]
|Multiple online tools for music and sound visualization.
|-
|Scores
|[http://ismlp.org/ Internet Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)]
|An expansive collection of musical scores, manuscripts, MIDI files and recordings from across music history.
|-
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|[https://michaelkravchuk.com/lead-sheets/ Kravchuk, "Lead Sheets"]
|Leadsheet repository of common pop tunes, nursery songs, spirituals, Christmas songs, and others by Michael Kravchuk.
|-
|
|[https://dictionary.onmusic.org OnMusic Dictionary]
|Music dictionary.
|}

Poetic Meter & Text-Setting

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==Objectives==

*Students will be able to analyze a short text for prosodic meter and scansion.
*Students will be able to set a lyric to music using normative melodic and rhythmic conventions.
*Students will be able to discuss the scansion of a musical excerpt and how it affects the musical and lyrical aspects of the piece.
*Students will understand the role of rhyme scheme in a musical work.

==Resources==

* "[https://popgrammar.com/setting-lyrics/ Setting Lyrics]" from popgrammar.com

==Class Activities==

*Discussion and demonstration of scansion, lyric setting.
*Analysis of a musical excerpt for scansion and rhyme scheme
*Analysis of a given or student-selected text for scansion, and composition of a rhythm and melody which properly accommodates that scansion

==Assignments==

*Find the scansion of a given lyric (or poem)
*Setting a given lyric to rhythm and/or melody
*Analysis of written and recorded music for scansion

==Assessments==

==Notes==

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