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This page includes general 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 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" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
!Resource | !Resource | ||
!Description | !Description | ||
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|[https:// | |[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:// | | | ||
| | |[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 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://www.music.mcgill.ca/acf/ | |Classical | ||
|[http://www.music.mcgill.ca/acf/ Caplin, ''Analyzing Classical Form''] | |||
|Online musical examples supporting Caplin's book on classical music. | |Online musical examples supporting Caplin's book on classical music. | ||
|Annotations, Scores, Recordings | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |BIPOC | ||
|[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. Scores + links to recordings. | ||
|Annotations, Scores, | |||
Links to Recordings | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://musictheoryexamples.com | | | ||
|[http://musictheoryexamples.com Cutler, ''Internet Music Theory Database''] | |||
|A collection of scores and audio files illustrating tonal theoretical concepts in classical music. | |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 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[https://drive.google.com/ | |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 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[https:// | |Pop/Rock | ||
| | |[https://www.hooktheory.com/trends HookTheory Chord Search] | ||
|Searchable database of pop/rock songs by chord progression (crowd-sourced). | |||
|Annotations, 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]'' | |''[https://www.howmusicworks.org How Music Works]'' | ||
|A collection of multimedia tutorials covering fundamental music theory concepts. | |A collection of multimedia tutorials covering fundamental music theory concepts. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[https:// | | | ||
| | |[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. | |||
|- | |||
|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 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[https://hcommons.org | |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://engagingstudentsmusic.org Engaging Students] | ||
|Journal articles focusing on student-centered music theory pedagogy. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[https:// | | | ||
| | |[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:// | | | ||
| | |[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. | |||
|} | |||
== Other == | |||
This category includes resources on specific topics, advanced literature, blogs, and journals. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!Topic | |||
!Resource | |||
!Description | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[https:// | | | ||
| | |[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]'' | |''[https://www.mtosmt.org/index.php Music Theory Online]'' | ||
|One of the flagship journals of the Society for Music Theory, published quarterly. | |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''] | |||
|[http://robertkelleyphd.com/home/teaching/music-theory/ | |||
|Materials covering tonal harmony, sixteenth-century counterpoint, form and analysis, Schenkerian analysis and post-tonal analysis. | |Materials covering tonal harmony, sixteenth-century counterpoint, form and analysis, Schenkerian analysis and post-tonal analysis. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[https://www.top40theory.com | |Pop/Rock | ||
|[https://www.top40theory.com Peres, ''Top 40 Theory''] | |||
|A blog featuring theoretical explorations of popular music. | |A blog featuring theoretical explorations of popular music. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[ | | | ||
|A | |[https://www.rapanalysis.com Rap Analysis] | ||
|A blog featuring various rap analyses including transcriptions and historical context. | |||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~krr2/comptools.html | |Composition | ||
|[http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~krr2/comptools.html Rumery, ''Composers Tools''] | |||
|A collection of articles and examples discussing music composition. | |A collection of articles and examples discussing music composition. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[https://tobyrush.com/theorypages/ | |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. | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
|[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l12zuArNdFUKpSL9ZgGBY3pTY7SlgqzN Geyer, ''Music Theory in Mind and Culture''] | |||
|An online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses, 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 | |||
|''[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. | |||
|- | |||
| | |||
|[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://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. | |Single-page summaries of music theory topics presented in a graphic, comic-style format. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://openmusictheory.com/ | | | ||
|[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. | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | ||
|[https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199990870/online/ Snodgrass, ''Contemporary Musicianship: Analysis and the Artist''] | |||
|[https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199990870/online/ | |||
|The online component for a print textbook, published by Oxford University Press. | |The online component for a print textbook, published by Oxford University Press. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://tagg.org/mmmsp/EverydayTonalityInfo.htm | |Advanced | ||
|[http://tagg.org/mmmsp/EverydayTonalityInfo.htm Tagg, ''Everyday Tonality II''] | |||
|A music theory textbook with multiple chapters available as free downloads. | |A music theory textbook with multiple chapters available as free downloads. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Fundamentals | |||
|[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. | |A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills. | ||
|- | |- | ||
|[http://legacy.earlham.edu/~tobeyfo/musictheory/index.html | |General | ||
|[http://legacy.earlham.edu/~tobeyfo/musictheory/index.html Tobey, ''A Feeling for Harmony''] | |||
|An in-progress online music theory textbook. | |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). | |||
|- | |||
|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:// | | | ||
| | |[https://dictionary.onmusic.org OnMusic Dictionary] | ||
|Music dictionary. | |||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 23:43, 3 August 2020
This page includes general 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.
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Musictheory.net | A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills (mainly fundamentals). |
| Teoria.com | A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills (mainly fundamentals). |
Musical Examples
| SubTopic | Resource | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acevedo, "Musical Examples Database" | Spreadsheets cataloging crowd-sourced musical examples by pedagogically-applicable theory topic. | Links to Recordings | |
| 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. | |
| Women | Music Theory Examples by Women | A database of musical examples by women composers, searchable by theory concept. | 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 |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Fundamentals | Musictheory.net | A site containing many practice drills and tutorials for music theory and aural skills. |
| 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
| 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. |
| Engaging Students | Journal articles focusing on student-centered music theory pedagogy. | |
| Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy | Journal articles focusing on music theory pedagogy and practices. | |
| 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. |
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). | |
| 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. |
| 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. | |
| Geyer, Music Theory in Mind and Culture | An online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses, including acoustics and expanded literature/topics. | |
| Tech | Hass, Introduction to Computer Music | An online textbook covering a wide variety of electronic music topics. |
| 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. | |
| 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. |
| 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. | |
| Snodgrass, Contemporary Musicianship: Analysis and the Artist | The online component for a print textbook, published by Oxford University Press. | |
| Advanced | 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. |
| General | 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). | |
| Tech | Chrome Music Lab | Multiple online tools for music and sound visualization. |
| Scores | Internet Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) | An expansive collection of musical scores, manuscripts, MIDI files and recordings from across music history. |
| OnMusic Dictionary | Music dictionary. |