General Resources

From Advancing Music Theory

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.

Resources

Resource Description
12tone A Youtube channel featuring graphic videos covering a wide variety of music theory topics.
Robert Hutchinson, Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom An online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses.
Phillip Magnuson, Sound Patterns An online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses written by University of Dayton faculty emeritus Phillip Magnuson
Music Theory Online One of the flagship journals of the Society for Music Theory, published quarterly.
Asaf Peres, Top 40 Theory A blog featuring theoretical explorations of popular music.
Toby W. Rush, Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People Single-page summaries of music theory topics presented in a graphic, comic-style format.
Kris Shaffer and Robin Wharton (editors), Open Music Theory An open-source, online textbook for undergraduate music theory courses.
SMT-V An open-access video journal for the Society for Music Theory, featuring 3-5 entries per year.
Jennifer Sterling Snodgrass, Contemporary Musicianship: Analysis and the Artist The online component for a print textbook, published by Oxford University Press.