Key Signatures & Scales
Downloadable sheets:
- Group 1 scales: C G D A E
- Group 2 Scales: Db B Gb
- Group 3 scales: F Bb Eb Ab
- Group 4 minor scales: c g d a e
- Group 5 minor scales: bb b eb
- Group 6 minor scales: f g# f# c#
- These files originally from here
- RIGHT-CLICK and select “Save Target As…..” – They’ll print better that way if you are using Windows.
Key Signature Quiz – lots more fun than me quizzing you in the lesson!
Note reading
Online Flash Cards – online flash cards to help you identify what key is which note.
Ear training
http://www.good-ear.com/servlet/EarTrainer – set options on the right, then make selection on the left menu.
http://www.ossmann.com/bigears/ – online thing to aurally ID intervals
Multiple Areas
Musical Playground – this page has links to many music theory sites across the web [some also appear below]. I’m not sure why a playground company put this page up on their site, but still, it is pretty handy. [Thanks to Sam – and JN of LearningEye.org for letting me know].
eMusicTheory.com – Drills to practice building and identifying chords, scales, key signatures, note names, even rhythms.
The Music Theory Minute – Yes, you can learn something in 60 seconds.
MusicTheory.net – has Lessons (explanations), Trainers (exercises and practice), & Utilities (including a staff paper generator). Includes both directions, i.e. has exercises for you to identify notes/chords/intervals with your eye AND with your ear,
- Lessons
- Exercises – pick from a list of things to work on!
- Tools – including a popup piano keyboard, chord calculator, staff paper generator, etc.
- The Classic version – in case your machine can’t handle the newer version
8notes.com – nice site for the basics
Teoria.com – flash-based site with several exercises, including rhythmic dictation, notes, intervals, scales, key signatures, chords, harmonic functions, and even jazz.
Dolmetsch Online – college level music theory notes. Yes, you can read it and understand it! The “1000+ scales” section is interesting.
Baylor School of Music – several links to additional sites
Phil Rees Music Theory links – exactly what it says.
MUSIC THEORY ONLINE – a paid site that gets you ramped up for college Music Theory.
Software
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/cat/EAR_TRAINING/ – list of shareware & freeware
Scores for download
http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/callon/2233/scores2.htm
Project Gutenberg – Sheet Music
Chopsticks: Click to see a bigger version.