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Dolmetsch Online - Music Theory Online
Huge Music Theory Resource Site  |  Elements of Music & Music Reference  |

Encyclopedia.com
Music Notation explained

Music123
General Theory Sources  |  Online Instruction, Exercises, and Drill  General Reference Sources  |  Additional Online Information, Assistance, and Exercises  Instruments  Music Technology  |  Online Scores for Study and Analysis [GJC]  Online Music Scores (to Download)  |  Theory & Analysis Resources  Notation  Score Links  Facsimiles  |  Bibliographies  Careers in Music  Reference Sources and Resources for Papers  |  Grove Music Online   [ Open access only to general information and demos; full access only by subscription]  |  Online Journals  Art History  |


JazClass
Introduction  |  Early History  |  he Great Staff  |  Clefs in use today  |  Notes on the Treble Clef Staff  |   Notes on the Bass Clef Staff  |  The Piano staff  |  Note Duration and Rests  |  Quiz - Quiz Answers  |  Downloading Bay  |  Music Notation 2 - Jazclass Links  |  Music Notation Course on CD-ROM  |  Free Music Reading Lessons online



Kalvos.org
Notation/Theory  |  resource links  |



Phil Rees Music Theory Links
22 important music theory links



MiBAC
Music Theory  I  Note Reading  |  What Is Pitch?  |  Musical Alphabet  |  Keyboard White Keys  |  Music Staff  |  Lines and Spaces  |  Ledger Lines  |  Pitch Order  |  Whole and Half Steps  |  Accidentals  |  Keyboard Black Keys  |  Enharmonic Notes  |  Enharmonic Keyboard  |  Clefs  |  Treble Clef Names  |  Bass Clef Names  |  Alto Clef Names  |  Circle of Fifths  |  Key Signatures  |  Maj-Min Scales  |  Modes  |  Jazz  |   Scales  |  Scale Degrees  |  Intervals  |  Note Values  |



Treblis Software's Music Notation Reference Guide
Accents  |  Graphical Signs  |  Slurs  |  Accidentals  |  Key Signatures  |  Staff Lines  |  Bar Lines  |  Measures  |  Tempo  |  Braces  |  Notes  |  Terms  |  Clef Signs  |  Ornaments  |  Ties  |  Dotted Notes  |  Other Ornaments  |  Time Signatures  |  Dynamics  |  Rests  |  Tuplets  |



Gary Ewer's Easy Music Theory
Free lessons | the basics of the rudiments of music  |  move on to Gary Ewer's Easy Music Theory on CD-ROM  |   full benefit of video lessons | worksheets and quizzes  |



ChordWizard
Sound and Music  |  The Major Scale  |  Chords and  Harmony  |  Scales and Melody  |  Chord/Scale Relations  |  Playing with Chords  |  Playing with Scales  |  Writing Songs  |



Solomon's Music Theory & Composition Resources
Theory |  Analytical Tools  |  Analyses  |  Miscellaneous  |



MusicRoom
Tutor Method books for various instruments  |



Mysic
Elements of Music Notation  |



New International Manual of Braille Music Notation
brl.org/music



Gary Ewer's Easy Music Theory
musictheory.halifax.ns.ca



The Big Site of Music Notation and Engraving
Ben-Amots & Lamb  |  Engraving Conventions  |  Related links  |  Important Bibliography: By Subject | By Author  |



Music-Notation.info
long page with many music notation links  |



Treblis Software's Music Notation Reference Guide
Music Notation Theory  |  Accents  |  Graphical Signs  |  Slurs  |  Accidentals  |  Key Signatures  |  Staff Lines  |  Bar Lines  |  Measures  |  Tempo  |  Braces  |  Notes  |  Terms  |  Clef Signs  |  Ornaments   | Ties  | Dotted Notes  |  Other Ornaments  |  Time Signatures  |  Dynamics  |  Rests  |  Tuplets  |



Teoria
6  notation links  |



Open Directory - Arts: Music: Theory
Sites  |  Theorists   (2)  |  Tuning Systems  (31)  |  Educational Software@  (41)  |  Magazines and E-zines  (3)  |  See also: Arts: Music: Composition  (11,833)  |



DataDragon
Introduction to Reading Music



MusicStudy
Download Chords&Keys (MAC ONLY)



acsci.org
Music Fundamentals



Free notation software
Macintosh and Windows versions of NoteAbility Lite are available for download



A Jazz Improvisation Primer
by Marc Sabatella  |  Preface  |  Goals  |  A Brief History Of Jazz  |  Jazz Fundamentals  |  Chord - Scale Relationships  |  Applying The Theory To Improvisation  |  Accompanying  |  Playing With Others  |  Listening Analytically  |  Breaking The Rules  |  Appendices  |  Annotated Bibliography  |  Annotated Discography  |  Jazz Standards  |  Detailed Table of Contents  |  Preface  |  Goals  |  A Brief History Of Jazz  |  Early Jazz  |  Big Band Jazz and Swing  |  Bebop  |  Cool Jazz  |  Hard Bop  |  Post Bop  |  Free Jazz and the Avant  Garde  |  Fusion  |  Post Modern Jazz  |  The Present  |  Jazz Fundamentals  |  Structure  |  Swing  |  Definition  |  Practicing Swing  |  Creativity  |  The Creative Process  |  Playing  |  Chord/Scale Relationships  |  Basic Theory:  Intervals  |  Major And Minor Scales  |  Chords  |  The Circle Of Fifths  |  Major Scale Harmony  |  Major Scale  |  Dorian Mode  |  Phrygian Mode  |  Lydian Mode  |  Mixolydian Mode  |  Minor Scale  |  Locrian Mode  |  Melodic Minor Harmony  |  Phrygian #6  |  Lydian   |  Augmented  |  Lydian  |  Dominant  |  Fifth Mode  |  Locrian #2  |  Altered Scale  |  Symmetric Scales  |  Whole Tone Scale  |  The Diminished Scales  |  Pentatonic Scales  |  Derived Scales  |  The Blues Scale  |  Minor Scales  |  Bebop Scales  |  Synthetic Scales  |  Chord/Scale Chart  |  Applying The Theory To Improvisation  |  Melodic Development  |  Pacing  |  Phrase Construction  |  Playing Changes  |  ii-V :   # Major Keys    # Minor Keys   |  Blues  |  Rhythm Changes  |  Coltrane Changes  |  Modal Improvisation  |  Chromaticism  |  Non-tonal Improvisation  |  Free Improvisation  |  Accompanying  |  Chordal Instruments  |  Chord Voicings  |  3/7 Voicings  |  Quartal Voicings  |  Polychord and Upper Structure Voicings  | Close Position and Drop Voicings  |  Other Scale Based Voicings  |  Reharmonizing  |  Comping Rhythms  |  Bass  |  Walking Bass Lines  |  Pedal Point  |  Counterpoint  |  Other Bass Patterns  |  Drums  |  Other Instruments  |  Playing With Others  |  Organization  |  Dealing With Problems  |  Listening Analytically  |  Breaking The Rules  |  Annotated  |  Bibliography  |  Fakebooks  |  Instructional Books  |  History And Biography  |  Annotated Discography  |  Basic Recommendations  |  Listing   |  Jazz Standards  |



Connexions
The Basic Elements of Music  |   Rhythm  |  Meter in Music  |   Tempo  |  Dynamics  in Music  |  Pitch Elements  |   Timbre  |   Timbre: The Color of Music  |  Melody  |  Melody  |  A Melody Activity  |  The Shape of a Melody  |  Melodic Phrases  |  Theme and Motif in Music  |  Harmony  |  Harmony  |  Harmony with Drones  |  Simple Chordal Harmony  |  Parallel Harmonies  |  Independent Harmonies |  Combining Time and Pitch  \   Counterpoint for Everyone  |  The Texture of Music  |  Form in Music  |



How to read sheet music... a free course
How to Read Sheet Music  by Kevin Meixner  |  How to Read Sheet Music by Jason Silver  |  Introduction, and Understanding the Basics of Counting Rhythms  |  Reading Rhythms - Exercises  |  Dotted Notes - Reading Complicated Syncopation



Introduction to Reading Music
Introduction  |  Clefs  |  Time Signatures  | Types of Notes | Types of Rests | Basic Counting I Basic Counting  |  Symbols |  Shaping  |



Berklee Shares: free music lessons, mp3, quicktime and pdf files
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BOOKS:



Music Ace 2 Educator Version, Hybrid CD-ROM

Studying Rhythm / Anne C. Hall

Melodic Rhythms for Guitar /: William Leavitt


Scales, Intervals, Keys, Triads, Rhythm, and Meter: / John Clough


Encyclopedia of Rhythms: /: Joseph Schillinger


Rhythm Riffs /: Greg Koch


Rhythm Reading /: Daniel Kazez


Rhythm & Pitch /: Stevenson


Rhythm / David Mead


Rhythm & Meter Patterns / Gary Chaffee


Sight-Read Any Rhythm Instantly / Mark Phillips


Sight Singing / Samuel Adler


Rhythm /: Julia Schnebly-Black


A Rhythmic Vocabulary / Alan L. Dworsky


Encyclopedia of Reading Rhythms / Gary Hess


Syncopated Rhythms /: Patricia Hills


Essentials of Music Theory /: Karen Farnum Surmani


Rhythms /: Donna Hill


Guitar Method Rhythm /: Gary Turner


Complete Rhythm Guitar Guide for Blues Bands / Larry McCabe


Drum Machine Patterns / Rene-Pierre Bardet


Alain Caron / Rhythm 'n Jazz /: Alain Caron

The Rhythm Section / Mark Burnell


Roland Drum Machine Rhythm Dictionary


Sight Reading /: Alex Pertout


Metre, Rhythm and Verse Form /: P. Hobsbaum


Jazz Rhythm and the Improvised Line Jazz Improvisation../:John Mehegan


Megalithic Measures and Rhythms / Anne Macaulay


West African Rhythms for Drumset / Royal Hartigan


The Latin Beat / Ed Morales


World Beat Rhythms / Maria Martinez


Text Archive > Project Gutenberg > Music Notation and Terminology  |  Free Text 455 k  |  HTML with illustrations  |


Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset /: Duduka Da Fonseca


Time in Indian Music / Martin Clayton






   







     



     
















 



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