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Music Theory & Education Resources
See Jazz Scale Suggester System for Windows. MusicTheory.net provide a keyboard Chord Calculator ChordHouse provides chord structures and scale patterns on keyboard and guitar diagrams. Songtrellis presents tutorials on fundamental concepts of music composition.


Music Theory & Education

  • BerkleeShares.com
  • Free music lessons for most instruments.
  • Blanksheetmusic.net
  • Free blank sheetmusic for you to print out on your printer.
  • Bob Frazier's Music Page
  • Chord & scale relationships, plus files & links
  • Chord House
  • Chords and scales for guitar and piano.
  • Chordie.com
  • Provides guitar chords. But useful for anyone wanting chord charts. Charts can be transposed to the key of your choice.
  • Co-nect
  • With Co-nect, schools harness the power of technology to create projects that integrate skills across disciplines. Includes music technology such as MIDI. Mailing address: 1770 Massachusetts Ave. # 301 Cambridge, MA 02140 Toll Free Phone: 877 - 726 6328 Phone: 617 - 995 3100
  • Direct Read Keyboard
  • A new method of teaching music on keyboard based instruments.
  • Faunt School of Music
  • A new approach to learning music.
  • freejazzlessons.com
  • Provides just what it says ... free video jazz lessons for piano. A great resource.
  • free-scores.com
  • Lots of links to free scores for many instruments.
  • Guitarcollege.com
  • Guitarcollege.com now has free downloads of assorted blank music papers, guitar grids, fretboards and notation with tab staffs.
  • Google Theory Links
  • A good list of music theory related websites from Google.
  • ICT In Music Education
  • A resource to support pupils and teachers with music technology in the classroom.
  • Impro-Visor
  • Bob Keller provides his free Java software Impro-Visor a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised. The objective is to improve understanding of solo construction and tune chord changes. It can also be use to create accompaniment backing tracks. There are also some useful documents on jazz improvisation.
  • Integrated Publishing
  • Provide good info on music harmony and ear training.
  • Jazz Improvisation Primer
  • Improvisational concepts pages by Marc Sabatella
  • JazClass
  • Very informative site, introducing some fundamental musical concepts. And nicely presented as well.
  • Jazz Education and Musicianship
  • Jazz theory
  • Jazz Guitar Online
  • Free jazz guitar lessons. A lot to learn here for both guitarists and non-guitarist.
  • Jazz Improv
  • Articles relating to jazz performance plus links to related jazz sites.
  • JLB Music
  • Presents principles of music theory including scales, chords and time signatures.
  • Ken Fansler's Online Instruction
  • A free online course in music basics.
  • Keyboard Chords
  • Shows chord structure on a keyboard.
  • KeyChord
  • Shows notes in chords on a keyboard diagram.
  • Learn Jazz Piano
  • Scot Ranney provides jazz piano info and resources plus forums for relevant discussion.
  • MoneyChords.com
  • Chord progression charts and info with an emphasis on guitar but useful for any instrument.
  • Music Education Center
  • Provides some free lessons on basic music concepts for piano and guitar.
  • Music Education Online
  • A web site devoted to music education resources available online.
  • Music Education Web Ring
  • List of music education related sites including music tutorials and the use of MIDI and synthesizers in music education.
  • MusicLessonsOnline.co.uk
  • To find a Teacher in the UK select an instrument, enter a town or postode and see the closest matches.
  • MusicStaff
  • Provide an online music teacher search.
  • Music Theory For Songwriters
  • Scale and chord construction charts to help songwriters with music theory.
  • Music Typesetting & Notation FAQs
  • Informative pages from the Graphire Website with tips and info for proffesionals & hobbyists on music notation & typsetting for publication.
  • Notation Links - Synth Zone
  • Links to notation and scoring software and resources here at Synthzone.com
  • Online Courses in Songwriting
  • Useful page that leads through the basic of lyric & songwriting.
  • Piano Education Page
  • Useful info & resources for piano education.
  • Piano Lessons Online
  • Tammy provides musical basics and playing techniques for beginner piano players.
  • Piano On The Net
  • Online piano lessons for the beginner.
  • Practical Music Theory
  • Links, articles & other online features such such as a Java chord/interval recognition training exercise.
  • Resources For Music Theory
  • A collection of links to music theory instruction resources online.
  • Rick Barda'a Jazz Eduaction Page
  • Although the emphasis is on guitar there are some useful resources here for all musicians.
  • San Antonio Piano Lessons
  • Some free piano lessons are available here providing good musical information.
  • Synth, Midi bibliography
  • Bibliography for the many books available covering electronic music technology.
  • Synths, Music & Television
  • Provides background on synthesis concepts and also scale and chord construction.
  • Tonal Center
  • Chord and harmony theory.
  • Virtual Piano Chords & Scales
  • Provides online diagrams of scales and chords with an inversion option.
  • WholeArts Music Conservatory
  • Offers online courses in theory & composition.


    Educational Resources, Services & Products

  • ADG Productions
  • A music educational publishing co. specialising in keyboard educational book/cassette/CD/MIDI disks. Especially pertinant are their jazz improvisation as well as jazz keyboard & organ solo resources.
  • Alexander Publishing
  • Publisher of a variety of music and MIDI related books.
  • Backbeat Books
  • Music related books for sale from MusicPlayer. Covers keyboard, bass, guitar and other instruments.
  • Berklee Press
  • Produce music instruction books and videos.
  • Chord Piano
  • A DVD piano tutorial.
  • Contemporary Keyboardist
  • A complete and comprehensive manual for contemporary keyboard playing and over-all musicianship by John Novello.
  • Dan Starr
  • Dan is a musician and teacher. He sells his piano instruction book and shares his thoughts on learning to play the keyboard.
  • EarMaster
  • Miditec's ear training software for all musicians to improve your aural recognition of chords, scales, intervals etc. Demo available.
  • Easy Music Theory
  • Gary Ewer sells his CD-ROM based music theory system. Free lessons available.
  • Electronic Courseware Systems
  • ECS is a developer of educational music software with over 60 titles in music instruction which define full curricula for K-12 and college level students. Also see the ECS music education articles at Lentine's
  • Equal Interval System
  • The Equal Interval System is a music composition/arranging/improvising system, endorsed by Oscar Peterson, Benny Green and many others.
  • Fakesheets.com
  • Service providing fake sheets for many popular songs.
  • Guide To Midi Orchestration
  • Paul Gilreath's book to help obtainin maximum realism from Midi Orchestrations. He presents detailed information on the characteristics of an orchestra's sound and applies these concepts to the MIDI environment.
  • Hal Leonard
  • Retail many different music related books.
  • Hear And Play
  • Piano lessons with some free lessons available on the website.
  • Jordan Rudess
  • Jordan Rudess presents his Keyboard Wizardry video plus other keyboard instruction products.
  • Learn-To-Play-The-Piano.com
  • Music Books Plus
  • A large catalog of music related books. Also videos, audio cassettes, CD-ROMs on music, audio, recording, songwriting, multimedia, broadcasting, MIDI, music business, computers and the Internet.
  • MusicGoals.com
  • MusicGoals by Eye & Ear - sight-reading, ear training, and music theory for piano, guitar, and string instruments. Windows with optional external MIDI. 62 goal activities cover note reading, scales, modes, intervals, chords, chord inversions, arpeggios, scale-tone triads, scale-tone seventh chords, Roman numeral analysis, key signatures, clefs, solfeggio, melody, compound intervals, and open and closed chord voicings.
  • Music Study
  • Learn to read, compose, and publish lead sheets of original songs using a computer, using Band-In-A-Box software. Presented by Dr. Gilbert Trythall, an award winning composer of numerous traditional and electronic compositions.
  • McNally Smith College of Music
  • Diploma courses available for all instruments.
  • Perfect Pitch
  • The Perfect Pitch course that guarantees you improved pitch recognition.
  • Pianoharbor.com
  • Dealer in sheetmusic and keyboard method books plus some accessories.
  • Piano & Keyoard Connection
  • Charles Wyser's piano and keyboard courses.
  • Play Piano Now
  • Online courses for playing piano. Free tips are available.
  • Play Piano Tips
  • Course in playing piano covering a variety of skills including accompaniment and improvisation.
  • Quiescence Music
  • Online New Age piano lessons with one free lesson available.
  • SheetMusicPlus
  • Search their large catalog of sheet music for all styles of music.
  • SBO Magazine
  • School Band & Orchestra magazine provides lots of good info for everyone about using computers for music.
  • Synthesis And MIDI Workshop
  • "A resource for music educators and theological institutions" Provide links and resources for using MIDI and synthesizers in the classroom and run workshops in some US states.
  • Quiescencemusic
  • Teach New Age piano online and provide a sample lesson.


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