This was inspired by some of our members desire to learn some music theory, especially how to read music. I was going to post it in one of those threads, but I think it deserves a topic of its own. Here it is:
viva.pressbooks.pub/openmusictheory/
This is meant to be a college or high school AP level course in music theory. Its free and can be downloaded in .pdf format. It also includes a lot of multimedia features (I think MuseScore)is embedded somehow), and is geared towards screen readers too. I haven't studied it thoroughly, and it gets pretty advanced, but I think even the basics would be helpful for fiddlers wanting to learn.
There are also references to outside sources that are worth pursuing. For example, Musicnotes, a site mostly selling digital sheet music, also has a blog area, with a section on music theory. Their blog on modes seems very concise and easy to understand.
Hope it might be helpful.
Haven't looked through it yet, but mighty hefty book at just under 1300 pages.
I'll be checking this out a little closer. Thanks, Doug
Carl, you don't have to read all of them! Its really intended as an ebook where you might have a few pages open at a time. I found it by searching for "clef music" and only looked at a few sections. The authors said that after the fundamentals section, the other ones can be studied in any order.
Eric, I think the fundamentals section might answer some of your questions. Just take it one step at a time.
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Originally posted by DougDCarl, you don't have to read all of them! Its really intended as an ebook where you might have a few pages open at a time. I found it by searching for "clef music" and only looked at a few sections. The authors said that after the fundamentals section, the other ones can be studied in any order.
Eric, I think the fundamentals section might answer some of your questions. Just take it one step at a time.
That's it Doug! I'm taking it all 1 step at a time now. Allowing time to "jam" and experiement but going back to the basics and fundamentals will hopefully train my brain to listen!
As much as I love theory, IMO this is the best link in that file that could supersede all of that data,
Ear Training
Looks useful. Since someone here was asking about online ear training, I meant to mention that the music theory course has a sight singing appendix at the back. I haven't tried it though.
