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Compiled by Suzanne Schmidt 2008 Revised and annotated by Melissa Cox 2009 AP Readers’ Favorite Music Theory Websites! General AP Music Theory Examination and Course Information www.apcentral.collegeboard.com/ Access to useful articles, the Course Description, the Teachers’ Guide, sample syllabi, free response questions from previous AP exams, an electronic discussion group for AP Music Theory teachers, and many other resources. Available from the College Board store: released exams, the AP Vertical Teams Guide, and other resources. Fundamentals to intermediate/advanced topics (For these purposes, fundamentals = note names, key signatures, rhythm values and meter, scales, basic triads and seventh chords; intermediate adds cadences, voice leading, phrase structure, etc.; advanced adds secondary dominants, etc.) www.gmajormusictheory.org Tutorials and exercises (fundamentals, harmonic dictation, contextual listening) with downloadable workbooks, by a long-time AP Music Theory instructor. Very useful! www.musictheory.net Lessons and trainers for introductory theory skills, and a quick source of staff paper www.good-ear.com Aural exercises identifying intervals, chords, scales, cadences – with a few ads thrown in www.emusictheory.com/practice/ Drill on a variety of fundamentals. “Chord functions” will provide chord spelling practice, but the IV-V-I that establishes the key practice uses terrible voice leading. http://smu.edu/totw/ A complete fundamentals to intermediate web textbook with audio examples illustrating each concept. www.davesmey.com/index.htm Worksheets and explanatory handouts on basic and intermediate topics, sight singing and dictation exercises www.teoria.com Building and identifying intervals, triads, scales, and modes. A European fixed “do” option is offered in identifications, so if your students use moveable “do” for sight singing, you’ll need to explain the difference. www.tonalityguide.com/exercises/php Intermediate-level exercises in chord analysis, embellishing tones, figured bass, cadences, plus fundamentals skills. Printable and savable (on a server) exercises. http://www.8notes.com/theory/ Fundamentals to intermediate tutorials http://www.mibac.com/Pages/Theory/Main_Theory.htm Fundamentals to intermediate tutorials http://www.musicards.net/ Flash cards for fundamentals drills http://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/musictheory/index.html Trainers for fundamentals drills, plus a staff paper generator. Content is the same as for Ricci Adams’ musictheory.net/ above, plus ads. http://www.musictheoryminute.com/ Short spoken explanations of topics from intervals to chords, voice motion types, etc., illustrated with a keyboard. http://www.circle-of-fifths.net Drills on key signatures and circle of fifths only. http://cnx.org/content/m10865/latest/ Lessons and exercises on circle of fifths and key signatures. http://earplane.com/modules/earplane_main/ Aural skills; requires registration and Shockwave http://neilhawes.com/sstheory/theory.htm Lesson on very basic topics http://www.dolmetsch.com/theoryintro.htm Quite complete lesson series, fundamentals to intermediate http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/theory/theory.htm Lessons on fundamentals http://www.alcorn.edu/musictheory/ Fundamentals through chords in inversion; aural and visual. http://www.theorylessons.com/modes.html Modes (including pentatonic scales) from a guitar/bass perspective. http://www.musictheory.org.uk/ Interactive checking of very basic fundamentals http://jmdl.com/howard/music/keys_scales.html A chart summarizing key signatures, scales, and triads. http://www.wmich.edu/mus-history/TheoryHelp/TheoryHelp.html Various resources, including downloadable rhythm dictation trainer www.northern.edu/wieland/theory/tt.htm Miscellaneous worksheets and explanations of fundamentals; pointers to musical examples of various features; dictation, rhythm, harmony, part-writing and form. www.sfcmtheory.com/analysis_lectures/analysis_lectures.htm Notes and score/audio examples on intermediate topics: motives, phrases, periods, forms www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary Vir. Tech. dictionary of terms with audio illustrations; also quizzes, etc. Teaching Resources Primarily for Instructors www.musictheoryexamples.com Compilation of score examples listed by topic. Very useful! www.imslp.org/wiki/Main_page Public domain music scores http://bach.nau.edu/index.html Integrates music scores with audio and web commentary. Requires Shockwave. http://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/nma/start.php?l Mozart Ausgabe online as PDF files. Directions in German. http://www.societymusictheory.org/mto/ A web journal of recent research; most is not directly applicable to AP Theory. http://www.philrees.co.uk/links/theory.htm An annotated listing of theory sites, with links. http://www.musictheoryresources.com/ “First aid” for theory concepts; links to useful sites. http://www.flashmusicgames.com/theory/index.html Online theory games for simple aural skills. http://www.musicalonline.com/theory.htm Under “Theory Courses” has links to various college theory course sites. http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/music/other_music/music_theory.html Online theory quizzes and games Theory/Aural Skills Programs for Purchase www.macgamut.com (complete aural/written skills, fundamentals to advanced) www.ars-nova.com/theory.html (complete aural/written skills, fundamentals to advanced) http://www.sibelius.com/products/auralia/index.html Auralia (ear training) and Musition (theory)- (complete aural/written skills, fundamentals to advanced) http://www.people.vcu.edu/~bhammel/theory/resources/index.html Links to various sites, including an inexpensive sight singing site. List continues on other side www.rhythmbee.com Computer animations that help in fundamentals; requires subscription www.music-theory.com Independent online study of fundamentals Sites that either have downloads or rate ear training software. https://www.msu.edu/user/spangle9/etsoftware.html http://www.harmony-central.com/Software/Windows/ear_training.html http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/win95/EAR_TRAINING/ http://www.educational-software-directory.net/music/ear-training http://kellysmusicandcomputers.com/music_theory_ear_training_software.htm http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Multimedia/Music_and_Audio/Software/Educational/Theory_and_Ear_Training/ http://www.webcrawler.com/webcrawler302/ws/results/Web/music+ear+training/1/417/TopNavigation/Relevance/iq=true/zoom=off/_iceUrlFlag=7?_IceUrl=true http://www.exefind.com/ear-training-software/ http://ear-training.software.informer.com/ http://www.filesland.com/software/ear-training.html http://www.musicalhearing.com/ http://www.palatine.ac.uk/directory/index.php/Music/soft/aur/