Flash cards are an excellent way to help you learn various topics. These online music theory flash cards can help you learn note names, intervals, notes on the piano and several other topics.

This site is essentially an online music theory dictionary or encyclopedia.It teaches about intervals, chords and scales. Online sound clips really enhance site.

Learn about music dating from the early Neanderthals to the Proto-Renaissance period. Also included is music from the Greeks and Romans as well as the early Christian church.

An exhaustive resource with everything concerning music theory. From ear training to music history, this site covers it all.

A complete undergraduate-level online course that introduces the history of western music.

A complete, undergraduate level online course on music composition. Includes all course material, projects, assignments, and exams with solutions.

A complete, undergraduate-level online course on the music of Africa.

A complete, undergraduate level online class on musical analysis. Includes all course materials, projects, examples, assignments and exams with solutions.

A complete undergraduate-level online course on world music.

A complete, undergraduate level online class on the topic of modern music in the 1900s. Includes complete course material.

A complete, undergraduate level online class on the topic of modern music in the 1900s. Includes course assignments.

A fascinating site of traditional American Indian music. Listen online to the 44 wax cylinder recordings from 1895-97! Listen also to interviews of the tribe giving background information.

A complete, undergraduate-level online course on folk music.

A complete undergraduate-level online course on world music.

This online, interactive environment for music creation and exploration includes games and puzzles and interesting activities that teach about music in a visual way.

This free online metronome is ideal for anyone who does not have a metronome. It allows you to choose any tempo so you can practice at a steady pace.

A fabulous tool for music teachers and students! This online quiz tests students knowledge of the various musical notes. (Click on "toggle" to check your answers along the way.)

This online quiz is a fantastic tool to check your knowledge of intervals. Keeps score, and can be customized to fit specific lessons (augmented intervals, diminished intervals, double accidentals.)

A fantastic resource for music teachers and students learning to play the piano. This online quiz can be customized to test students on specific keys. Students can click "Toggle helpers," to check answers along the way.

This is like a music theory textbook online. It includes great explanations and assignments, although there is not a way to check your completed assignments. It begins with the basics and goes through triads. Midi files are included.

This online quiz gives students a chance to recognize triads and seventh chords, by listening to audio clips. Teachers can customize this quiz and print out progress reports.

A complete undergraduate-level online course on the fundamentals of music.

Collection of online resources on the Hispanic arts and culture of the Southwestern United States. Exhibits include essays, audio files, and links to related sites.

This site is an effective and fun way to help children understand music better. There are several online interactive games to play to better understand rhythm, pitch, scales and much more.