Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Melody

A detailed site explaining about ear training for musicians. Included are many links to other relevant articles that go more in depth about the various aspects of developing ear training. There is also a downloadable ear training game to...

Read everything there is to know about the basics of notes. From their durations, their shapes and their stems, you will learn how notes are used in music.

Dealing with the harmonic series, this website goes into come detail concerning pitch, frequency and color. Test your knowledge with several self checking problems.

Learn about simple intervals and compound intervals in this well writtern lesson. You will also learn how an interval is classified. Included are several self checking problems.

Learn about key signatures with this well written tutorial. You can test what you have learned near the bottom of the page with a key signature problem. The solution is available with just a click of the mouse.

A music-theory-type introduction to the gamelan music of Bali, Indonesia.

Offering good tips on practicing, this site goes into some detail on how to best use your practice time.

Learn about triads in this well explained lesson. This site explains the root, first inversion and second inversion of the chords. Test your knowledge with several self checking problems.

Learn about the various types of triads. This lesson focuses on the chords in root position. Included in this site are a few self checking tests.

Discussed on this web page are examples of several modes and ragas. You will learn modes ranging from the classical Greek modes to the Indian ragas.