Music Theory and Composition
- 10 Online Resources Where You Can Learn To Read Music
Short description of ten sites with lessons on reading music and other aspects of music theory.
- Alan Belkin: Writings on Musical Craft
Free online booklets from a composer and pianist.
- eMusicTheory
Free online music theory tutorials, available both with and without sound.
- Music Arrangers.ocm
Free music theory lessons online as well as other materials.
- Music Theory and History Online
Extensive site with free notes and lessons for music theory, music history, a music dictionary, and more.
- MusicTheory.net
Online lessons and interactive training modules for learning music theory.
- Music Theory Online
"A journal of criticism, commentary, research, and scholarship." For advanced musicians.
- NoteFlight
"A powerful full-featured application to edit, display and play back music notation in a standard web browser, integrated in an online library of musical scores that anyone can publish, link to, or embed."
- Online Music Theory Helper
Part of the Music Education Online site produced by the award-winning Children's Music Workshop.
- A Practical Guide to Musical Composition
Free online book whose "aim is to discuss fundamental principles of musical composition in concise, practical terms, and to provide guidance for student composers."
- Songwriting Tips & Tools - The Muse's Muse
Links, newsletter, message board, reference section... all for helping songwriters both beginning and advanced in their work.
- Teoria
Tutorials, exercises, articles, and other music theory information.
- Top 5 Sites For Learning Piano Online
"Five very useful and high-quality piano lesson websites that anyone could use to teach themselves how to play piano."
- A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
Descriptions, photographs, and links to other sites about more than thirty medieval and renaissance instruments.
- Guitar School Online
Basic lessons, theory, news, and links about playing guitar.
- Hyperinstruments
"Explores concepts and techniques to help advance the future of musical performance, composition, learning, and expression."
- Instrument Encyclopedia
"Sampler of some of the world's most interesting musical instruments" with info. and audio files. The site can be browsed by musical family or region of origin.
- LenMus - Open software for music theory
"LenMus is a free program for learning music theory. It allows you to focus on specific skills and exercises, on both theory and aural training. ... It also includes an score editor."
- MOMI: Museum of Musical Instruments
Site about American music, especially focusing on the guitar.
- The Orchestra: A User's Manual
"Information about the orchestra, orchestration, composition and instruments, for the benefit of anybody with an interest in the subject." Includes video and audio clips, illustrations, and tips for musicians.
- Oriscus
Large set of annotated links to sites about instruments, instrument making, instrument museums, and more.
- The Symphony: An Interactive Guide
This Thinkquest site includes the history of the symphony, composers, instruments, symphonic forms, and links to other sites.
- World Instrument Gallery
A gallery of world instruments from a museum in Vancouver.
