Music Theory in 30 Days: The Book's Companion Course
Audio examples, answer keys, PDFs, & other supplements for the book
Welcome (Read This First)
Printable Blank Music Paper
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Why "Music Theory in 30 Days"?
Lesson Introduction: The Elements of Music
Listening Suggestion: Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King
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Lesson Introduction: The Sounds of Music
Suggested Listening: Do Re Mi
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Resource: The Musical Alphabet on the Piano & the Guitar
Lesson Introduction: Musical Duration
Audio Examples for Day 3
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Checking In
Lesson Introduction: The Musical Staff
Listening Suggestion: Bach's Invention Number 1
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Supplement: What Note is that Exactly?
Lesson Introduction: The Common Language of Music
Audio Examples for Day 5
Listening Suggestion: Chopin's Prelude in E minor
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Additional Reading: What is Tonality in Music? And Why Does It Matter?
Lesson Introduction: The Major Scale
Audio Examples for Day 6
Supplement: How do composers and songwriters choose a scale?
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PDF Resource: All the Major Scales
Step-by-step Practice of the Major Scale
Lesson Introduction: The Modes
Audio Examples for Day 7
Supplement: Why do the Modes Have Such Strange Names?
Supplement: Analyzing the Modes
Answers to the Exercises
Lesson Introduction: The Minor Scale
Audio Examples for Day 8
Answers to the Exercises
Further Reading: Is Major Really Happy and Minor Sad?
PDF Resource: All Minor Scales
Step-by-step Practice of the Minor Scale
Lesson Introduction: New Terms
Answers to the Exercises
Lesson Introduction: Sharp Keys Signatures
Audio Examples for Day 10
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Lesson Introduction: Key Signatures Explained - The Flat Side
Audio Examples for Day 11
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PDF Download: Complete Table of Key Signatures
Lesson Introduction: A Beautiful Diagram
Listening Suggestion: Around the Circle of Fifths
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Lesson Introduction: Counting Musical Intervals
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Lesson Introduction: Perfect Intervals and Major Intervals
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Practicing Intervals by Ear
Lesson Introduction: Minor Intervals, Diminished Intervals, Augmented Intervals
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Practicing Intervals by Ear
Lesson Introduction: Upside Down and Downside Up
Audio Examples
Listening Suggestion: Comparing Consonances and Dissonances
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Lesson Introduction: What is a Triad?
Day 17 Audio Examples
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Lesson Introduction: Four Basic Chord Types
Day 18 Audio Examples
Supplement: It Only Takes One Note!
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Practicing Triads by Ear
Lesson Introduction: Inside Out and Outside In
Day 19 Audio Examples
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Lesson Introduction: Ancient Numbers for Modern Chords
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Lesson Introduction: Blocks vs. Arpeggios
Day 21 Audio Examples
Listening Suggestion: Comparing Block Chords and Arpeggios
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Lesson Introduction: Extending a Triad with a 7th
Day 22 Audio Examples
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Lesson Introduction: Identifying 7th Chords Inversion
Day 23 Audio Examples
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Lesson Introduction: The Art of Mixing Notes
Day 24 Audio Examples
Supplement: Why No 15th Chords?
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Lesson Introduction: Understanding Chord Symbols
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Lesson Introduction: What is Transposition?
Day 26 Audio Examples
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Lesson Introduction: Understanding Musical Form
Our 8 Suggested Listenings
Lesson Introduction: Music in the 20th and 21st Centuries
Day 28 Audio Examples
Listening Suggestion: Boulez' Incises
Answers to the Exercises
Music Lessons are Everywhere!
What we Learn from Musical Analysis
Introduction to Day 30
Answers to the Test