Jax RCFB Music Theory Page

Contents

• Chords
• General
• Physics
• Scales
• Tuning

• Chords
  • Pete Thomas Jazz Theory and Improvisation
  • Ted Vieira Free Online Lessons has lots about chords and scales.
• General
  • The Concert Band has very interesting theory pages about instruments and the harmonic series.
  • Fact Index - Music
  • Listening Arts general music theory page
  • Society for Music Theory
    • Music Theory Online magazine
  • Sound Exchange of the Philharmonia Orchestra offers a wide range of information and connections to the composer and orchestrator.
  • Dansm's Guitar Lessons has a nice explanation of the classic modes (Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian).
  • Ted Vieira Free Online Lessons has lots about chords and scales.
• Physics
  • Music Science Research at University of New South Wales has great articles on the physics of music and musical instruments.
• Tuning
  • Alternate Temperaments : Theory and Philosophy
  • Bach: The Well-Tempered Tuning is Unequal
  • Essays on Music Theory discusses pitch and tuning.
  • Experimental Musical Instruments
  • Harpsichord Tuning, Repair and Temperaments with a great practical discussion of many different temperaments.
  • Introduction to Historical Tunings
  • Just Intonation Network
  • Justonic Tuning is a patented eclectic tuning system.
  • MIDI Temperament Utils is freeware (but no source) for experimenting with temperament.
  • Harry Partch Instrument Gallery
  • Johannes Pascher's Der Bau einer diatonischen Harmonika "The building of a diatonic accordion" shows some lovely wooden instruments and has some great tuning theory info.
  • Pythagorean Tuning and Medieval Polyphony
  • John Starrett's Microtonal Music Page
  • Talk About Tone an article on the harmonic series by Lloyd Loar, a Gibson acoustic engineer.
  • Tuning and Temperament Bibliography
  • Uberstring is a comprehensive theory of tonality and the dynamics of the universe!
  • Understanding Temperament