Some people spend a lifetime studying music theory - and there’s certainly value in doing that - but if you just want to know the basics, fast, ToneGym’s new crash course could be well worth taking.

At Yale, music theory is changing. Notes, time signatures, and clefs might become things of the past. This semester, Yale’s music department is introducing a new music theory course called MUSI 100: ...

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What are microtones, and why are they not an everyday part of classical music? We explore the history and mysteries of the ‘notes in between the notes’. Music is broadly defined as humanly-organised ...

Thought music was a universal language? Think again. Here’s a bit about how music theory works around the world. … as Maria from The Sound of Music once told us. But in most English-speaking countries ...

I've enjoyed listening to music all of my life, but never really understood how it “worked.” For example, what did it mean when a piece of music was composed in the key of G minor? The concepts of ...

As the interview went on, John waxed lyrical about his thoughts on learning music theory. Turns out he had more to say on the subject post-interview. I am sitting here listening to The Beatles and I ...