Foundations
The ideas everything else assumes you already have.
Music theory, explained in the order it makes sense
10 topics, 52 lessons, connected so you can follow a thread rather than land on a stray page. Start anywhere — each page links to what it depends on.
Notes and note reading
Reading pitch off the page — clefs, staff positions and accidentals.
Rhythm
Duration and pulse — note values, rests, bars and time signatures.
Intervals
The distance between two notes, and the building block for everything else.
Scales
Ordered sets of notes built from fixed interval patterns.
Keys and key signatures
The home note of a piece, and the sharps or flats that come with it.
The circle of fifths
The map that arranges all twelve keys by how closely related they are.
Chords
Notes stacked in thirds — quality, inversions and how chords sit in a key.
Harmony
What chords do once they are in a key — and why some orders sound finished and others do not.
Ear training
Hearing what you can already read — intervals, chords and pitch.
Suggested paths
If you would rather be told where to start.