Music theory reference
75 lookup pages for when you need the answer rather than the explanation. Every note on these pages is generated from one tested model of music theory, so the spelling is consistent — E♭, never D♯, where the key calls for it.
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Scales
24 pagesEvery major and minor scale: notes, degrees, step pattern and key signature, on the stave and the keyboard.
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24 pagesEvery key signature with the seven chords it contains, Roman numerals, common progressions and its related keys.
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13 pagesTriads, sevenths, suspended and added-note chords: how each is built, its inversions, and the same shape on all twelve roots.
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14 pagesEvery interval within an octave: semitone count, how it looks and sounds, its inversion, and where it turns up.
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