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While looking for Music Theory, I have compiled a list of links and books mentioned on Piano World.

The numbers at the end were the number of positive mentions. I simply googled: "music theory" site:pianoworld.com

(X = liked, Y = did not).

This was in no way a scientific study, I can't even tell you if they were the same people.

Websites about preparing: (this isn't on PW)

http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/music/admissions/prepare.html

Websites that educate you:

http://www.pianoworld.com/fun/vpc/piano_chords.htm

http://www.musictheory.net/ (8)

http://www.emusictheory.com/ (2)

http://www.8notes.com/theory/ (1)

http://www.dolmetsch.com/theoryintro.htm (12)

http://www.teoria.com/ (4) - Exercises.

http://www.gmajormusictheory.org/index.html (2)

http://www.themelodymaster.com/interval.php (Interval training game).

http://www.zebrakeys.com/resources/musictools/intervaleartrainer/ (Interval Ear trainer)


Thinkquest - Not sure what all is beneath this, however,
it was referenced in 2005 as http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/theory/theory.htm and I had to navigate to the new link.

Jazz: http://www.freejazzlessons.com/free-jazz-lessons/

Lean Piano Online: http://www.pianolessonsonline.com

http://www.ibreathemusic.com/cat/3 (Informational Music Theory links) (1)

http://www.mymusictheory.com/#list (1)

TEC Music Theory resources (2)
http://cnx.org/lenses/tecsuzuki/TECMusicTheory

Youtube videos (tutorials and information):

http://www.youtube.com/user/Lypur#g/c/253192EED47525A8 (Free Music Theory Videos (Andrew Furmanczyk))

http://www.outsideshore.com/music/a-jazz-improvisation-primer/ (Jazz Improvisation Primer)

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCE57776525500562 (North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics released Music theory).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-mW9CjCHfc (Howard Goodalls Twentieth Century Greats 1of4)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF074CL5vjI&sns=em (Music Theory Song (Intervals Roasting))

http://www.youtube.com/user/richardjpugh/videos - This one was a hard to decision to add or not. The original post was talking about
how the videos were over an hour long, that was in 2010. The videos this youtube user has are less than a few months old. I was about
to leave it off, but I found the discussions talking about how useful the videos were.
https://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1492399/Re:_music_theory.html#Post1492399


Books:

Alfred's Basic and ALL in One Adult Piano Course Book #1 (Huge thread) http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2242486/1.html

Fundamentals of Piano Theory ( Martha Ashleigh and Keith Snell ) (9)

Harmony by Walter Piston (vote count 9):

Complete Idiots Guide to Music Theory (8)

Tonal Harmony - with an introduction to 20th century music (Payne) (Textbook and workbook) (8,1)
Music Theory: The Kostka/Payne Harmonic Progression Charts - https://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1733079/Music%20Theory:%20The%20Kostka/Payne.html

Mark Sarnecki Harmony (7)

Mark Sarnecki Complete Rudiments (6)

Mark Harrison's "Contemporary Music Theory" (6)
Bookset review by Rodney: https://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1081240/Music_Theory_%28Book_Review%29.html#Post1081240

"Harmony and Voice Leading" by Aldwell and Schachter (5,1)
DragonPianoPlayer links a how to read page for this pair of authours: http://www.sfcmtheory.com/essays/harmony/readingtext.htm

Grace Vandendool's Theory Books (3, my daughter uses these)

Barbara Wharram's Elementary Rudiments of Music (2)

Basics of Keyboard Theory - Julie McIntosh Johnson's (2)

Alfred's Essentials in music theory (2)

"The Basis of Music" by Frederick J Horwood (2)

Music Theory - George T Jones. (2)

Allan Forte, Tonal Harmony in Concept and Practice (2, 1 for the keyboard exercises)

The Everything Music Theory Book: A Complete Guide to Taking Your Understanding of Music to the Next Level - Marc Schonbrun (2)

Harmony by Walter Piston/Revised by Devoto (vote count 1):

Counterpoint by Walter Piston (1)

Mark Sarnecki Elementary Theory (1)

The Study of Counterpoint from Johann Joseph Fux's Gradus ad Parnassum (1)

Julie McIntosh Johnson's Essentials of Keyboard Theory (1)

William Duckworth's A Creative approach to Music Fundamentals (1)

A New Approach to Keyboard Harmony ( Allen Brings (Author), Leo Kraft (Author), Charles Burkhart (Author), Roger Kamien (Author), Drora Pershing (Author)) (1)

Basic Materials in Music Theory a Programed Course - Harder, Steinke (1)

"Harmonic Materials in Tonal Music I and II" - Harder, Steinke (1)

Music in theory and practice by Benward (1)

Harmony and Composition (Basics to Intermediate) - Deborah Jamini (1)

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Arranging and Orchestration (1)

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music History (1)

The History of Western Music by Donald Grout (1)

Music Theory for Dummies (1,1)

Just The Facts (Ann Lawry Gray (had to google the authour)) (1)

'Take Five' by Christopher Dunn (1)

''Keys To Music Rudiments' by Boris Berlin,Molly Sclater, Kathryn Sinclair. (1)

"Harmony Book For Beginners" by Preston Ware Orem (0,1)

A list of books by members, without any real pros/cons about them:

Books listed by Para Otras found in a Collegeboard Survey (not linked):
https://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1913609/Re:_What_theory_textbook_is_us.html#Post1913609

DragonPianoPlayer lists a bunch off.
https://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1403075/Re:_Music_Theory_Books.html#Post1403075

Interesting PianoWorld links:

What's most Important in Music Theory:
https://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubb...20is%20most%20important%20in%20musi.html

When to introduce...
https://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1833667/Music_Theory:_How_Long_Until_I.html

Bobpickle started a thread http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1948785.html, but some of the links
no longer work there.

I want to thank you for adding Goodalls! My thread sank like the Titanic within a day of putting it up.

I found it under someone else's PW forum post. I just collected whatever I found

Added: http://oyc.yale.edu/music/musi-112#sessions (Open Yale Courses on Music)

Added: (Book) Alfred's Essential Keyboard Repertoire, Volume 1

IICE: AF's Music Theory Videos seem to be poorly sound recorded at the start. The volume is very low.

Add: Jazz Study Group 2: Advanced Players

https://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1347971/Jazz_Study_Group_2:_Advanced_P.html#Post1347971

Add: Book http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/991092/1.html
(Alfred's Basic and All in One Adult Piano Course Book #2)

Add:

- One vote for Snell

- Ataru074 lists off books:

https://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2244597/Re:_What_books_do_adult_piano_.html#Post2244597

Add: Possible sight-reading link worth reviewing. I'm looking at it now, just to get the idea of its contributions.

https://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubb...t-Reading%20Boot%20Camp.html#Post2057732

Add: James' 5+ Blues

https://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubb...s_about_blues/jazz_pian.html#Post2234310

Add Video: Sam S: https://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubb...ever_Animation_-_Understand_.html#UNREAD

Understanding Music.

Add Link:

Piano Street's list of Pieces ranked by difficulty:

http://www.pianostreet.com/piano_music/download_5/sheet_1.php

whatever, I agree

Add link: https://www.coursera.org/course/beethovensonatas
Coursera courses.

Add: http://www.angelo.edu/dept/arts/documents/Handbook%20of%20Basic%20Music%20Theory.pdf
Handbook of Music Theory.

"Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People"

Add Music Theory Link: http://tobyrush.com/theorypages/index.html
Add link to the same page's complete PDF: http://academic.udayton.edu/tobyrush/theorypages/complete.pdf

Recommend flexlessons.com, he has two free courses on reading and playing basics that are comprehensive and fast. I went through them a few weeks ago and appreciated that it’s made for getting adults up to speed quickly.