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A complete music theory curriculum taking you from absolute beginner to advanced composer. Learn to read music, understand harmony, analyze complex scores, and apply professional-level theory to real musical works.
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Sign up to enrollLevel 100
ReadyStart from absolute zero and build a solid foundation in music theory. By the end of this course, you will be able to read basic sheet music, identify notes on a staff, and understand how rhythms and simple scales work.
5 modules · Teacher: Professor Melody
Level 200
LockedBuild on your knowledge of scales and intervals to understand how chords are formed and how they function together. You will be able to build triads and seventh chords, analyze chord progressions, and understand the principles of diatonic harmony.
Unlocks when the previous course is complete.
Level 300
LockedApply your harmonic knowledge to real musical contexts by studying modulation, borrowed chords, secondary dominants, and large-scale musical form. You will analyze published scores and compose original chord progressions using professional techniques.
Unlocks when the previous course is complete.
Level 400
LockedSynthesize everything you have learned by studying species counterpoint, post-tonal theory, and advanced score analysis. You will complete a portfolio-quality original composition demonstrating mastery of voice leading, harmony, form, and stylistic coherence.
Unlocks when the previous course is complete.
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