Members Fear My Potato Posted February 28, 2006 Members Share Posted February 28, 2006 I've got eleven total years of classical training with theory the whole time as well, but don't remember much of it at all. Now I'm in an ear training class which requires me to be able to identify (by name) different intervals, transcribe Miles Davis solos, etc. So I need to brush up on the technicals of theory as well as basic stuff like the different kinds of rests, meters, time signatures, cadences, all that jazz. So anybody know a good place for me to look? Any help is appreciated as always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Snug Posted March 1, 2006 Members Share Posted March 1, 2006 You should be able to get all you need by following the links from Wikipedia, or just type in whatever in their search. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_theory Do a Google search for music Theory:http://www.Google.com Composition:http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/mcr/ A dictionary for Musical Terms:http://www.alphadictionary.com/directory/Specialty_Dictionaries/Music/ More Theory:http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/theory/theory.htm Nothing beats buying a good training book and going through it step by step. Or sign up for a class at a local Community College, just do one class around your sched, and you will be better in only one semester, and you'll meet some cool people hopefully. Plus it's cheap, just make sure you sell your book if you don't want to keep it, as soon as you can after the class b/c buy back prices suck. I would keep the book though. Or take an online class. Search for "Online Music Classes" and roll with it. http://learn.berkeley.edu/ offers some AWESOME classes, but they are pricey. Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fear My Potato Posted March 1, 2006 Author Members Share Posted March 1, 2006 Originally posted by Snug Nothing beats buying a good training book and going through it step by step. Or sign up for a class at a local Community College, just do one class around your sched, and you will be better in only one semester, and you'll meet some cool people hopefully. Plus it's cheap, just make sure you sell your book if you don't want to keep it, as soon as you can after the class b/c buy back prices suck. I would keep the book though. Or take an online class. Search for "Online Music Classes" and roll with it. http://learn.berkeley.edu/ offers some AWESOME classes, but they are pricey. Hope that helps! It does, thanks for the links. If anyone else knows more good ones I can take all the info I can get! I would sign up for intro level theory courses, but I already know it all, I just need to restudy it so I don't have to think about it when called on. I'm an english major but take all the music courses I can here because as far as I'm concerned, I'm getting music lessons using college loans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snug Posted March 1, 2006 Members Share Posted March 1, 2006 Since you're in NY, which has many great music resources...perhaps you could find a study partner that could tutor you on what you need to be refreshed about, and you could help them with what you know that they don't? Teacher, student, music store clerk, local composer/performer. Go to a good jazz show or Symphony and find otu what pub the group members are going to afterwards and shoot the breeze with them (i've ended up giving massive free guitar lessons from people coming to my bands after parties), but i've always gotten something in return, and no one had to spend any money (except for on the drinks ) Or pinch out a tiny bit of one of those loans and just buy a good theory book that's fluent to where you don't put it down out of frustration. I do that a lot b/c if you don't use it you lose it, and some the things i learned 17 years ago when i started playing piano and then guitar 2 years later, are gone from my mind now. However sometimes i buy a book to refresh my memory but its just to sterile. There's some good books out there though with dvd's (and websites) and many other interactive things that make it a little more fun since you've already learned it once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SirGarrote Posted March 1, 2006 Members Share Posted March 1, 2006 http://www.musictheory.net/ this is what we recommend our students use down here at UM. -G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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