Active Theory DIY Study Course




This site can be used as a simple tutorial on Music Theory concepts.

The contents include fundamental categories, images, scores and sound files that accompany some of the scores.

  begin manual sequence
  active index
  scales
  chords
  composition
  glossary
  science of sound
  references





Composers and Musicians - samples of work



Charlie ParkerBill EvansJohn ColtraneCount Basie Glenn MillerDuke Ellington
Goerge GershwinMiles DavisLouis ArmstrongBeach Boys EaglesBeatles



EUROPEAN COMPOSERS

Bela BartokIgor StravinskyGyorgy LegetiArvo PartEnnio MorriconeSteve Reich



POPULAR AMERICAN COMPOSERS

John WilliamsJohn Philip SousaJerome KernJohn AdamsGeorge CrumbHans Zimmer


Lou HarrisonHarry PartchMorton SubotnickAaron Copland Leonard BernsteinScott Joplin