Music Theory Basics: A reference guide to foundational material

The expectation when you walk into the Harmony and Theory class is that you have a basic grasp of fundamental principles such as note reading, key signatures, time signatures and rhythmic notation and durations.

If you feel you may need to get up to speed on this content, here is a collection of reference lessons and exercises from the wonderful Musictheory.net site which will help you.

Lessons

The Staff, Clefs, and Ledger Lines

Note Duration

Measures and Time Signatures

Rest Duration

Dots and Ties

Steps and Accidentals

This information is for your reference and review. You are expected to know this material. You may not be directly assessed on this information, but it will be constantly assessed indirectly while working with other concepts.

Exercises- Practice space for notes and key signatures.

Note Identification

Key Signature Identification