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MusicTheory.net
What it is
MusicTheory.net is a free music theory learning site with animated lessons, practice exercises, and reference tools. Lessons cover notation, rhythm, scales, intervals, chords, and chord progressions. Exercises let learners identify and construct material on the staff, keyboard, and fretboard, and practice ear training. The site also provides calculators for accidentals, intervals, scales, chords, analysis, and twelve-tone matrices, along with a tempo tapper and staff paper generator. Teachers can make permanent links to customized exercises and check verification codes; students can create signed Progress Reports with codes for teachers. Lessons, exercises, and tools can be embedded in other sites using HTML frames or iframes, with the FAQ recommending at least 600 by 600 pixels. The website plan is free and includes all site content with no ads. Tenuto for iPhone and iPad adds 24 exercises, six calculators, customization, Challenge Mode, and offline use. Theory Lessons for iPhone and iPad contains 39 animated lessons.
For and against
For
- Free site content with no ads.
- Exercises cover staff, keyboard, fretboard, and ear training.
- Teachers can customize exercises through permanent links.
- Tenuto supports offline use on iPhone and iPad.
Against
- The enhanced apps are limited to iPhone and iPad.
- Embedded content is recommended at least 600 by 600 pixels.
The verdict
MusicTheory.net brings lessons, exercises, and reference tools together in a free website. Its separate iOS apps add further exercises, calculators, or animated lessons.
Who it suits
The site suits music learners who want free lessons, exercises, and theory tools on the web. Teachers can use customized exercise links and student verification codes, while iPhone and iPad users can choose the enhanced apps.
Plans and prices
Website
All site content · no ads
Read 7 Oct 2026 · musictheory.net
On the record
- Calculators and tools
- Free online tools include calculators for accidentals, intervals, scales, chords, analysis, and twelve-tone matrices, plus utilities such as a tempo tapper and staff paper generator.musictheory.net · read 7 Oct 2026
- Crash reporting
- The privacy policy says crash reports may include error details and device or browser information, are stored on its servers, and are not shared with third parties.musictheory.net · read 7 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- The privacy policy says personally identifiable information is collected when users submit it through the contact form or app feedback, and that data may be kept indefinitely.musictheory.net · read 7 Oct 2026
- Embedding
- Lessons, exercises, and tools may be embedded in other sites using HTML frames or iframes; the FAQ recommends embeds at least 600 by 600 pixels.musictheory.net · read 7 Oct 2026
- Hosting and distribution
- The privacy policy identifies Akamai for server hosting and Apple's App Store for app distribution.musictheory.net · read 7 Oct 2026
- Music theory lessons
- The website offers animated lessons covering topics including notation, rhythm, scales, intervals, chords, and chord progressions.musictheory.net · read 7 Oct 2026
- Practice exercises
- Free online exercises cover staff, keyboard, and fretboard identification and construction, plus ear training.musictheory.net · read 7 Oct 2026
- Privacy and analytics
- The privacy policy says the site uses an anonymous beacon with a non-unique random number for usage estimates rather than third-party analytics.musictheory.net · read 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The FAQ directs users to contact the maker about accessibility issues and other site problems.musictheory.net · read 7 Oct 2026
- Teacher progress reports
- Students can create signed exercise Progress Reports with verification codes for teachers; the FAQ says codes are generated locally and are not stored on the server as part of the normal process.musictheory.net · read 7 Oct 2026
- Teacher tools
- Teachers can create permanent links to customized exercises and validate exercise verification codes.musictheory.net · read 7 Oct 2026
- Tenuto app
- Tenuto is an enhanced iPhone and iPad version with 24 exercises and six calculators, customizable exercises, Challenge Mode, and offline use.musictheory.net · read 7 Oct 2026
- Theory Lessons app
- Theory Lessons is an enhanced iPhone and iPad version containing 39 animated lessons.musictheory.net · read 7 Oct 2026
