I've added moderator privs to you three, thank you so much for your interest in helping!by Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers
Hello, It's not a question of not caring, I'm just spread far too thin overall... and my side projects have really suffered for it. I'm not sure who's still around to help out here, and what the interest level is -- I can set up more mods, though, especially now that SteveL isn't able to keep that going. In any case, I won't let the content here be lost; though it's true that getting the sby Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers
Apologies for this change, it's going to be annoying for regular posts as well. But I'm blocking "http" entirely from posts, so if you (as a regular, non-spamming person) want to post a link to a resource somewhere online you'll need to drop the "http" bit from the start of the address, and it won't be a clickable link. So instead of a full YouTube link, for example, doby Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers
Hi; that would be me! Though I've really not had the time at all to figure out a way to solve this problem.... Believe it or not, we do require registration, and there's a long list of blacklisted words that stops quite a bit of the junk, and there are various hurdles that spammers must jump through... but still they keep registering accounts and adding junk. I'll need to find the time sby Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers
Hi all, sorry I didn't see this thread earlier! I've removed "ugg" from the list (it was due to the boots... they're (intentionally?) ugly things, so I've no clue why anyone is still selling them, but apparently whoever it is wants to peddle them via music theory forums. But right, blocking words like "suggestion" and "struggling" is awful). 'e.n.h.a.n.c.e.m.eby Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers
Hi, sorry I didn't see this earlier (I'm wandering through cleaning out the spam today...). Not yet -- I've had a few other requests for that, though, so it's on the (eventual) to-do list.by Admin - Say Something Nice
This is a fun "stretch your brain" exercise, by the way, that I've gotten in the habit of doing over the past few years, especially now that I have kids (and get tired of singing the same kids songs in the same mode all the time...). I don't think I've sung the alphabet song in a major key in a year or so now. Once you can sing a minor scale, you can do simple ones like Row Row Rowby Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers
Unfortunately (as you've probably figured out by now), you'll need Java to run to be able to use the eMusicTheory software, or the online drills (which are Java applets). Robby Admin - Say Something Nice
Hi, Laurine -- fortunately, no; there was about half a day of downtime, due to a serious power outage at the datacenter where the eMusicTheory.com main site is hosted (these forums are hosted in a different data center). Everything's back to normal now -- sorry about the downtime! To put something of a positive spin on it -- since we started tracking downtime in 2008, this is by far the mostby Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers
Hi, Bryan -- Helpful people answering questions here do it because they can help lots of people at once -- another student anywhere in the world may have a similar question to yours, and find the answer here after a quick search. Private tutoring, though, helps just one person (the person getting tutored), so that's not at all the same thing. This is a long way of saying: don't ask for emaby Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers
Since we're talking about rendering music theory concepts in software, I figure I'm almost obliged to add my 2 cents. :) I haven't read the entire thread yet (or even your source code yet) but I can offer a hint on managing chord & scale data, zsl -- for the eMusicTheory drills, both chords and scales are generalized as "note patterns", and every note pattern actually has 3 listby Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers
Hi, Claudette -- This is a good idea; I'll put it on the list. That doesn't (unfortunately) mean that it will be done soon, because development moves at a fairly slow pace, but it'll get there eventually. Thanks for the feedback! Robby Admin - The Drills: Wishlist
Hi, David -- I've thought about that, but I'm not sure it adds much -- once the student can recognize one sharp, they can recognize them all. It makes more sense when they're using a MIDI keyboard to enter answers, but then the Piano Keys drill is more appropriate (and that does include accidentals). Thanks for the feedback! Robby Admin - The Drills: Wishlist
Hi, lillie -- For the core of music theory, the answer is "no", you don't need a math degree at all. Once you start to specialize, you may find you want further education in physics, psychology, neuroscience, math, computer science, etc. etc.. ..but it all depends on where you want to turn your focus. For reference, I studied music & computer science in university (and use bothby Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers
Hi, Maia -- I promise that it allows you to be off more than a millisecond -- but you're right, it is relatively strict. The main reason for this is that a 16th note goes by pretty quickly, and your response needs to be divided up into 16th note chunks. You're luck that I'm not supporting 32nd notes, or it'd be even harder! The main thing is just practice (not just on the drill -- also juby Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers
Thanks, this is a good idea! I've added these options into the string instrument drills for the next drill version. Robby Admin - The Drills: Wishlist
Done & done. Thanks for the feedback! Robby Admin - Teachers: Wishlist
Yup, this is upcoming in the next update to the drills. Thanks for the feedback! Robby Admin - The Drills: Wishlist
This is a change that will be in the drill update -- you'll be able to select exactly which notes to test. Thanks for the feedback! Robby Admin - The Drills: Wishlist
Great answers above on why perfect pitch isn't all it's cracked up to be.... I'll add a bit of advice for wrapping your ear around intervals and chords -- start out small. That is, test yourself on recognizing with just a few options (for example, just test yourself on major vs. minor triads, or P4 vs. P5 intervals), and only expand once you're really solid on those. Also, don't sit down fby Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers
Hi, Jagwah -- A semibreve (British terminology) is the same as a whole note (American). Its duration is 4 beats, if one beat is a crotchet (British) or quarter note (American). In this graphic (from Dolmetch Online) the semibreves are on the second line: You can read more about it here: -Robby Admin - Say Something Nice
Hey, folks! I'm joining this conversation late, because I never notice the link that I have new PMs.... so Zapped, you're not the only one. :) Fortunately, when anyone clicks "Report This Message", I get an email, which reminds me to come back here and "clean house" again. I've done a lot of clean up just now, and I'll "sanitize" the links out of this particuby Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers
An update to this: now there's a new feature in the teacher interface to make it super-easy to make sure your students are seeing what you want them to. Open any student group page (listing the students), and look for the link "sign in as" for any student. That's immediately take you to the student's interface as that student, so you can check their list of assignments, etc.. Youby Admin - Teachers: Wishlist
hi, unu -- This is a good question to pose to Google -- there are a ton of websites nowadays that will give you the guitar chords and/or TAB for any popular song you can think of. But you might want to turn off popups in your browser first... since they often have a lot of advertising! Cheers, Robby Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers
EMusicTheory has been reorganized a bit to help find things, though I also plan to make some videos to help new teachers find their way around the site. For reference, there's a demo teacher account with is fully functional but resets every night: username: teacher password: music The students you create there are also valid accounts -- so try setting up a student, then signing ouby Admin - Teachers: Wishlist
The tricky thing is that there can be more than one correct answer -- and unfortunately, sometimes you can choose the "wrong" starting note so that your counter-melody is fine for a few notes, but then there will be no way to continue. That's part of how counterpoint works, though -- and that's why there's a button to delete notes from your response. It's not an error to remove a noby Admin - The Drills: Wishlist
It's interesting to listen to this pleasant recording -- though the rough edges are there, it's also clear that you must have studied seriously in the past. Are you now working on your technique again? Are you going to try to restore your playing abilities? Best of luck! -Robby Admin - Say Something Nice
To add an updated resource that can help: The Note Names drill on the main eMusicTheory.com site now lets you control exactly which notes to test -- so you can choose to practice with just C-D-E, if you like, until you have instant recognition of those 3 notes -- then you can gradually add more notes as you go, until the entire staff is familiar territory. Here's a direct link to that drillby Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers
UPDATE: Apple's latest version of the Java software finally has proper MIDI support -- so if you installed any of the extensions to get MIDI input working, you should REMOVE them from your /Library/Java/Extensions/ folder now, because they may cause your software to freeze. -------------------------------- Note: this notice is for people who have purchased the eMusicTheory downloadable softby Admin - The Drills: Wishlist
I just wanted to echo what Steve said near the beginning -- that music is like a new language. It definitely takes a while to get it "in your head", but that's the only way to really do it... the more time you spend reading through the concepts, trying them out on the piano, humming them to yourself, writing them on staff paper... the better you'll be. Don't sit down and study likby Admin - Music Theory Questions and Answers