Helpful Websites for Music Theory

• • AWESOME SITE #1

    • http://musictheoryfundamentals.com/index.php

  • AWESOME SITE #2

    • https://www.musictheory.net/lessons

Key Signatures

I know key signatures can be tricky at first, but they are necessary for every developing musician and singer to know.  So, what do key signatures do?  Basically, they tell you where to find the sofège tone, DO.  Once DO is established, all other scale degrees can be determined, or related to, and sung.  Without knowing where DO is, a singer is intellectually lost, and must rely only on his or her ear to learn, or copy someone else who understands. It's our goal to help everyone understand how to read music and become independent musicians.

For an excellent tutorial on key signatures including practice quizzes to test your knowledge, go he

re. This website also explains the formula for major scales that we used in class to figure out key signatures in an easy-to-understand way.

You can also find a nice, interactive explanation of what key signatures are and what they do, visit musictheory.net. There are many other lessons available for free, if any students wish to learn more!