Welcome to the Classic Edition of Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net .
This site provides older versions of the main site's content.
It is intended for users who cannot view the new content due to outdated web browsers, or for teachers
who have not yet updated their lesson plans.
To view the classic content; please select a lesson, trainer, or utility from the lists below:
Lessons
The Staff, Clefs, and Ledger Lines
Note Duration
Measures and Time Signature
Rest Duration
Dots and Ties
Simple and Compound Meter
Odd Meter
Steps and Accidentals
The Major Scale
The Minor Scales
Scale Degrees
Key Signatures
Key Signature Calculation
Generic Intervals
Specific Intervals
Writing Intervals
Interval Inversion
Introduction to Chords
Triad Inversion
Diatonic Triads
Roman Numeral Analysis
Voicing Chords
Analysis #1
Seventh Chords
Diatonic Seventh Chords
Seventh Chord Inversion
Composing with Minor Scales
Nonharmonic Tones
Phrases and Cadences
Circle Progressions
Common Chord Progressions
Triads in First Inversion
Triads in Second Inversion
Analysis #2
Building Neapolitan Chords
Using Neapolitan Chords
Analysis #3
Trainers
Note Trainer
Key Trainer
Interval Trainer
Triad Trainer
Keyboard Trainer
Guitar Trainer
Brass Trainer
Interval Ear Trainer
Scale Ear Trainer
Chord Ear Trainer
Utilities
Chord Calculator
Staff Paper Generator
Matrix Generator
Translations and screen-reader-accessible versions of the lessons are available.
Finally, a downloadable offline edition is available.