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Unlock Your Musical Potential with Music Theory Basics

Patrick Q. Kelly's 'Music Theory Basics' provides a clear and engaging introduction to essential musical concepts, making it an ideal resource for beginners and seasoned musicians alike.
Music theory course covering essential topics such as Notes (Notation / Piano), Key Signatures, Intervals, Chords, and Rhythms, designed to evaluate fundamental musicianship skills.
This course features a comprehensive 'Grade Book' where all saved results can be easily accessed for printing or sharing.
- All quizzes related to pitch support Treble, Alto, Tenor, and Bass clefs.
- Customize interval and chord roots settings on random or user-defined basis for each question.
- Option to set a specific number of questions or grade based on the number answered.
The Notes module assesses music notation and piano keyboard proficiency.
Key Signatures section delves into major and minor keys, allowing the user to set distinct maximum numbers of sharps or flats for the quiz.
Intervals segment includes various simple intervals played harmonically or melodically in ascending or descending order. It covers major, minor, diminished, and augmented 2nds, 3rds, 6ths, 7ths as well as diminished, perfect, and augmented 4ths, 5ths, and octaves. Users have the flexibility to include or exclude diminished and augmented 2nds, 3rds, 6ths, and 7ths.
The Chords section focuses on triads and seventh chords played in different styles such as harmonically, melodically up or down, or even broken. Triads encompass major, minor diminished, and augmented forms while Seventh Chords comprise dim7, min7(b5), min7, min(maj7), dominant7, maj7, dominant7(#5), maj7(#5).
Rhythms evaluation evaluates rhythmic aptitude with customizable options including up to 16 measures in time signatures like 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 or 5/4, up to 3 pitches flexibility, specific note/rest values inclusion and exclusion of grading durations (beneficial for percussionists). Included note/rest values range from Whole to Triplet Eighth notes.
The Grade Book offers convenient filtering by name along with detailed records displaying the quiz taker's name alongside the date and time the quiz was completed. Additionally, all relevant settings such as clef type and number of questions tackled are showcased alongside scores in percentage and letter grade formats.
Overview
Music Theory Basics • is a Commercial software in the category Audio & Multimedia developed by Patrick Q. Kelly.
The latest version of Music Theory Basics • is 3.0.1, released on 07/31/2024. It was initially added to our database on 07/31/2024.
Music Theory Basics • runs on the following operating systems: iOS.
Users of Music Theory Basics • gave it a rating of 4 out of 5 stars.

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