Music Theory Guides
Practical, hands-on articles on identifying chords, reading notation, and learning with MIDI.
Music Theory Learning Guide: From Chords to Analysis
Not sure where to begin? Start here. A roadmap that ties the four core skills — identifying chords, notation, functional analysis, and the app — in order.
Music School Audition Preparation: How to Train Your Ear at Home
Candidates rarely fail on their instrument — they fail on aural skills and theory. Ear training that measures the note you sing, plus intervals, sight-singing and harmony, practised alone at home.
How to Write Notation From a MIDI Keyboard: A Practical Guide
Connect the keyboard by USB or Bluetooth, turn the notes you play into live grand-staff notation, and get the enharmonic spelling right.
What Is Functional Harmony? Roman Numerals and Chord Function
Roman numerals, tonic-subdominant-dominant functions, and how to find a chord's role in a key step by step. Understand chords instead of memorizing them.
How to Use Michord: A Step-by-Step Beginner's Guide
Install, sign in, connect a MIDI keyboard, and see every chord you play as live grand-staff notation, chord symbols, and functional analysis.
How to Identify Piano Chords: Name Any Chord You Play
Find the root, name the chord, spot inversions, and use functional analysis to place a chord in its key. A step-by-step method plus the real-time approach.