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RhythmTrainer.com is an online practice tool for building rhythm and meter skills, offering interactive drills, timing exercises, and metronome-based tempo control to improve rhythm reading and accuracy.

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Fundamentals of Music Theory

This course, revised in 2022, will introduce you to the theory of music, providing you with the skills needed to read and write Western music notation, as well as to understand, analyse, and listen informedly. It will cover material such as pitches and scales, intervals, clefs, rhythm, form, metre and time signatures, phrases and cadences, and basic harmony. This course covers the fundamentals of Western music theory, from the absolute basics to some more advanced concepts. As such, it delivers material for beginners and offers much to experienced musicians alike. Learners can apply for Financial Aid directly with Coursera to assist with the cost of accessing the full course and gaining a certificate for successfully completing the course.

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musictheory.net

Musictheory.net is a free, interactive platform for learning music theory, offering concise lessons on intervals, chords, scales, rhythm, and notation. It also provides hands-on practice with ear training and theory tools to test and reinforce your understanding.

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teoria.com

Teoria is an online music theory resource offering interactive lessons, ear-training exercises, and reference materials on scales, intervals, chords, rhythm, and harmony, with musical examples and analyses.

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Interactive lessons covering notation, intervals, scales, triads and seventh chords, Roman numeral analysis, and cadences, each with animated examples. Paired drills let you test interval and chord recognition until identification becomes fast and automatic.

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Rhythmic Training

Robert Starer's graded workbook of rhythm exercises, progressing from simple to compound and irregular meters, syncopation, and changing time signatures. Practicing it daily builds accurate sight-reading of rhythms for any instrumentalist or singer.

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Modern Reading Text in 4/4

A standard drummer's reading text by Louis Bellson and Gil Breines, built from progressively harder exercises in 4/4 covering quarter notes through sixteenths, triplets, rests, and syncopation. Working through it develops fluent rhythmic sight-reading on drums or any instrument.

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