Main article: ear training

Aural skills — the ability to identify musical patterns by ear, as opposed to by the reading of notation — form a key part of a musician's craft and are usually taught alongside music theory. Most aural skills courses train the perception of relative pitch (the ability to determine pitch in an established context) and rhythm. Sight-singing — the ability to sing unfamiliar music without assistance — is generally an important component of aural skills courses.

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Sources

• Boretz, Benjamin (1995) Meta-Variations: Studies in the Foundations of Musical Thought. Red Hook, New York: Open Space.
• Bent, Ian D. and Anthony Pople. "Analysis." Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Oxford University Press.
• Jackendoff, Ray and Fred Lerdahl. "Generative Music Theory and its relation to Psychology." Journal of Music Theory, 1981. New Haven, Yale University Press.
• Kramer, Jonathan. The Time of Music. New York: Schirmer Books, 1988.
• Lerdahl, Fred. Tonal Pitch Space. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
• Lewin, David. Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987.

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Further reading

• Chase, Wayne. How Music REALLY Works!. 2nd Ed. Vancouver, Canada. Roedy Black Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1-897311-55-9 (book)
• Taylor, Eric. AB Guide to Music. Vol 1. England. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, 1989. ISBN 1-854-72446-0
• Taylor, Eric. AB Guide to Music. Vol 2. England. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, 1991. ISBN 1-854-72447-9
• Apel, Willi & Daniel, Ralph T. "The Harvard Brief Dictionary of Music". New York, NY. Simon & Schuster Inc, 1960. ISBN 0-671-73747-3
• Sorce, Richard. "Music Theory for the Music Professional". Ardsley House, 1995. ISBN 1-880-15720-9
• Lawn, Richard J. & Hellmer, Jeffrey L. "Jazz Theory and Practice". Alfred Publishing Co. 1996. ISBN 0-882-84722-8 (book)

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External links

• Tonal Music Theory Examples 1105 animated scores and sound files]
• Music Theory, Training & Utilities
• Music Theory & History Online
• Music Theory Online
• Computing in Musicology
• Journal of the Royal Musical Association
• NewMusicBox.org Theory Issue 48 - Vol.4, No.12
• teoría - a music theory web
• Glossary of US and British English musical terms
• Application of virtual pitch theory in music analysis - pdf
• Contemporary Impressionalistic Music Theory and Composition
• GOSK.com Explanation of the seven musical modes for guitarists
• WikiAudio's (western) music theory "Everything chart"

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