Music: An Appreciation, 10th Edition (Kamien)

Teoria.com

http://www.teoria.com/tutorials

Part of an interactive series of activities designed as tutorials to help with basic music concepts. Topics of related interest here include notation, intervals, scales, chords and key signatures.

Chord Wizard

http://www.chordwizard.com/theory.html

A basic introduction to the elements of music with a focus on scales, chords and harmony. The site provides easy to understand visual presentations of elements, and offers additional topics and sound samples by download.

Musictheory.net

http://www.musictheory.net/

This site provides outstanding interactive introductions to essential concepts in notation, melody and harmony. Online ear training for recognition of intervals, scales and chords is also provided. Very good site.

Easy Music Theory

http://www.musictheory.halifax.ns.ca/index.html

Another useful site with online fact sheets and sound samples concerning the elements of harmony, melody, rhythm, the keyboard and scores.

The Tonal Centre

http://ds.dial.pipex.com/andymilne/

Using the websites provided above, answer the following questions.

1			What is an interval?
2			What is an accidental?
3			What are sharps and flats?
4			Using the concept of intervals, describe the construction of the major scale and minor scale. What's the difference, and how is it heard melodically?
5			Define and name the modes of the major scale.
6			Describe the scale construction of each mode of the major scale.