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The Sound and the Theory

A working title for a popular music theory textbook that treats the classical and the popular as equal partners.

What Will Live Here

This page will eventually introduce the textbook, selected chapter samples, and companion material for students and teachers.

Chapter samples coming soon
Workbook / exercises coming soon
Teaching notes coming soon
Listening examples coming soon

First Principle

The book's public face should invite readers into the argument before it asks them to learn the machinery. A good sample page should feel like a real lesson, not an advertisement for one.