The following materials are available for your consideration in planning music theory instruction.

You may organize music theory instruction as independent study or as a class setting. When I ran the class, I taught it after school as a credited class. At one time I often had three different levels of theory classes, but more often there were two (the upper level class working with advanced compositional techniques or jazz theory. Some schools have it as a registered class during the day. It may be possible to assign the work independent study for credit and meet when needed.

The following free websites are recommended for preparation of collegiate music study. These are listed in order of recommendation.

1. Musictheory.net: http://www.musictheory.net/index.html

• lessons = text (as in a book) that explains the material.
• trainers = interactive exercises to practice material learned in the lesson. Remember to explore all possibilities for each trainer exercise. You can control how easy/difficult the questions will be.

2. Theory on the Web: http://www.smu.edu/totw

3. Murray State (KY) University Theory On-line: http://www.murraystate.edu/qacd/cfac/music/mus109entry.htm

4. Music Theory http://www.zzounds.com/edu--musictheory

5. Jazz Theory http://www.petethomas.co.uk/jazz-theory.html

6. Jazz Class http://www.jazclass.aust.com/contents.htm

The following programmed theory books may also be used for preparation of collegiate music study. These are listed in order of recommendation. As a reference point, these prices were recently found on barnesandnoble.com.

• Manoff, Tom. The Music Kit. 4th edition. New York: W.W. Norton, 2000. Includes CD and computer software (with interactive exercises that return personal feedback and scores). ($67.75) The software is Macintosh and Windows compatible.
• Clough, John and Joyce Conley. Scales, Intervals, Keys, Triads, Rhythm, and Meter. 3rd edition. New York: W.W. Norton, 1999. Includes CD. ($49.75)
• Steinke, Greg and Paul Harder. Basic Materials in Music Theory: A Programmed Course. 10th edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference, 2002. ($72.00)
• Feldstein, Sandy. Practical Theory Complete: A Self-Instruction Music Theory Course. New York: Alfred Publishing Co. Inc., 1997. ($9.95, which is quite inexpensive!)
• Surmani, Andrew, Morton Manus, and Karen Farnum Surmani. Alfred’s Essentials of Music Theory: Complete. New York: Alfred Publishing Co. Inc., 2000. ($12.50)
• Surmani, Andrew, Morton Manus, and Karen Farnum Surmani. Alfred’s Essentials of Music Theory, Teacher’s Answer Key Book. New York: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 2000. ($18.50)