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That one website that teaches you music theory for free

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musictheory.net takes you from reading the staff to chords and progressions in short animated lessons, then drills you with exercises and ear trainers. The lessons and exercises are free in the browser with no ads or signup; its paid apps are just offline versions.

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teoria teoria.com Tutorials and ear-training drills, donation-funded, no ads FreeNo signup Link checked Oct 1 Chrome Music Lab musiclab.chromeexperiments.com Playful Google experiments for exploring rhythm, chords and sound FreeNo signup Link checked Oct 1

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