New Year, New Database As uTheory has grown, so has the computer code that powers it. Roughly 185,000 lines of code (LOC) power uTheory's server, webpage, app and administrative tooling. For context, many
News Introducing: Notes from the Staff We're excited to introduce uTheory's new podcast Notes from the Staff to the world today with our first episode: Solfege Systems! In it we talk about why we use solfege
Octave Numbers Lesson We're excited to share our latest addition to uTheory's lessons: Octave Numbers! In this lesson students learn to write and identify notes in specific octaves, using International Pitch Notation/Scientific
News Solfege and the Staff Lesson uTheory's latest lesson helps bridge the gap between hearing and the page. Students learn to identify & write tonic in Major, label solfege/scale degrees, write notes when given solfege/scale degrees, and transcribe stepwise melodies first in solfege/scale degrees then on the staff.
News Major Scale Solfege & Scale Degrees Lesson uTheory's newest ear training lesson covers the major scale, solfege and hand signs. It is the first lesson by David Newman, the newest addition to our uTheory team.
Teaching with uTheory A quick guide to the uTheory teacher backend. Start here if you're new to teaching with uTheory.
Teaching Tips Teaching Tip: The Hand Staff Here's an easy tool that will help students understand, remember and actively participate during your class. Bonus – it’s also a quick visual assessment tool that can be used even when teaching via Zoom.
News uTheory Roadmap: June 2020 As the school year comes to a close, we've been taking notes on the most requested features from teachers and students alike, and are excited to share these with you.
News Free access for Covid-19 affected schools We want to help students continue their music education despite the coronavirus, so starting today, uTheory.com is providing free…
Dalcroze Favorite Dalcroze Games (Vol. 1?) Most Dalcroze lessons are made up of a series of games centered around a topic, and often leading up to a particular piece of music. But…
For Teachers Classes In uTheory, classes are groups of students— you might have one for Music Theory 101 and another for 3rd Hour Choir, for instance.
For Teachers Lesson & Checkpoint Settings Choose lessons, set due dates, and configure access restrictions
Teaching with uTheory Start here if you're new to teaching with uTheory! You'll learn how to create classes and invite students so you can view their progress on uTheory.
For Teachers Customized Music Theory Tests and Placement Exams “Pre”-Mediation for college-level theory
News uTheory Accessibility Information TL;DR: We’re working hard to make uTheory accessible to everyone. Here’s some of what we’re up to. Or, checkout our Accessibility Roadmap…
For Teachers Group Licenses for Education Now you can provide uTheory subscriptions to your students with discounts starting at 50% off the individual subscriber cost.
News Teacher Backend Improvements Since we launched uTheory, we’ve been delighted and surprised at how many college, universities and high schools have adopted it for to…
Teaching Tips An Introduction to Dalcroze’s Solfège Pedagogy Fixed-do, C-to-C scales, harmonic contextualization and improvisation form the heart of Dalcroze’s solfège method.
News Rhythm Reading is Ready The rhythm sight reading app in uTheory.com now runs happily on iOS, Android, and desktop browsers. Making that work was hard. Making it…
News Pitch & Harmony Nearing Completion Written music theory lessons on uTheory.com are nearing completion.
Dalcroze Dal-who? Your-what? An introduction to Dalcroze Eurhythmics If you’ve never heard of Dalcroze Eurhythmics — the pedagogy which uses movement & games to teach music — you’re not alone!
Teaching Tips Teaching Music Theory: Lessons learned in the trenches So it turns out that lots of people struggle with learning music theory and ear training. This may not be news to you, but it caught me off…
