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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

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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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

a11y

uTheory is Closed Captioned

(And other accessibility improvements.)

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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

For Teachers

Tracking Student Progress

Using uTheory to individualize music theory instruction

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

uTheory Philosophy

What makes us who we are

For Teachers

Customized Music Theory Tests and Placement Exams

“Pre”-Mediation for college-level theory

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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.

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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.

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Pitch & Harmony Nearing Completion

Written music theory lessons on uTheory.com are nearing completion.

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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…

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…

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!

For Teachers

Applying your group license to classes

Once you’ve purchased a uTheory group license, you’ll need to turn it on for the classes you teach in uTheory, otherwise your students will not get free access and will be prompted to pay after 10 pages each day.