Music is Math
Theory Aide is free because music theory should not be locked behind expensive software.
The goal is to provide a real alternative to pricey commercial analysis tools while helping you become a stronger musician. It will explain harmony, rhythm, voicing, density, counterpoint, form, and tension in plain English.
It will not write your music for you.
There are no generators here. No "make me a song" button. Theory Aide is designed to show you what is happening, help you understand your options, and leave the musical decision where it belongs: with you.
Theory Aide is a contradiction: machines are beautiful, math is beautiful, taste is human.
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Track 1: 12 articles in order, from "what is a note" to counterpoint, each with something to hear. Press next as you go; the spine will hold.
The dictionary
Every theory term in one honest sentence, the same definitions the tools show as tooltips.
Gleefully watching the system crash No matter, though, they easily reboot it Back of the napkin math, looking fucking stupid "Alas," all I said when I seen how they plan to use it Thou shall not make a machine in the likeness of a human Mind, that's the rubric Deep Blue verse Vladimir Putin Stepped in the other room, but HAL still read your lip movements Tears in my eyes listening to machines make music (It's beautiful)
billy woods · Armand Hammer · “Peshawar”