Music Theory

I once gave an ‘Introduction to Music Theory’ talk, on behalf of one of my choirs.

I’ve tried to take a physics-up approach – without getting too maths-heavy.

On this page are links to several things: a PDF of slides, three PDFs of sine waves in various configurations, and a collection of various small MuseScore files used to demonstrate examples.

• The slideshow
• The first 10 harmonics, plotted
• Summing harmonics to create a square wave
• Summing odd harmonics to create a saw wave
• ZIP of several MuseScore files that serve as examples

If you have further questions, feel free to email me!