# Music Theory
Date: 2016-09-30

I once gave an ‘Introduction to Music Theory’ talk, on behalf of [one of
my choirs](http://qums.org.au).

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](http://musescore.net) files used to demonstrate examples.

- [The
  slideshow](https://f.abjago.net/music-theory/intro-to-music-theory.pdf)
- [The first 10 harmonics,
  plotted](https://f.abjago.net/music-theory/overtones.pdf)
- [Summing harmonics to create a square
  wave](https://f.abjago.net/music-theory/squarewave-synthesis.pdf)
- [Summing odd harmonics to create a saw
  wave](https://f.abjago.net/music-theory/sawwave-synthesis.pdf)
- [ZIP of several MuseScore files that serve as
  examples](https://f.abjago.net/music-theory/examples.zip)

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