This is a Zero Textbook Cost course built with Open Educational Resources (OER). All readings will be available online for free and linked through the course site. Listed below are the textbooks that we will read from throughout the semester. Visit the Course Schedule tab for daily reading assignments.

Primary Course Texts:

1. Understanding Basic Music Theory © Nov 14, 2013 Catherine Schmidt-Jones. Textbook content produced by Catherine Schmidt-Jones is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 2.0 license.
2. Open Music Theory © 2018 Kris Shaffer, Bryn Hughes, and Brian Moseley. Edited by Kris Shaffer and Robin Wharton. Published by HYBRID PEDAGOGY PUBLISHING. Licensed under a CC BY–SA 4.0 license.

Secondary Course Texts:

1. Sound Reasoning: A New Way to Listen © Sep 17, 2019 Anthony Brandt. Textbook content produced by Anthony Brandt is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 license.
2. Understanding Music: Past and Present © Fall 2015 Alan N. Clark, Thomas Heflin, Jeffrey Kluball, and Elizabeth Kramer. Published by University System of Georgia, University Press of North Georgia. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 License.