Music theory can be empowering, exciting, and one of the biggest tools in your creative arsenal. Whether you already play an instrument or are just learning, Waay teaches you how to bring together notes into melodies, chords, progressions, and even songs. This is applied music theory—stuff you can take straight to your instrument and use.

“Best music theory learning app out there. I just want to say this app is completely amazing and an incredible amount of work must have gone into this. I have been looking for an app just like this to complete my learning between music classes and this has everything I need and more. I highly recommend!” —BigMat74, Oct. 20, 2023

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You're writing a song, but keep getting stuck. What chords sound good together? What melody fits those chords? Waay helps you master these skills with its interactive exercises, bite-sized video lessons, musical examples, and progress-tracking tools. The Practice Space recommends a great time to practice each of your new skills too. Plus there's no Internet connection required! Perfect for your subway commutes and plane adventures.

Here’s what you’ll learn in each course:

Course 1: Melodies

8 video lessons, 11 interactive exercises

The 12 notes in music and how we talk about them

Intervals: Steps, half-steps, and moving between notes

Keys: Learn what notes sound good together and hear audio examples

Scale building: Build major and minor scales from scratch

Songwriting: How do we apply theory to write music?

Circle of fifths: The super-fast way to build scales… and more

Course 2: Chords

8 video lessons, 12 interactive exercises

Thirds and fifths: The building blocks of chords

Build major, minor, and diminished chords

Songwriting: We write a song melody-first and then add just the right chords

Magic formula: Which chords actually sound good together?

Also included:

Relative majors & Fast minor scales

Courses 3 & 4: Progressions

10 video lessons, 30 interactive exercises

The fundamental relationship between keys and chords

Identify the key of a chord progression with six speedy tricks

Shortlisting: Find chords to fit your chord progressions

Musical judgement: Decide which chords *you* like best in your progressions

ii V: Why is the ii V progression so important anyways?

Choosing accidentals: Is it a sharp or flat? Learn that here

Courses 5 & 6: Intervals

10 video lessons, 20 interactive exercises

Learn the complete set of intervals, from unison to 14th

Inversions: How to flip intervals upside-down—and why you'd want to

Enharmonics: Different names for the same note

Compound intervals: Intervals bigger than an octave!

Transposition: How to move songs to different keys

Augmented chords and intervals

The Practice Space, first seven videos/exercises, and device syncing all come free. Access all content through a one-time purchase or subscription. Get in touch at tenkettles.com/contact if you have any questions—happy to help! -Alex