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.
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“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
"Absolutely phenomenal. This is better than any YouTube video, podcast, or music theory book I have read. Within 48 hours using this app I have actually comprehended what is being taught far beyond any previous comprehension for past products. Honestly they could charge more than double the amount and it would be totally worth it." —Artice, May 3, 2022
"It's obvious a lot of time, love and energy has gone into this app. It's very well thought out, easy to follow and keeps you coming back for more. The developer is super friendly and answers any questions you have. It's clear he has a real passion for what he does and genuinely wants to help out. Awesome work all round" —thatboyswiss, Jan. 8, 2019
"I have probably spent thousands of dollars perfecting tone on pedals, instruments, amps and apps, posters, printed media, online courses. The BEST PURCHASE has been your Waay app." —A.P., Apr. 1, 2020
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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
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Brilliant if you want to really learn music theory
timin4t0r
If you’re willing to put in the effort and get stuck into learning with the well executed spaced repetition system, in a month or two you will come away knowing what the relative major of Em is, or what a m3 up from Bb is, or how to find all of the chords in a key or figure out which key a few chords are in. This is the Waay.
Very useful app, also if you’re not a songwriter
WillemL
I‘m more or less new to music theory and new to the app. The app has great content and great exercises. Here and there the transitions in difficulty levels are too sudden (Circle of fifths, for example) but what was really cool is that when I wrote this comment in the app, the developer immediately offered me a private lesson! How cool is that?! The app is definitely worth the (small) amount I paid.
Pay more?!
_Fairtrade
So i paid for the app and then after 30mins at part two you want to continue using the usual continue button where you then pay another 5€ to learn a little about chords... i just payed for this app already!!Also it gives a brief explanation of circle of 5ths and then you suddenly have to know it, but doesnt give you a practice of memorizing it, just telling you its really handy and just memorize it mmmm ok...
Reactie van ontwikkelaar
Hi _Fairtrade, thanks for your comments about the app, but I think there must be some misunderstanding. There’s loads of practice built right into Waay. After each video there's an exercise that you're encouraged to work on until you feel really comfortable with the material. Once you've gotten the material down, you progress to the next lesson, and so on. For example, the "Counting sharps" exercise really hones in on the Circle of Fifths material you mentioned, but you’ll also find that pattern (C G D A E B…) sinking in as you practice the "Circle of Fourths" exercise, "Counting flats," and more. You also mentioned working through the app in 30 minutes. I’m not sure of your theory background, but if you’re a beginner I'd say that’s a little too quick! I'd recommend spending some time with each exercise; try to get two, maybe even three stars for each. If you do this, and maybe rewatch the videos a couple times too, you should find the material will really start to sink in. Good luck, and please don’t hesitate to get in touch anytime at alex[at]tenkettles[dot]com. Always happy to help, -Alex
The "Foundations" exercise has been tweaked in response to some great feedback (thanks, William M.!), and an issue with the "Repeat lesson" button has been fixed. Feedback or questions? Get in touch anytime by tapping "Get In Touch" (in the sidebar, under "More") or through tenkettles.com/contact. -Alex
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