Resources
Free printable PDFs to help you learn and compose — manuscript paper to write on, and one-page reference charts for the theory basics. View any of them here, or download and print.
Beginner Composers Pack
Everything from Learn & Create bundled into one printable booklet — composing tips, golden rules, quick guides, the Circle of Fifths and blank manuscript paper, so you can start composing the moment you close the page.
Beginner Composers Pack Start here
An 11-page starter kit: composing tips in three stages, the four golden rules, quick guides to rhythm/melody/harmony/form, a guided workshop for your first three pieces, a piece-plan page and idea notebook to fill in, the Circle of Fifths, and blank manuscript paper.
Complete grade packs
Everything for a grade in one printable booklet — cover, contents, the Circle of Fifths, every chapter's reference sheet, and a worksheet for each. Made to download, print and work through offline.
Grade 1 Theory Pack Beginner
6 chapters with reference sheets and worksheets, plus cover, contents and the Circle of Fifths — a complete printable booklet for beginners.
Grade 2 Theory Pack Intermediate
5 chapters of reference sheets and worksheets, with cover, contents and the Circle of Fifths — the next step, ready to print.
Grade 3 Theory Pack Intermediate
6 chapters of reference sheets and worksheets, with cover, contents and the Circle of Fifths — compound time, scales and more.
Practice paper
Blank Manuscript Paper
Twelve empty staves, ready to print — for sketching melodies, working out ideas, or writing out a finished piece by hand.
Reference charts
The Circle of Fifths
The whole wheel of keys on one page, with a plain-English guide to reading it and using it while you compose.
Note & Rest Values
Semibreve down to semiquaver, with beat counts and matching rests, plus how to read a time signature.
Scale Formulas
The tone-and-semitone patterns for the major scale and all three minor scales, shown as step-by-step diagrams.
Intervals
Every interval within an octave — distance, notes from C, semitones and quality — in one clear table.
Scale Degrees
Tonic to leading note: the number, Roman numeral, name and job of every note in a scale.
Musical Terms & Symbols
35 essential Italian terms for tempo, dynamics, articulation and score directions — with symbols and plain-English translations, for early theory up to about Grade 3.
Looking for step-by-step lessons instead? Head to Music Theory. Want composing ideas? Try Learn & Create.