Waay: Learn music theory
Waay: Learn music theory
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Waay: Learn music theory

Stop guessing and start creating. Master melodies, chords, and progressions with bite-sized video lessons and interactive exercises designed for the practical musician.

Key Figures

Downloads

74K+

User Rating

4.9/5

Total Ratings

1K+

Publisher

Ten Kettles Inc.

Category

Education

Locales

1

Latest Version

3.6.3

Size

210.9 MB

First Released

Aug 6, 2015
Features

Theory Built for Songwriters

Stop memorizing textbooks and start making music. Waay turns complex concepts into actionable skills you can use on your instrument today.

Master Chord Progressions

Learn the 'Magic Formula' to find the perfect chords for any melody and finally break through your creative blocks.

Commute-Ready Learning

Maximize your dead time with bite-sized video lessons and offline exercises designed for the subway, the plane, or the park.

The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.

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Screenshots

Waay: Learn music theory - The Melodies course screen in the Waay music theory app showing lessons for songwriting, scale building, and keys.

The Melodies course screen in the Waay music theory app showing lessons for songwriting, scale building, and keys.

Waay: Learn music theory - Interactive music theory exercise for building a major scale on a mobile device.

Interactive music theory exercise for building a major scale on a mobile device.

Waay: Learn music theory - Smartphone screen displaying the circle of fifths diagram from a music theory video lesson

Smartphone screen displaying the circle of fifths diagram from a music theory video lesson

Waay: Learn music theory - Smartphone screen showing a music theory lesson on the order of sharps for beginners

Smartphone screen showing a music theory lesson on the order of sharps for beginners

Waay: Learn music theory - Screenshot of the Practice Space in the Waay app listing music theory exercises like chord building and minor scales.

Screenshot of the Practice Space in the Waay app listing music theory exercises like chord building and minor scales.

Waay: Learn music theory - The Waay app interface showing a user progress graph and course completion checklist for music theory lessons.

The Waay app interface showing a user progress graph and course completion checklist for music theory lessons.

Description

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 "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 -- 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 TERMS OF USE: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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